
July 8: Central Railway Mumbai Division CRMD carried on from where the had left on Saturday, by defeating Chembur English today by a convincing 2-0 margin, in the quarter-finals of the on-going JC Maitra Cup, organised by the Mumbai Division Football Association at the St Xavier8217;s Ground, Parel.
Satish Kumar of the railway team scored the first goal in just the 11th minute, helped by a splendid pass by Ravi Gajdi catching the Chembur English goalkeeper totally unawares
The winners8217; got their second breakthrough in the 26th minute of the first-half with the help of a corner. Narendra Karanjekar8217;s low shot went into the melee of players. Harish Devadigan, near the goal took advantage of the confusion and nudged the ball into the Chembur English goal.
The second-half was lackluster with no goals scored.
Napolean Perreira of Chembur English made a desperate attempt in the 59th minute but was saved by Antony D8217;Souza much to the dismay of Chembur English. The Division II league match between Miners and DMC was also played today at the same venue, which the latter took 1-0.
Satish Shirke of DMC scored the lone goal of the match in the 6th minute with an spectacular 30-yard strike past a bewildered goalkeeper.
SUBHASH SCORES: Subhash Agrawal103, Devang Shah85, S Kokane and D Joshi 84 each were among the top break scorers at the Mathurdas Vissanji Challenge Trophy played under the Mumbai Billiards League 1997 in various venues of the cityi.