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SOCCER FOOTBALL
HAMPTON CUP
THISTLES DEFEAT TOWN
Tliislle.s and Town .\ier on Saiunlay
at (Queen's i'aik in the . competitioM f.u- ?
liie iiaiupton Cup, the t io£-h v pie.-iJU.-.i .
ity II r. H. A. Wiiiiams. Tlie junitn
yame, for which L. Barker was re.cjtv, ;
\.as won by 'liiisties by three yoais iu
iiil. The senior game, or wmch '.-'.
.Muriay had charge, pr-jvide«i n keen
!:trugyie, Town jjlayiity their best gain*
or tiie season. I'instles were siii-i-i'wij
uy lour goals to two goals. The te;-.-:!
Ht'ii' as i'uliuii's: —
'Jiiisties. — Watson, H.iwell, Cnto, Me
-aiiuiii, Taylor. Abbi.rt.. Aiartai. .i.
r-a.-lher, Webb, Lv.iiall, K. haslln-r.
T-j\\ ii. — JileeU, liald, .\ltiupiei-, -ivii~.
Cook, \ia»sh, iioolaii. 1-tiukvr, F-u-»nss,
Pearson, Aludd. j
The Town team start-'d tli-- game to- i
wards tJ»-' south en-l. and after sonie j
even exchanges Abbott cleared a vigor- 1
ous Town attack. Town continue.'! the j
pressure, forcing; a coriu'r. which was
not improved upon. Further Town at- '
lacks saw Wat sou clear his goal. ?
Thistles transferred the piay to the ]
other- end whore a goo-l opening was j
missed by Lydiatt. The exchanges :
were very fast and open, both goals ;
? M'ing visite.l. Two (oiui'is to Vow si ;
failed to bring any score, and tln-ii
Thistles taking up the pressure the lirst
goal was scored by Iv. Kasther. Town :
retaliated, but wciv unabl-* to jiicr.- ' ;
Ihe opposing defence. Thistles fon-e.d
.t corner, fr-un which Lydititt seviire -
and obtained the second goal. Town j
organised an attack, but the forwards :
got offside, and the a 3 vantage was losr. :
At half-time th«' score was:-j-Thistles, ?
2 goals; Town, Jti. ! |
On the rdsmption Thistlos att-ickf-«]. j
but ifounier c leaked, ami a Town at- ]
tack was ended h* the ball going over \
the line. Thistleif then exerted pres
sure, a hot shot from Webb being we'd :
saved by Meek. Thistles were ajrain ;
aggressive, and K. Easther sr-ored their
third goal. Town strove hard to score,
but offside again spoiled their efforts. |
After even exchanges Town got \Hth
lii striking distance, and Cook running :
in from the right wing score.] riie-r
first ffOril. Strong pressure was exerte-l
!-v Thistles, but Bald Jntervued ar-'
drove them back. Another Thistle at
tack came to nought, I.ydiatt missiv,-;
an easy chance. Thistles, would not I'1
-!? ni«vl. ajid K. Kasthe:- }-.ot through :
airain to sr-ore the fourth goal. Towns
were not disuiayed. aud f ore ing tho play j
ho«ietared the Thistles i-oal. Cook ran i
mi from the right wing, find scored their
second goal with «?-. trooi shot. Town j
were now having the better of tho ev- ,
? hansjes. and on one occasion Penrsnn
iust headed over the bar. Continuing
+o press thev trie-1 hard to score a^ain.
i-nt -?ood work by the goalkeeper ken*
them out. The final scow- was: —
Thistles, 4 goals; Town, 2 goals.
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