NUAFC 1968-2018

average from Te Kuiti and Hamilton in
the Waikato Second Division soccer
competition for ,the Marshall Cup.
'The defeat of Wanderers by Fraser
in the last round played and
Ngaruawahia's win over
Morrinsville saw Ngaruawahia take the
lead. Hamilton pulled itself up from
sixth to third and Wanderers dropped
from first to fourth.
Cameron is fading slowly back
through the table to
join Otorohanga, Fraser, Waikeria,
Morrinsville and Cambridge in the
bottom six.
This season Ngaruawahia is
developing the bite lacking in the
forwards in past seasons and has
players who can run and shoot hard
from most directions,
Wins over. Cameron (2-0) ,and
Hamilton (4-0) in the first games gave
Ngaruawahia the, confidence required.
It has its sights firmly on the top spot.
New signings such as Phillip
Bullivant, Dave Bennett and Peter
Vela will add the crispness required
in the forwards.
April 27th 1974
High School 1st XI
Chris Barakat netted
Ngaruawahia High School’s
only goal in their loss to St
John’s College at Ngaruawahia
on Saturday. Open goals were
missed (as well as a penalty)
and the finishing of St John’s
earned them their 3-1 win.
4th Division
On ANZAC Day Fraser met
Ngaruawahia in the replay o f a
p os t p on e d game. Ngaruawahia
had chances that went begging but
selfish moves and weak shots
thwarted early goals. Fraser netted
first when Rex McCowatt failed
to hold a low shot, having it
spin out under his arm onto the
boot of a following-up forward. Jeff
McLaughlin shortly after netted for
Ngaruawahia with a break through
the middle.
Several of the Fraser
defenders showed their skill in
niggling tactics, such as
threshing of the feet in a tackle
that will develop into nasty habits i n
l a t er yea r s. Fr a ser sealed the
game with an excellent lofted shot from
the right wing that sailed into the
left top corner to give them the
match 2-1.
The Juniors met Wanderers at
home on Saturday and found
themselves yet an oth er stat i sti c
in Wanderers big wins so far this
season. Completely outclassed,
Ngaruawahia went down 10-0.
2nd Division
With three wins out of `three
games (one game in hand) and the
defeat of Wanderers by Fraser,
Ngaruawahia moved one point clear
of the field on Saturday. Wanderers
previousl y held th e lea d with 5
points from 3 games closely followed
on goal average by Ngaruawahia
with 4 points from 2 games (one
match in hand).
Winners on Saturday wer e: T e,
Awa m utu 3, Cambridge 2;
Hamilton 5, Putaruru 2;
Ngaruawahia 4, Morrinsville 2; Te
Kuiti 3, Cameron 2; Fraser 4,
Wanderers 3; Otorohanga 3,
Waikeria 2.
Yes! Ngaruawahia has lad its
copy-book blotted when they saw
Morrinsville take two goals from
t h em . Perh a ps th er e i s some
consolation in that there were three
contributing factors: the atrocious
weather, the miniature fi e l d
( you c ou l d e a si l y throw the
ball from the sideline into the
goal), and a blatantly off-side goal by
M o r r i n s v i l l e .
The wet and windy weather made for
a slippery ball for both teams
but .Morrinsville made the .most of
their knowledge of t h e s m a l l
fi e l d . N e i l a n d Charles
Gorman started the scoring with
their shots spinning off the straining
fingers of the Morrinsville keeper.
Phillip Bullivant, a newcomer to
the team, scored his first from the
right wing to take the first half of the
match to a 3-1 position.
John Frankhouser took
Ngaruawahia’s last goal when his
30-metre shot went between the
keeper's legs. Steven Mark,
Ngaruawahia’s fullback, could not
quite get to a rolling ba ll in tim e
t o h ook i t clear of his goal and
this finished the match with a
win to Ngaruawahia 4-2.
An Interesting Situation
in Soccer
An interesting situation is
devel opin g a m on gst t h e top six
placing in the race for the Marshall
Cup.
Ngaruawahia appears to have a
secure lead but the trailing five
are all eager to peg them back.
Putaruru h a s, on p a p er ,
s u p er i or str ikin g power - wi t h
53 goals to their credit and then
1974
back to Te Kuiti with 44. However,
league-leaders Ngaruawa h ia h a ve a
defen si ve r ecord second t o none
having conceded only six goals in
10 matches and it has been the
inability of t h e opposi ti on t o
scor e against Ngaruawahia that
has been the problem.
Morrinsville has had he honours of
putting two shots past
Ngarua wahia’s defensi ve record
to none havi n g c on c e d e d on l y
s i x goals in 10 matches and it
has been the inability of t h e
op p osi t i on t o sc or e against
Ngaruawahia that h a s b e e n t h e
p r o b l e m ,
Morrinsville has had the honour of
putting two shots past Ngaruawahia’s
defence with Cameron, Hamilton, Te
Awamutu, Waikeria and Otorohanga
not being able to net at all. Te Kuiti has
been the only team to snatch a wellearned
point from the leaders.
Thirteen-1 and 12-1 have been the
b i g g e s t w i n s t o Te Kuiti and
Putaruru respectively and - no 0-0
games have been recorded to date.
Hamilton have gone down t o
Ngar ua wa h i a a n d Ot or oh a n ga
a n d h a ve dr a wn wi t h Fr a ser
a n d Camer on t o l os e si x vital
poi n t s i n s ea r ch for t h e l ea g u e
t i t l e, h a vi n g won i t l a st i n
1970.
Ngar ua wa h i a ’s past r e c or d i n
t h e Ma r sh a l l Cup h a s been 8th
(1970 ), 7th (19 71), 7th ( 1972 )
a n d 8th (1972).
M ay 4th 1 974
High School 11
Perhaps the opening of the
duck-shooting season had mor e
attracti on for some of the
Ngaruawahia High School
players than did soccer when
only nine local players travelled
to Te Awamutu to be beaten 5-0
by Te Awamutu High School.
4th Division
T wo goa l s by Phi lli p van
Houtte and one from Jeff
McLaughlin saw Ngaruawahia
leading Hamilton at the turn 3-1.
However Jeff had to leave the
field and Hamilton drove
through to notch the required
number of goals to take the game
4-3.
2nd Division
Some tired Ngaruawahia United
players travelled to Putaruru on
Saturday after duck-shooting to
meet a scratch Putaruru side who
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