SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIP

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1053, 18 August 1930, Page 7

SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIP

POSITION OF THE CLUBS

CANTERBURY BEATEN 3-GOAL WIN FOR WELLINGTON Press Association WELLINGTON, Saturday. j j An Association football match be- j tween Canterbury* and Wellington was j played at Wellington today* Welling- j ! ton won by 3 goals to 0. ; Canterbury* kicked off against a light wind and Smith and Knight were irn- { mediately aggressive, but met with no !■ success. Wellington forwards were soon having slightly the better of the game, but. their finishing efforts were weak. Knight, for the visitors, was conspicuous and gave Spiers a good chance, but the lattc.r skied the ball. Persistent attacking by Wellington at last resulted in a goal, the winner, McLeod, centring to Jeffreys, who scored. The Southerners made some good efforts, but lacked combination in the i forwards, and individual attacks came j to nothing. Toward the end of the | half the Wellington vanguard was attacking har|l and a rush upfleld ended j in Jeffreys scoring his second goal. Early in the second half a promising j movement by Smith and Spiers for Canterbury was spoilt by* the Wellington back cutting in. It was not long i before Canterbury* came away and they were unlucky again. Id. Sutherland hitting the upright with a stinging shot A free-kick to Canterbury just outside the goal area was unsuccessful, as alao J was a corner kick. The play* of both I teams showed great improvement on the first half, but was still a trifle ; scraggy. The fault lay* chiefly with the forwards of both sides, for their combination and shooting were weak. A long period of dull play ensued, without material advantage to either side. Finally* Wellington added another goal, again from Jeffrey’s. The home side, heartened by success, kept Canterbury on the run and came j close to scoring. Later Smith netted j easily for Wellington, but the goal was i not allowed. The game relapsed to- I ward the end and play became slower I than ever. There was no further score. ;

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