Extra time onslaught puts Caversham through

An extra-time onslaught from Caversham, and a hat-trick from Patrick Fleming, saw them beat Ferrymead Bays 7-3 in a Chatham Cup football quarterfinal in Christchurch today.

Caversham were just two minutes from elimination when Fleming scored his first goal to level the scores at 2-2 and send the game into extra time.

Drew Sherman had twice given the home side the lead, first in the third minute and then again from the penalty spot in the 75th minute.

Robbie Deeley earned and converted a 30th minute penalty for the visitors' first equaliser and then netted another spot kick 1min into extra time for Caversham's first lead of the match.

Chris Murphy restored parity with a 95th minute header but two more goals to Fleming, including a stunning 100th minute free kick, and a double from substitute Seamus Ryder rubberstamped Caversham's third appearance in the Chatham Cup's final four.

Bay Olympic had an easier time of it against Forrest Hill Milford on Auckland's North Shore with Ross McKenzie scoring in each half to fire his side to a 2-0 win.

McKenzie broke the deadlock in the 22nd minute with an opportunistic flick from 10m out, and his second owed much to the work of Joe Edwards who went on a mazy run through the Forrest Hill defence before setting up his striker with a low cross.

Forrest Hill had their two best chances cleared off the line in the first half and drew the best from Bay Olympic goalkeeper Robbie Graham in the second.

In Wellington, Miramar Rangers remained in the hunt for a fourth Chatham Cup title with a 3-1 win over Wellington United.

Campbell Parkin volleyed in Rangers' first goal from a 20th minute corner and John Sutherland added a 37th minute penalty to double the lead.

Pressure from United resulted in Miramar defender Tim Schaeffers heading a desperate clearing attempt into his own net but substitute Dave Johnston made the game safe 12min from fulltime.

By that stage Wellington were already down to nine men, and Miramar to 10, with an altercation between Sutherland and United skipper Craig Alderdice resulting in referee Matt Conger showing Alderdice a straight red card and Sutherland a second yellow.

Four minutes later, in the 70th minute, Trent Watson joined his captain in the changing shed after picking up his second caution.

Yesterday, Jack Beguely scored with the last kick of match to give 2008 winners East Coast Bays a dramatic 2-1 win over North Shore neighbours Glenfield Rovers.

Beguely's shot beat goalkeeper Jacob Spoonley and while defender James Pritchett attempted to clear the ball off the line, the goal was awarded amidst protests from Glenfield players that led to a caution for Spoonley and a dismissal for Pritchett.

Paul Seaman's 21st minute volley from the edge of the penalty area cancelled out Dan Morgan Howell's sixth minute opener for Bays in a tense and spirited encounter, which boiled over in the 75th minute with another goal-line controversy.

Leigh Kenyon thought his shot had squeezed under Spoonley and over the line but this time play was waived on.

The draw for the August 14-15 semifinals will be made on Tuesday afternoon.

- NZPA