A DULL MATCH

Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 49, 26 August 1933, Page 20

A DULL MATCH

There was, not much excitement in the meeting of Lower Hutt and Swifts at Kelburn Park on Saturday. The Lower Hutt team just managed to start better than its rivals, and that feeling. of being on the defensive remained with Swifts all through the first half of the game. It was a curious thing to watch the manner in which their defence persisted in remaining a blundering affair while the Hutt attacker? went very confidently and took chance after chancp. against, a half-hearted opposition. The angle of the sun aided in increasing .the bewilderment of the losers, who were five goals down before they began to score, and though Swifts came at it in the second half, in which they had decidedly the better of'the game, they were able only to shade Lower Hutt, scoring two goals to their opponents' one.' When a whole team goes off as' Swifts did on Saturday it is of little use criticising their play. It is just one of those things likely to happen to the best of sides. Hutt, on. the other hand, showed a rare facility, for attack,-and their forwards revealed some brilliant play, Ward and Nicolle being especially dangerous. They were well aided by their halves, who dominateiVthe , game for long stretches, but found so many chances coming their way that they grew careless at last, as who would npf? The youthful Cross, playing as substitute, did well, and the petformr ance of the Lower Hutt goalie, Body, was sure and clever. He has a bright future. The Swifts team, when it wakened up, revealed Hawkins in good, form, and Bilby supporting- 'him well, with Kelly doing useful work and Longbottom recovering from his bad. patch in ' recent weeks. The halves were scarcely up to form at any stage, however, and there was far too much toying with the ball instead of sending it straight out to the forwards when chances came along.