{"id":24012,"date":"2014-02-20T09:19:19","date_gmt":"2014-02-20T14:19:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/?p=24012"},"modified":"2014-02-20T22:21:19","modified_gmt":"2014-02-21T03:21:19","slug":"tbt-fore-river-held-paterson-to-tie-2241919","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/?p=24012","title":{"rendered":"#TBT: Fore River Held Paterson to Tie (2\/24\/1919)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Fore-River-2\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Welcome to this week\u2019s edition of \u201cThrowback Thursday,\u201d where we take a trip back in time to spotlight some of the clubs that made their mark on the New England soccer landscape over the past century. <\/em><\/p>\n

This week, we\u00a0venture back to a\u00a0fourth round U.S. Open Cup\u00a0tie between\u00a0Quincy (<\/em>Mass.)-based Fore River\u00a0and\u00a0Paterson FC (N.J.)\u00a0on Feb.\u00a024, 1919\u00a0at the Fore\u00a0River\u00a0Grounds. <\/em>The\u00a0Times (Pawtucket, R.I.)\u00a0previewed the match in this fashion: \u201cThe Fore River eleven…has a record this season no less imposing than that of\u00a0the crack Jersey club which is to play abroad this spring.”<\/em><\/p>\n

FORE RIVER HELD PATERSON TO TIE<\/strong><\/p>\n

Work of Quincy Eleven Makes Replay Necessary in Fourth Round Contest of National Soccer Competition<\/strong><\/p>\n

QUINCY, Mass. – Fore River held back an especially potent Paterson F.C. side\u00a0 and earned a hard-fought 0-0 draw in Saturday’s fourth round National Cup tie at\u00a0the snow-covered Fore River Grounds.<\/p>\n

The Shipbuilders, which entered the game fresh off a 4-0 win against the Boston Rovers, had outscored their opponents in Cup competition by an 18-2 margin in only three games. Meanwhile, Paterson arrived in Quincy boasting a 51-21 goal advantage over the course of all competitions during the 1918-19 season.<\/p>\n

One thousand royal rooters took the 1:16pm train to the grounds, and were cheerfully greeted by\u00a0the Piper’s band from Fore River works. The band paraded from the depot to the grounds with the rooters in tow.<\/p>\n

With the game moved up to accommodate the guests, the game kicked off shortly after the pre-game festivities concluded. Knowing they’d have their hands full against the Jersey eleven, Fore River attempted to set the tone early, even with a slippery surface underneath them. But\u00a0after the\u00a0first 15 minutes, the frozen field gave way to muddy pitch, which limited chances for both sides.<\/p>\n

Even so, the 2,000 in attendance witnessed “excellent play” throughout the proceedings. Performing especially well on the afternoon was Shipyard fullback Thomas\u00a0Littlejohn, while teammate Gregor Stewart collected the game’s best chance from the run of play when he drove a shot that fiercely\u00a0tested keeper Sol Denby, who made the stop.<\/p>\n

In the waning minutes,\u00a0fortune appeared to smile upon Fore River when\u00a0Paterson left fullback George Murray was found guilty of fouling Shipbuilders’\u00a0right outside forward George Reid. A penalty was awarded by referee George Lambie, known as the Bill Klem of soccer arbiters, and John Kershaw was entrusted to take the shot from the spot.<\/p>\n

But with the footing far from firm, Kershaw couldn’t put enough thrust on his shot, and the ball rolled harmlessly into the waiting arms of Denby.<\/p>\n

With the game scoreless after 90 minutes, a pair of fifteen minute overtime periods were used in the hopes of separating the two. However, both nets remained untouched, despite the best efforts of both sides. Among those who played well for Paterson were John Broadbent, Henry Meyerdiecks, Archie Starks and Edward Brown.<\/p>\n

The replay will take place next Sunday at Olympia Field\u00a0in Paterson, N.J.<\/p>\n

The summary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/colgroup>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Fore River.<\/td>\nPaterson.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lambie, g<\/td>\nDenby, g<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Clawson, rb<\/td>\nPost, rb<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Littlejohn, lb<\/td>\nMurray, lb<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lowe, rhb<\/td>\nBroadbent, rhb<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Stewart, chb<\/td>\nVandervegh, chb<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Black, lhb<\/td>\nMeyerdiecks, lhb<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Reid, rof<\/td>\nKnowles, rof<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Page, rif<\/td>\nHanziker, rif<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kershaw, cf<\/td>\nClark, cf<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Daley, lif<\/td>\nA. Stark, lif<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Straden, lof<\/td>\nBrown, lof<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Referee – George Lambie of Southridge. Linesmen – Bradford of Fore River, Bliech for Paterson. Periods, two of 45 minutes, and two extra of 15 minutes each.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Fore River withstood a mighty Paterson XI and held on to claim an upset 0-0 National Challenge Cup tie on Feb. 24, 1919.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":24018,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[104],"tags":[665,663,662,643,664],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nesoccertoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/ForeRiver-1.png?fit=501%2C260","jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24012"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=24012"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"http:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24012\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24048,"href":"http:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24012\/revisions\/24048"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/24018"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24012"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24012"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24012"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}