The Archive · 1939

Seaforths Trounce

ekoi Easily Only Bocevitch's Play in Prevents a Cricket the opening round of the Skottowe Cup. The game was one of the: most uneven this season and the Seaforths dominated throughout, the ball rarely passing the centre line.

The Seaforths missed a fine. op~ portunity of going ahead in the first [few minutes when Thomson took a [penalty shot \and hit the crossbar. Thomson as: usual played @ good game and his centres were almost perfect, On one occasion, his centre grazed: tthe whole length of the cross bar, only to be' cleared by a Sokol defender. Atkinson. Seaforths goalie, had the easiest, time of his life, the ball but once: a beautiful shot by Nastavin from about thirty yards.

was-the -most prominent member of the Seaforths' attacking tine and was responsible for two of the five goals. The whole Seaforth team played a good game and had the forwards been less careless, the score would have been at least doubled.

The only players on the Sokol team worth mentioning were Bocevich in the goal and Nastavin and Golkin as backs. In the second half, Stoliaroff, their centre-half, Jeff the field for some unknown reason and the Sokol finished the game with ten men.

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