However, he showed Northern the utmost respect with Charlie Morris being the only change.
Caversham created enough chances to be out of sight throughout the match but could only manage a 1-0 victory.
Northern competed and got stuck into Caversham with its efforts pleasing coaching staff.
A well-taken goal from Ryan Fleming in the first 20 minutes settled the game for Caversham — which also had standout performers in Rhys Henderson and Andrew Ridden.
A four-goal performance from Tim McLennan was the highlight of the match between Dunedin Technical and Southland at Tahuna Park, which the Dunedin side won 5-2.
Attack was the order of the day as both teams enjoyed periods of dominance and the goalkeepers were kept busy all day.
Technical was 3-1 up at halftime with McLennan getting a first-half hat-trick. Ashley Watson also got on to the score sheet in the second half.
Tech goalkeeper Ben Dubyk was man of the match with an exceptional display, limiting Southland to just two goals.
With the season coming to a close it was Roslyn-Wakari’s last game and it took on Queenstown.
Roslyn wanted to end the season on a high but had to settle for a 2-2 draw.
With under five minutes on the clock, Roslyn broke quickly and scored with a bullet of a shot that gave goalkeeper Daniel Bocattios no chance.
Queenstown quickly equalised when a free kick 20m out saw Jan Kumar bend a superb curling shot over the wall and into the bottom corner, past the despairing dive of Tom Stevens.
A quarter hour later, Queenstown squandered possession cheaply and after a few nice touches Roslyn went ahead after a dipping shot flew into the net.
Queenstown equalised right on the stroke of halftime, with a nice diagonal ball smashed first time into the bottom corner by Callum Flaws.
The second half was a lot more even with fewer chances. Roslyn nearly won the game in the final play when a free diving header in the middle of the box hit the post.
Green Island struggled to gain the ascendancy in the first half against University at Sunnyvale.
One of the highlights was when Green Island’s Matt Brazier was brought down in the box and Max Johnston stepped up to take the resultant penalty kick only for Darren Hart to pull off an excellent save.
Island’s interim coach Kevin Scoullar rang the changes at halftime making a double substitution with Sean Carter and Cam Scott being replaced by Henrique Viana and Riley Cuthbert.
It produced immediate dividends when Viana scored on 47 minutes for the only goal of the game.
Unfortunately, this was Viana’s last meaningful contribution as he was injured six minutes later and was substituted, allowing youngster Finn Kelly to play the last 37 minutes
●Onehunga Sports have beaten Cashmere Technical 3-0 to make the Chatham Cup final for the first time, NZN reports.
Onehunga will meet crosstown rival Central United on September 10 at QBE Stadium on Auckland’s North Shore after the latter thumped Bay Olympic 5-0 on Saturday.
