Soccer

NZ Truth, Issue 1237, 15 August 1929, Page 17

Soccer

Naval Men At Play (From "N.Z. Truth's" Christchurch ' Rep.). Better football was provided by a curtain-raiser between a team from the ,'H:M.S. Diomede and Thistle than by the , game follow- ' ing between Sumner and Rangers at Christchurch ori Saturday. ~ DESPITE 'tjya fact that Thistle did ,-not take proceedings!' seriously and ithat the ship's team appeared, ; to .be short.pf a. ; gallop a bright game was witnessed,. . . ...... The scor,g'pf two goals each" was 'a fitting ending Ho\ the match; m which some very; cleyer movements, featuring scientific $occer, were executed. . The "Running Horses" Cdiqmedes) will meet a semi-rep., team on Saturday, by. which time' they will have found their : shore legs. -Their speed arid kick should bo good enough to keep, the C.F.A. repre-. sentatives on the. run. ■ , „ Few expecteflt Sumner to defeat Rangers so decisively. The result, six floals to three, In their favor, was all the more surprising because of the fact that they fielded on ly^ ten men for the greater part of the match.. Cliffy Harbutt,. who was playing, a. serviceable game, retired hurt. :, „">... Poor shooting robbed Rangers of many good scoring." opportunities,. The" backs and halves of both teams 'iridu-jged m too much high kicking, directed with little or no judgment. ••'; . " McLean, Rangers' left-half, was a tireless worker. With coaching,, he will make a first-class player. Alex Bissett's trapping and passing \srere ./ flrst-cJass. The other Rangers players can learn much from him. '" ' ' '>' By fast dashes, Sumner's forwards worried Rangers, and with Peterson on the alert and .: m scoring humor, goals came freely. ■ :'■•■ ; A{|f^st game was played' between Technical did Boys arid Westerni and though .the Old Boys put up a great fight;-,they/were beaten by three goajs ' to two.' ; ' v : ■ -"■■■:.. :':'■. ' k . ' ''' '." ■ ■ /:; A feature pfrthe match was the clever •'keeping by the Technical goalie, Bissett 1 . In their match against Nomads, the St. Albans* forwards put m some good work, but they were unable to get past the Nomads full-backs. At half-time neither side had found the net, but in 'the second spell. the Nomads forwards got into line I and :qarried. all before them, winning by I two gpals.to nil. :