ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL

New Zealand Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 10603, 31 May 1920, Page 7

ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL

SATURDAY'S MATCHES.' The senior soccer championship competition ' was advanced another stage on Saturday. Marist defeated Swifts by two goals to nil. Y.M.C.A. A (5) beat Petono (0). Y.M.C.A. B won the match with Mental Hospital by 3 goals to 1. Diamonds suffered defeat at the bands (or feet) of I’orirua by 4 goals to nil. Institute won their match against South Wellington by 3to 1. The match Brooklyn v. Thistle, was postponed owing to thedeath of one of the members of the Brooklyn club. _ Institute still lead, with Y.M.C.A. B and Thistle second and third respectively. INSTITUTE v." SOUTH WELLINGTON. AN INTERESTING- GAME. Despite the adverse weather conditions oa Saturday, quite a good number of spectators witnessed the game between the above clubs. Ths strong wind pre vented play of the accurate order, . yet good combination was evident .at limes, especially amongst tho Institute for; wards. The score, 3toX in favour ot Institute, by no means reflected the dit ferenco between the teams, Institute being superior in every department or the game. , . The first half was characterised by good defensive work on the part of the brothers Bell, for South Wellington, and poor shooting by the Institute forwards. Time and ap#in they took the hall up to within striking distance, but only registered one goal during the first spell, Houston heading through for a splendid centre by. Smith. Boss nearly notched , another goal from a free kick, the ball | striking the bar and going over. The ; second half was a repetition of the first, i South 'Wellington 4 n b' occasionally | breaking away. Prom one of tho?e spasmodic rushes Francis wqs somewhat lucky in scoring. . Institute 1, South Wellington 1. From now on Institute took matters in hand, and simply bombarded Gell’s goal, and so clever was he, that it we? some time before ho was beaten. Porter, who was in Ms element. made tracks from goal. He managed to score, but was foiled within the penalty area just, before he scored, and as the referee had blown his whistle immediately he was tripped, the penalty had to be taken. Gerald 8011, a brother of the two backs opposing him, made no mistake with the kick, putting Institute in the lead, amidst great en thusiaam. Institute 3, South Wellington 1. Institute continued to press. Halley, who was in excellent form, almost adding another goal. His shot clashed into goal, struck the cross-bar, and went behind. South Wellington i tried hard to make headway, M.une battling along in splendid style; but McGirr and Co. always gave th&m the rightabout. Smith and Porter combined well, making an effective and troublesome wing, the latter scoring; but off-side robbed his aide of the goal. Houston, who had been very tricky and untiring in his efforts, gave McArthur a chance, which he accepted, well havno chance with his hoaxier. Institute 5, South Wellington 1. „ - . ' Mr Lithgow very ably controlled the game. MAE IST v. SWIFTS. A hCtlt-contested GAME. Marist and Swifts met at Duppa street park before a fair muster of spectatorsWhat might have bean an interesting game was married to a groat extent by the southerly wind which blow across the field, making accurate pjay impossible. Swifts won the toss and elected to play with the wind and sun behind them. MoElligott kicked off, play being confined to Swifts territory for the first ten minutes, but Silencer (Swifts) was in great form in goal. Time uni again.lm came to the rescue of his side, saving shots that would have beaten many ■ goalkeepers. The Marist half-backs allowed tho Swifts forwards no liberties, with the result that tho latter wore seldom dangerous. Eventually Pope, full-back for Swifts, let Kellaway away, the latter’s centre being cleared by CAsey. McElligott secured possession, and passed to Spencer (Marist wing), who sent in a lovely centre, tho ball travelling across the goal mouth. McElligott and Spencer made desperate efforts to roach it, but both missed by inches. It was a narrow escape for Spencer in goal. Bognuda, who was playing a great game at. half for Swifts sent tho ball ahead. Casey again clearing in fino style. Swifts came again. Keileway was beaten by Casey, 1 who partially cleared, when G. Fitzgerald the Marist custodian, rushed out of his goal and relieved tho dangerous situation ' by kicking the ball to the line. Marist, who were just settling down to each others ploy, made the pace warm for Swifts, but Pope and Guise played very solidly. Marist forwards, led by McElligott, made a determined rush without avail.

The second spell opened with Marist pressing, but the .Swifts goalkeeper was too clover. Bognmla was ’.ext prominent. He beat three opponents and it. wns intercepted by O’Connell sent op to AV- Thomas, who transferred to MrElligott. tho In Iter’s shot; going over the goal posts. Bpepcar, taking the behind kirk. sent, tho hall over the touch lino, where, from th« throw-in, W. Thomas

placed to Fitzgerald, who tricked the left half. Finding himself in.an awkward scoring position ho passed to McCarthy, who beat Spencer with a lovely ground shot. Marist 1, Swifts 0. Swifts made things willing, but the Marist detenoe was too strong. Not to he denied, however, Swifts made another determined rush, and Kellaway noa-Iy scored. Thomas (Manat) took possession, sent tho ball to McElligott, who passed to McCarthy, . the latter beating the Swifts custodian. Marist 2, Swifts 0. Marist held their own until tho call of time, but without further score. . Mr Moore was referee. DIAMOND v. PORIRUA. What surprised the keen followers ot the senior teams on Saturday was the win secured over Diamonds (who did not muster their strongest team) tho score reading 4 goals to nil. Porirua made things willing from start to finish, and had it not have been for the ‘ splendid performance of Makin the black’s custodian, Porirua would have added a few more goals to their score. , , , , Duffy, Auld, and Liversage had. plenty of work to do in keeping tho Diamond forwards together. Mr B. Reid controlled the game. Y.M.C.A. B v. HOSPITAL. Tho T.M.C.A. "digger” team travelled to Porirua to meet the Hospital eleven. The teams were evenly matched in tie opening stages, but as the game progicssed the “diggers” gradually got the upper hand and at the call of time had notched 3 goals to their opponent’s one. Mr B. V. indley was tho referee. JUNIOR GAMES. After a fast keen gamp Brooklyn just managed to get the verdict over Thorndon by 1 goal to nil. Marist (6) defeated Kilbirnie (0). Con ray and Marshall two each, J. Scanlon and Lewis one scored for Marist. Third grade.—Marist (4) defeated South Wellington (2), Marshall scoring all the winners goals St. Thomas beat Institute by 2 goals to 1. Fourth grade-—Thorndon (5) proved the superior team in their match with the Stop Out eleven. Pratt (3), Swindale, Francis and L. Murphy scored for the winners.. Karori (4) defeated Institute B (0;. Institute A (3) beat Marist (0). Institute Games. —Seniors beat South Wellington, 3—l; Thirds lost to St. Thamas, I—2; Fourth A beat Marist, 3—o; Fourth B lost to Karori, o—4; Fifth A lost to Marist, o—2: Fifth B lost to Island Bay, 2—3; Fifth C won from Thorndon -by default; Sixth lost to St. Thomas. I—2; Eighth lost to Marist; o—l.