{"id":30607,"date":"2015-01-15T09:26:11","date_gmt":"2015-01-15T14:26:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/?p=30607"},"modified":"2015-01-15T21:55:32","modified_gmt":"2015-01-16T02:55:32","slug":"tbt-fall-river-enters-2nd-round-of-dewar-cup-competition-1171926","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/?p=30607","title":{"rendered":"#TBT: Fall River Enters 2nd Round of Dewar Cup Competition (1\/17\/1926)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Photo credit: Fall River Globe<\/p><\/div>\n

Welcome\u00a0back\u00a0to the latest\u00a0edition of \u201cThrowback Thursday,\u201d where we take a trip back in time every week\u00a0to 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 venture back to\u00a0a Jan.\u00a017, 1926\u00a0U.S.\u00a0Open Cup clash\u00a0between the Fall River Marksmen and\u00a0the Providence\u00a0Clamdiggers\u00a0at Mark\u2019s Stadium. The hosts entered the match hoping to get back in the win column after settling for a 2-2 league draw against Brooklyn the week before. The guests were looking to rebound from a wild 6-4 road loss to the New York Giants on Jan. 3. <\/em><\/p>\n

Note: All information provided in the following game report was drawn from the\u00a0January 18,\u00a01926 edition of <\/em>The\u00a0Fall River\u00a0Globe (Fall River, Mass.). <\/em><\/p>\n

January 18, 1926<\/p>\n

Fall River Enters Second Round of Dewar Cup Competition<\/strong>
\nChamps outclass Providence Club<\/strong>
\nVisitors Had Edge in First Half But Were Completely Outplayed in Second<\/strong>
\nWhite Stars With 2 Goals<\/strong>
\nFinal Score 3-2<\/strong><\/h2>\n

NORTH TIVERTON, R.I. – The question for\u00a0Fall River\u00a0going into Sunday’s U.S. Open Cup tie was simple: who could capably man the inside left forward’s spot?<\/p>\n

The Marksmen had tried a number of different players to fill the spot, but none claimed the position quite like Tec White, who provided the answer by scoring twice in a 3-2 win over the Providence Clamdiggers, sending Fall River to the second round of the tournament.<\/p>\n

White tallied in the 35th and 55th minutes, while skipper Harold Brittan scored the game-winner in the 69th minute. Providence kept it close with goals from Alec Beattie and Billy Hogg in the 40th and 49th minutes, respectively.<\/p>\n

Brittan’s boys will play the Boston Wonder Workers on Feb. 14 at Mark’s Stadium. The Wonder Workers advanced to the second round after beating Fore River on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Sunday’s match was one met with great interest, without a doubt, as some were predicting that it would shatter the Cup tie record attendance mark of 14,375 set in 1924. But even though that figure wasn’t surpassed, the 9,512 on hand were treated to a fast-paced display of football.<\/p>\n

The hosts won the toss, taking the wind and sunshine at their back for the first half. With Eddie McKeon and his portable organ pumping out popular songs, Sunday’s match had all the qualities of a classic match.<\/p>\n

Providence tried to steal an early goal, but was simply no match for the defensive front erected by the Fall River backs. Ned Tate and Tommy Martin were solid throughout the match, and helped set the tone early on.<\/p>\n

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The match remained scoreless until the 35th minute, when the Marksmen unleashed a spectacular display of offense. Tate advanced from his right fullback spot to find Brittan bearing down on goal. The skipper\u00a0picked his head up and\u00a0crossed it for\u00a0White, who cleverly sent it through to open the scoring.<\/p>\n

To their credit, the Clamdiggers didn’t allow White’s strike to dampen their spirits. For five minutes later, the guests responded when Hogg went the right and crossed it for an unmarked\u00a0Beattie, who tapped it through to level it going into the break.<\/p>\n

Providence added another shortly after the interval. Hogg collected a pass from Tommy Florie, took on Martin, and beat goalkeeper Findlay Kerr with an exquisite finish in the 49th minute.<\/p>\n

Staring down a deficit at their home grounds was a curious situation for Fall River. Not only had they outplayed Providence for much of the match, but they were heavy favorites to win based on the lines.<\/p>\n

Not long after Hogg scored, Fall River got its act together to level it. Brittan played a give-and-go with Campbell before taking on a defender.\u00a0 The skipper feinted, then found White crashing through the box, where the inside forward tapped it through in the 55th minute.<\/p>\n

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Photo credit: Fall River Globe<\/p><\/div>\n

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After playing the set-up man on his club’s first two goals, Brittan decided the give the goalscorer’s title a try.\u00a0 Frankie McKenna looked for Tommy Croft inside the area, where Croft quickly tapped into Brittan’s path, and the skipper sent it through in the 69th minute.<\/p>\n

McKenna and Croft both found opportunities to extend the lead, but both fell short due to suspect marksmanship. Even so, Brittain’s goal proved the difference.<\/p>\n

The lineups:<\/p>\n

FALL RIVER\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 PROVIDENCE<\/strong><\/p>\n

Kerr, g……g, Surgenor
\nTate, rfb……fb, McAuley
\nMartin, lfb…..lfb, Abel
\nMacPherson, rhb…..rhb, Izatt
\nFryer, chb……chb, Dick
\nCoyle, lhb,…..lhb, Auld
\nCampbell, orf…..orf, Hogg
\nCroft, irf…..irf, Renfrew
\nBrittan, cf….cf, Florie
\nWhite, ilf….ilf, Curtis
\nMcKenna, olf….olf, Beattie<\/p>\n

Score – Fall River 3, Providence 2. Goals scored by White 2, Brittan 1, Beattie 1, Hogg. Referee – William Norse of New Bedford. Linesmen- Herbert Ratcliff of New Bedford and Lewis Newby of New Bedford. Time – 45-minute halves. Attendance – 9,600.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Fall River F.C. claimed an entertaining 3-2 Dewar Cup win over Providence at Mark’s Stadium. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":30624,"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":[898],"tags":[906,624,907,904,415,891,671,686,905,892,1283],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"http:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/FR-1.bmp","jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30607"}],"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=30607"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"http:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30607\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30633,"href":"http:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30607\/revisions\/30633"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/30624"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=30607"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=30607"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=30607"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}