WATERSIDE BEATEN

Dominion, Volume 37, Issue 230, 26 June 1944, Page 3

WATERSIDE BEATEN

Saturday’s Soccer Matches

Waterside, the only team hitherto unbeaten in the first division competitions of the Wellington Football Association this season, met its Waterloo on Saturday Moera Stop Out beat them. 3-1. and 'avenged a defeat earlier in the season. Waterside are still the leaders ’by one point from Moera Stop Out. The game between the competition leaders attracted a large crowd of spectators to flic Basin Reserve, and they saw a hard, fast game with the issue in doubt till the end. Moera Stop Out had the 'better of the play and deserved their win. In the first half the only wore was a penalty goal to Moera Stop Out. No further score occurred till nnar the end of the game. Just after the Waterside goalkeeper, Ward, had magnificently deflected an acuteangled shot out of the goal. Sharpe sent the ball oast Ward into the net. Straight from the kick-off Waterside took the hall down the field and Mildenhall scored.- J his showed the game was still anybody s. but a minute before full time Jones got a third goal for Moera. Teams in the Venus Shield competition havp championship points as D’Hows, all having played nine games: —W aterside U>. Moera Stop Out 15, Hospital L>. Kai ways 9. Lower Hutt 7, Marist fl, Comrades 4, Technical Old Boys 2. 4 In the Power Cup competition Diamond, who have played eight games, are leading with 14 pointe from Moera Stop Out, who have played nine games and have l.» points, and from Petone, who have played eight games and also have 13 points. Results of first division games on Saturday are as follows: — Venus Shield. Moera Stop Out 3. Waterside 1.~-Mocra Stop Out’s score consisted of goals kicked by Sharpe and Jones and a penalty goal. Mildenhall scored for Waterside. 'Marist 4. Technical Old Boys 3.—Thompson (2). Nunns and Irvine scored for Marist, and Upchurch. Marr and Sargent for Technical Old Boys. Railways 3, Lower Hutt o.—McKinley. Aitken and Alcorn scored for Rai ways, and Kilpatrick (2) and MePbee for Lower Hutt. „ _ . ... ... _ Hospital 8. Comrades 3.—Lavin til. Marshall (2), Trewlck and Lawlor scored for Hospital, and’Mullins (3) for Comrades. Tower Cup. petone 5. Air Force 4.—-Casey, D. Thompson (3), and T. Thompson scored lor Petone. and Hamill (3) aud Salt for AU S, Petone Technical Old Boys I.— Barker (3). Butler, McLennan, Hanntncton, Fitzpatrick and Hurt scored for Moera Stop Out, and J. Ingham for Petone TechD Am°A Technical Old Boys 1.-Webster (3). Parkinson (4), Mereu and travis scored for Army, and Leonard for lechnival Old Boys. Diamond 4. Railways 't’ Metcalf and Covcney scored for Diamond, and Gillespie for Hallways.