FIRST A DIVISION

Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 133, 7 June 1937, Page 6

FIRST A DIVISION

SEATOUN FORCED TO DRAW

Realising the importance of the result, Seatoun and Waterside players were all out for a win on the principal ground at the Basin Reserve, and the spectators were kept at a full pitch of enthusiasm throughout. Seatoun scored early in the match, and the' rest of the game was a strenuous battle between the Waterside forwards and the Seatoun defenders. Waterside equalised about a third of the way into the second half, and at 1-all the game ended. That score fairly represented the merits of the teams, although Waterside had the better of the contest territorially. Rain, hail, and a little snow made ground and ball greasy, but there was only the slightest of.southerly breezes. Shooting and footwork generally were inaccurate and there were few effective combined movements. It was a day for individualism and both teams revelled in the going. McKenzie scored Seatoun's goal with-i a /characteristic follow-up when he haS -an 1 apparently 'poor chance of netting. Walker was finally responsible for Waterside's equaliser, though to Longbottom went the credit of making the opening and drawing tnc Seatoun goalie. It was a good game, despite the handicap of the ground conditions and the lack of combined positional play.