NUAFC 1968-2018

(This photo were extracted from several frames of a movie taken following a match on the Ngaruawahia HS field)
1971
Tony Janssen, Kerry Whare, Neil Gorman, Alan Rose, Maurice Frankhouser, Stephen Barr, Charles Gorman.
Huntly Press
Wednesday, May 19th, 1971
Ngaruawahia take first Baranyai Cup
match 7-4 against Huntly
John Melstor of Huntly and Allan Rose of
Ngaruawahia scored hat-tricks on Sunday in the annual series
of matches between the two teams for the Baranyai Cup.
It was obvious that the sheep of Centennial Park in
Ngaruawahia had taken a keen interest in the forthcoming
match, as the players soon found out after a few slide-tackles!
Malcolm Burt of Ngaruawahia opened the scoring
by picking up a good ball from George Sunnex, and the
resulting weak shot spun off the hands of the keeper and over
the line. Martin Bell, playing in the unaccustomed position of
outside left, saw Pere of Huntly handle his oblique shot to
deflect it over the line.
United now had a purposeful manner about them, but
Huntly did not let it stay that way for long. It was John
Melstor who equalised with two well-executed goals to put
Huntly back into the running. United had no answer for his
two drives.
Neil Gorman chipped a ball into the penalty area for
Allan Rose and John Ashton to duel for. Keeper Ashton was a
fraction too late and Rose netted United’s third goal. Allan’s
determined rushes after the ball paid off on numerous
occasions throughout the game. He engineered United’s fourth
goal by giving Malcolm Burt the perfect pass, a chance
eagerly pounced upon and netted.
The half-time score of 4-2 was a reasonable
indication of the play, but many goals went begging at crucial
moments, that could have swayed or increased this.
Allan Rose got his double by beating the keeper with
his head from a well-timed lob by Robin Turner, though it
was immediately after that John Melstor gained his hat-trick
from a run through the defenders. John showed himself to be
the most dangerous attacking player up to that point.
Ivor Stewart came onto the left wing in the second
half and had the Ngaruawahia defence really worried. His
penetrating runs made openings for his fellow-forwards to
capitalize upon. He first evidenced his ability by worming his
way past three defenders to shoot in the corner, only to see
Howard Pharo, United’s keeper, palm it away.
Malcolm Burt was moved out to the left wing for
United and engineered a goal for Robin Turner. Malcolm’s
shot across the goal was deflected out by the keeper for Robin
to drive in.
Allan Rose looked dangerous again when his solo
run was partly ended by a trip – he recovered to score, but
meanwhile the whistle had gone for the trip – no advantage
was allowed. Nothing resulted from the free kick.
The highlight of the match was Ivor Stewart’s 45-
yard run past four defenders to score in the narrow gap
between the keeper and the post. This seemed to be a good
reward for the excellent work he was doing on the left wing.
Tony Janssen showed his potential when a looping
shot from him dropped down onto the keeper, who attempted
to deflect it over the bar, but the ball rebounded from the bar
onto the incoming knee of Allan Rose, who hit it up into the
roof of the net.
Huntly Press
Wednesday, May 12th, 1971
Sunnex’s soft goal earns a draw
with Hamilton Wanderers
Ngaruawahia United drew, 1 all, with Hamilton in
the match held at Muir Park, Hamilton, on Saturday.
Excellent conditions greeted both teams, and United
played into the sun for the first half, led by George Sunnex as
team captain.
The first 15 minutes proved to be good entertainment
for the numerous spectators, with Allan Rose making some
good drives up the wing in the early stages. However, after a
fairly promising start, both teams lost ball control and
movements were fumbled and lacking co-ordination.
With 30 minutes gone in the first half, George
Sunnex took a shot at goal. There was some controversy
about the goal, as it was a slow shot and trickled up to the goal
-keeper’s feet, not seeming to hit home. However, the referee
allowed the goal and United was 1 up.
Thereafter the game was unspectacular, with handballs
going unnoticed by the referee and confusion over throw
-ins.
Rex Nightingale played an excellent game in goal
and, but for him, the final score could have been considerably
in Hamilton’s favour.
Second half play followed the pattern of the first half,
being generally scrappy, but with some good moves from
Sandy MacDonald and Allan Rose.
Hamilton seemed to be hindered by injuries, although
none of these proved to be serious.
With five minutes left to play, Hamilton scored their
goal from a penalty kick in front of the goal. The goal was offside,
but was, nevertheless, allowed.
The final whistle blew at 2.40, the score being 2 all.
Ngaruawahia United team: Rex Nightingale, Barry
White, Sandy MacDonald, Maurice Frankhouser, D.
Sidney, Malcolm Burt, Alan Rose, George Sunnex, Tony
Janssen, Stewart Bell, Sharkey Berryman. Substitute:
Charles Gorman.
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