George McCartney soon wasted a good opportunity for the Hammers, lashing into the side-netting, before Etherington fired a free-kick well wide.
Vermaelen saw red just before the break for bringing down Guillermo Franco, but Alessandro Diamanti saw his spot-kick well saved by Manuel Almunia.
After a gentleman's agreement, hat-trick hungry Obinna was handed the duties of putting the West Ham ahead, which he did with a well-placed kick.
Noble stepped up and struck the kick well, but Cech was equal to it as he dived to his left to make an excellent save.
Papua New Guinea had Lockyer's towering kick well covered until it hit the post and totally changed direction, allowing Slater to dive in and touch down.
Rob Lee then fired a free-kick well wide of the target as the Rams looked to bounce back, but lacking any creativity they never really looked like troubling the Blades.
After a bright start from New Zealand, Team GB took control of the game, but after spurning numerous chances they had to wait for Houghton to break the deadlock on 64 minutes with a well struck free kick.
Bent picked himself up to send Jaaskelainen the wrong way with a well taken spot-kick.
We did everything well from the first kick to the final whistle but it's a higher level.
After Murphy was penalised for dangerous play on Scannell, Caldwell found the net with a well directed spot-kick to the right of visiting goalkeeper Alan Blayney.
Garrett had the first chance of the game in the 27th minute but his header from a Michael Collins free-kick was well tipped over by Matthews.
As an indication of the difficulty the players would have coping with the swirling wind at Knowsley Road, Eastmond's convertion kick drifted well wide of the posts.
Robbie Matthews also went close for Kidderminster but his direct free-kick was well saved by Luton keeper Mark Tyler and he headed wide from close range late on.
Diamond levelled with a fine strike in the 76th minute, finishing off a well-worked free-kick.
BBC: Hamilton's David Elebert (left) tussles with Sone Aluko
The well has repeatedly wanted to kick back and flow nbut it was always controlled and contained.
Dianne Elliot, a city consultant, hopes this influx of well-heeled commuters will kick start a long-awaited Eastern renaissance.
City took the lead after the break when Louis Carey curled into the top corner from a well-worked free-kick.
The South African charged down Tipoki's attempted clearance kick and did well to make the line for a debut try.
Wolves' defence was up against it, and Paul Ince had to clear a dangerous-looking Alan Poulton corner before Alex Rae blocked a well-struck free-kick by Darren Barnard.
It was an early warning of the threat that the Eagles possessed and Grant was in action again midway through the half to palm clear a well-struck free-kick from Ambrose.
The visitors' lacklustre play was epitomised when a well-worked free-kick saw Nani play in Evra on the left only for his low whipped ball to fly across the Villa goalmouth without a team-mate showing a desire to get to it.
So, if one style fails, the other styles might kick in and perform well.
Ronaldo then went close with a trademark 25-yard free-kick which Jaaskelainen did well to push wide.
Georgios Samaras was selected as the lone striker and the Greek won an early free-kick that was blazed well over the top by Ki.
Greece's alleged rescuers would do well to remember that if you kick a can down the road for long enough, it dents and eventually breaks.
With eight minutes remaining, Alexander was well beaten by a drilled free kick from Dzsudzsak and the Rangers keeper was relieved to see the ball smack the inside of the post and rebounding to safety.
Three well worked phases by Bourgoin from the kick off put Va'aulu in and Matias Viazzo converted the try.
"We didn't handle going to the southern hemisphere well last time and we need to kick on, " said Williams.
Everton could have extended their lead before the break, when Saha met a Baines free-kick but planted his header well over the bar.
Yakin had earlier been denied by Turkey goalkeeper Volkan Demirel, who also did well to tip a swerving free-kick by Tranquillo Barnetta around the post.
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