Brother Ur*>n dropped further astern tn the title race when they lost their third consecutive point with ■

goalless draw against Public

their claim as one of the three top soccer club* of the country.

Their forward*, with Mizan in particular, were erratic and •polled two excellent scoring chance*.

Mushtaq. PWD* opportynts-

mim Jr (Haroon) (Prince). Man •oor, Biplob, Shaheen (Tipu). Joy. Mushtaq.

Referee: R Alam.

VICTORS VICTORIA

In another Star Premier cn

Works Department (PWD) in l te second phase of the Star Premier Division football league at the Dhaka Stadium yesterday.

The draw leaves the Go-plbagh side with 22 points from 15 outings, two points behind league leaders Mohammedan Sporting Club who have played a match less. Reigning cham-Ks Abahanl Krira Chakra so far garnered 21 points from 14 matches.

PWD. who had held Brothers to a one-all draw in the first-round match, turned tn another magi not-minded display interspersed with rare but lethal, incisive breaks. Their goalkeeper Saidur, a veteran in the Senior Division league, was superb under the bar leaving out his charge time and again to foil the Brothers forwards.

Inept shooting and an appalling want of imagination on the part of the Brothers players made things easier for the agile Saidur In fact barring the last ten minutes of the match. Brothers did nothing to justify

tic goal-getter and captain, had Brothers almost sunken when he let fly a powerful shot early in the first half from quite a distance but goalie Ponir judged the flight well to save the men In orange from embarrassment.

Some Brothers supporters tried to take out their frustration on referee R Alam but the police personnel had the man in black well covered.

Foiled in the field, these hoods later indulged tn vandalism leaving the adjacent Dhaka Metropolis Football Association (DMFA) office in a virtual mess.

Returning to the mutton. PWD Club with yesterday's draw raised their tally to 13 points from 15 matches.

Shamlm Sr and Shaheen of PWD SC were warned with the yellow card.

TEAMS

BROTHERS UNION: Ponlr, Pljush, Moon. Ata. Parvez (Swa-pan), Manik Rupu, Vassllin, Uttam (Ripon), Mizan and Raklb (Jilanl).

PWD SC: Saidur, Shamlm Sr. Kakon, Montu, Babu, Sna-

counter, played at the Hockey Stadium, a struggling Victoria Sporting Club recorded a narrow but vital win agaihst Wart Club.

Their Thal striker Kusit To-Aldther made an Impressive debut by scoring the all-important goal tn the 21st minute.

Victoria have ten points now from 15 matches while Wart, who carved a niche 1n the hearts of football fans with some enthralling performances, particularly against big teams, languish at their previous collection of 12 from 15 matches.

TWO-ALL DRAW

In the lone match of the Star First Division played earlier at the same venue, Sadharan Bl ma and promotees Bangladesh Boys split points.

Both teams scored twice each. Mlntu and Basu found the target for the Insurancemen while Badal Das and Shahjahan reciprocated the act for the Boys.

Blma have 13 points while Boys have 14. having played 13 matches each.