HOCKEY COMPETITIONS

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 19050, 22 June 1925, Page 6

HOCKEY COMPETITIONS

INTERESTING CONTESTS. WESLEY DEFEAT ST. LUKE'S. ARETA BEAT UNIVERSITY. The first matches in the second round of the senior hockey championship competition were played at Remuera on Saturday afternoon. The conditions were ideal and the standard of play high class. Wesley defeated St. Luke's in a stirring contest by 3 goals to 2, while Mount Eden gained an easy victory over Stanley by 4 goals to 1. The Areta- University game provided an excellent exposition, Areta winning by 3 goals to 2. WESLEY V. 'ST. LUKE'S. Smart work by the St. Luke's forwards took play to Wesley's twenty-five shortly after the frame commenced, but Sparling cleared with a well-placed hit. Burton aud Fitt combined effectively and St. Luke a were placed oil the defensive. Several further rushes were countered by sterling back play by titeele and Rowe, and St. Luke s were pressing at half-time. Upon resuming, Wesley launched a series of concerted attacks, Fitt anr. A. Burton being prominent. From a good combined movement A. Burton ran through and scored. Keeping tip the pressure the Wesley vanguard showed excellent combination and tactics, and after a brilliant movement Hailwood goaled. Wesley, 2; St. Luke s, 0. Aroused by thia reverse, St. Luke's attacked hotly .and a strong offensive was crowned with success when A._ Williams availed himself of au opening and scored. Wesley's forwards were playing with great dash. A spirited assault on the St. Luke's goal had been well stopped by Mills, and further rushes followed. Eventually Flood made the most of a chance and goaled with a hard shot. . In the closing stages St. Luke s made determined efforts and Wesley were kept strictly on the defensive. Following a penalty corner, Carston scored, making the final score: Wesley, 3; St. Luke's, 2. ARETA V. ' UNIVERSITY. Areta launched a quick attack against University. but it was checked by Hume and the University forwards came away in good style. Although the Areta rearguard were playing a good defensive game, splendid concerted play by Scherer and Clayton gave Seelen a chance and he made no mistake, scoring with a nice shot. The University forwards showed combination, and Burton and Hodge accomplished good work on the left flank. Play was in favour of. University and after a splendid movement Burton scored. University, 2; Areta, 0. _ . Areta played better in the seconcV half, and the forwards were responsible for clever work. A good movement on the left flank gave R. Carter an opening, and his shot found the net. ■ A sortie by University was checked at the circle's edge, and Davis cleared. A further rush was nullified through a mis-hit, and Areta rushed play into University's goal area, J. Carter scoring from a scramble. Burton and Hodge brought off a nice movement on the left and a corner hit was gained. Areta cleared well, and after close play in the University circle J. Carter scored with a hot shot. University made great efforts to score, but Areta's rearguard successfully coped with the rushes. A good game ended with the scores, 3—2, in Areta's favour. MOUNT EDEN V. STANLEY. The Mount Eden front line showed excellent combination in the game against Stanley, and gained a decided advantage in the early stages. Fletcher, (riles and Alexander combined well, and with crisp, short passes carried play into the opposing circle. A clever cross-nit to Alexander left an open goal and Alexander made no mistake with his shot. Further offensives placed Mount Eden in a good position, but solid play by Chaplin and Frater kept the circle clear. Stanley launched a strong attack on the right flank, and Rankin made a lucky clearance from a hard shot by Jones. Indecisive play followed until Alexander created a good opening, and Giles 'improved the position by breaking through- in the centre. Reaching the circle Giles sent in a hard shot, which found the net. Good forward play by Mount Eden saw them set up a long assault. Clever passing by the forwards gained a good position. Fletcher followed through and .scored'. The Stanley backs were failing to keep in position and Mount Eden were quick to seize openings in the defence. Kelly made a fine solo effort and scored. . Scott initiated a strong Stanley attack and a corner was gained. Frater stopped well and goaled with a brilliant shot. Mount Eden, 4; Stanely, 1. The defence on both sides was sound for the rest of the game, which ended without alteration to the score. JUNIOR GRADE RESULTS. SECOND GRADE. Training College, 4. beat Otahuhu, 2. Epiphany, 5, beat Areta, 3. Mount Eden, 3, drew with Somerville, 3. THIRD GRADE. Stanley, 4, beat Wesley, 0. Somerville, 3, beat Waitemata, 2. Epiphany, 3, beat University, 0. Grammar, 7, beat Remuera United, 0. FOURTH GRADE. Waitemata, 2, beat St. Paul's, 0. Training College A, 8, beat Stanley, 1. Mount Eden, 4, beat Areta. 1. , Somerville beat Grammar by default. FIFTH GRADE. Grammar, 14, beat St. Paul's, 1. St. Luke's, 15, beat Somerville, 3. LADIES' HOCKEY. MOUtfT EDEN'S SURPRISE WIN. The second round' of the ladies' hockey championship was continued on Saturday under ideal weather conditions. The grounds were fast and good hockey was witnessed. On No. 1 ground, Mount Eden registered a surprise victory over St. Cuthbert's. This places Mount Eden one point in 'the lead. After a period of indecisive play Miss Fotheringham started a forward movement on the right. Miss Nuwti centred to Miss Warburton, who scored Mount Eden's first goal. St. Cuthbert's showed to advantage from the next _ bully and Miss J. Dodds shot hard to Miss Jenkins, who reached Mount Eden's circle. Miss A. Dodds evened the score with a fine goal. Mount Eden's forward line then started to work in good style, and it was apparent that they were too fast and tricky for their opponents. Miss Hamlin scored from long range. St. Cuthbert's invaded Mount Eden's territory and Miss Dodds had 'a shot that was cleverly stopped by the goalkeeper, and Miss Martin cleared with a long shot to the left. Miss Dawson's centre from the twenty-five was intercepted by Miss Watson. Miss Keely kopt- play in St. Cuthbert's twenty-five and Miss Warburton notched her second goal. Shortly afterward Miss Lowe scored, and before the spell ended Miss Hamlin added Mount Eden's fifth goal. On resuming, St. Cuthbert's carried play to their opponents' end', but » shot by Miss Phillips was stopped by Miss Twining, who cleared. Miss Nash carried on with a fine line run, swerved into the circle, and found the net. St. Cuthbert's seemed to have gone to pieces. Mount Eden continued to have the upper hand, and a few minutes later Miss Dawson sent in a high shot that the goalkeeper had no chance of stopping The game ended: Mount Eden, 7; St. Cuthbert's, 1.

TRAINING COLLEGE A V. ARAWA. The Arawa-Training College A game was more evently _ contested than the previous match. Training College did most of the attacking. Arawa showed to advantage in a forward rash, hut their efforts were frustrated by Miss Smith, who cleared to Miss Cowdill. A shot to Miss Mead, who started a movement on the right, gave Training College a good opening. Miss Moffitt stopped a shot but the ball - went to Miss Lemon, who made no mistake. Miss Lemon scored the second goal for Training College a little later. Play hung in mid-field until Miss Mawson opened up pky on the right. Miss Simpson's shot at goal was blocked, but Miss Pidgeon, following in- fast, scored nicely. Miss Steele received a good centre from Miss Moore and scored. Arawa returned to the attack, and Miss Coutts passed to Miss Simpson. Miss Hutchings received on the left and from scrambling play pushed the ball into the goal. Training College. 3; Arawa, 2. _ Miss Lemon getting in some good work and notched her third goal for Training College. Miss Simpson 'was having hard luck in not scoring, but the fact of her being out of position lost her some good chances. Training College continued to press. Miss Arbuckle cleared, but the College halves kept their forwards well fed and Misß'Mead found the net with a long shot. The whistle sounded with the scores: Training College, 5; Arawa, 2. A DRAWN CONTEST. University took the field ngainsi Training College B three players short, otherwise their "score would have been much higher. Miss Clevely secured from -the opening bully and with a solo run caaried play into Training College twenty-five, where.the backs cleared. Patchy play ensued, but University fought hard and thecre* was no score at half-tinwc

A forward movement was started from the College centre and after much scrambling play Miss McMillan -found the net. University's centre forward, Miss Clevely, was doing useful work, but the shortage of players weakened the forward line. After great efforts Miss Clevely scored a good goal and the game ended in a draw. JUNIOR MATCHES. Training College A, 5 (Misses Brown, Betts, Sargood, Shore, Biggs), beat Y.W.C.A, A, 2 (Miss Bell 2). Y.W.C.A. B, 1 (Miss Coldham), beat In-ter-house, 0. , ... Waitemata, 7 (Miss McGill 5. Miss Reid 1, Miss Griffon 1), beat Training College B. 0. COUNTRY WEEK TOURNEY. TAURANGA REPRESENTATIVES. [B¥ TELEGRAPH. OWN CORRESPONDENT. J TAURANGA, Saturday. The following' team has .been selected to represent the Tauranga Hockey Association at the country week tournament in Auckland next month:—T. Carter, W. Teasey, W. Noble, A. Lloyd, F. Playfair. J. McCaldon, D. O'Halloran, W. Turner, L. Green, L. Beilve, K. Cambie, L. Hammond, r. Lorrigan and W. Poole. MATCHES IN THE SOUTH. [DT TELEGRAPH. —PRESS ASSOCIATION.] CHRISTCHURCII, Saturday. The hockey matches to-day resulted: — Selwyn A. 4, v. Selwyn B, 1; Technical, 3, v. St. Albans, 1; University. 3, v. Sydenhar:l' J ' DUNEDIN, Saturday. In the hockey competitions to-day, University A, 10, defeated Albany, 0; City, 6, defeated University B, 0. -