HOCKEY.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 55, Issue 238, 22 July 1935, Page 3

HOCKEY.

THE WOMEN’S MATCHES. Matches in the Ashburton Women’s Hockey Association’s competitions were played on Saturday, a feature being the senior fixture between Tinwald and Old Girls, which produced one of the best exhibitions of hockey seen in club competitions for several seasons. Senior Grade. Playing at Ashburton, Tinwald (scr) defeated Old Girls (scr) by eight goals to three. This was a hard-l'ought and cleanly-contested match, both teams being at the top of their form. Scores for Tinwald were: M. Henderson (o), P. Baker (2) and F. Gudsell. M. Carson shot three goals for Old Girls. Mr E. Davidson was the referee. Keen interest was displayed at Rakaia when Kereone (handicap 2 goals) contested a hard-fought match with Rakaia (2 goals), which ended in a draw without any goals being scored. S. Breach (Rakaia) had to leave the field early in the match on account of * an injury to her leg. Mr W. C. Bishop w r as the referee. Although it conceded one goal handicap, Baring Square (2 goals) beat Lowcliffe (3 goals) by six goals to live, on the Ashburton Domain. For Square, T. Williams and D. Fowke each scored: two goals, while Lowcliffe’s points were made by E. Anderson and J. Hawke. Mr W. Corbett was the referee. The match played at Hinds resulted in a draw between Hinds and Mount Somers, both teams obtaining seven goals. The goals for Hinds (scr) were ' Shot by J. Lowe (3), F. Donaldson, E. Musson, J. Watson and J. Davidson. Mount Somers had a handicap of foui* goals and shot three. Mr Johnston (Mount Somers was the referee. junior Grade. In the junior grade contest between Hinds A and Hinds B, played at Hinds, the B team won by five goals to one. Mrs S. Hampton was the School defeated Tinwald by seven goals to nil in a match at Ashburton. The scorers wereh Baird (4), B. Carson (2;, L, Colqur houn 111' E. Davidson was referee.

INDIA WINS THIRD TEST. GREAT SUPERIORITY SHOWN. AUCKLAND, July 21. India won the third hockey test against New Zealand by 7 goals to 1 before a crowd of 12,000. In spite of the narrow margins by which the first two tests were won, the Indians clearly demonstrated their great superiority on a hard, fast ground, and after the first 15 minutes dominated the game. „ . , ■, With masterly tactics and finished stickwork the ‘lndians broke through repeatedly and! in the closing _ stages did not seem to be at all worried bv the occasional New Zealand attacks. Dhyan Chand, at centre forward, was ■the* most outstanding of the visitors, and was seen in numerous fine runs.

He received excellent support from Rup Singh and Wells. The two wings, Fernandez and Shahabuddin, made some brilliant runs down the line. Masud, at centre-half, originated many attacks, but was not as prominent as in earlier matches. The Indian full-backs put up a splendid defence, and time after time broke up rushes by New Zealand forwards. The New Zealand side showed many faults. The forwards did not combine at all well, although some showed to advantage as individualists. Turbitt was seen in several brilliant runs down the field, but did not combine with the others as well as might have been expected. Bay also was prominent in similar runs, but Watts was well marked. The wing halves, W. Bowden and Spiers, were not impressive, as the opposing forwards were too fast. Moore, i,n the New Zealand goal, gave a poor showing, making very few saves. The defence mainly rested on Ewan and Rogers, both of whom played sound games, although their clearing hits were not as clean as they might have been. The Indian forwards forced play to the New Zealand circle, but were well repulsed. The New Zealand forwards took play to the opposite end. From a corner Wellbourne took the hit, directing, the ball to Turbitt, who whipped it across the goal mouth for Bay to send in a powerful drive, which gave Blake little opportunity to save. New Zealand prolonged the attack and Turbitt drove a fast ball from the edge of the circle which Blake cleverly deliected. From a pass by Harbail Singh Shahabuddin took the hall down the line and swung in to Wells, who went in to close range before beating Moore to score. Almost immediately, Dhyan Chand", with a bright solo effort, penetrated the defence and sent in a medium paced ball which Moore misjudged and failed to stop. A few minutes had elapsed before Rup ISingh passed the ball to Dhyan Chand, who went close in to give the goalkeeper no opportunity to save. The half-time score was:— India ... ... 3 New Zealand 1 Soon after the resumption Fernandez took the ball to the twenty-five, where lie heat Ewan and centred to Dhyan Chand, who ran in to net. After a brief rally by New. Zealand, Rup Singh broke away, bouncing the hall on his stick. He took it into the circle and with a beautiful reverse shot scored in the corner of the goal. New Zealand again attempted to penetrate the Indian defence, several shots just missing, but Wells broke clear in a spectacular dash with the ball on his stick, and beat Moore to register another goal. The final score came when Dhyan Chand netted with a powerful drive from an acute angle. The final score was:— India 7 New Zealand 1

NEW ZEALAND BEATS N.S.W. TWO GOALS DOWN IN FIRST FIVE MINUTES. SYDNEY, July 21. Though they were down two goals in the first five minutes, the New Zealand women hockey players convin-' cingly defeated New South Wales by 3 goals to 2, enhancing their prospects in the All-Australian Carnival at Melbourne. In splendid l defensive work Miss Mortimer excelled. Miss Hansen, the centre-half, was the chief agent in upsetting the speedy attack of the home forwards. Mrs Reid:, the captain, was always cool. The New Zealanders regarded the ground as perfect, though they confessed they were accustomed to more bounce. They quickly mastered the necessity for driving stickwork, without losing their skill in short passing. A feature of their play was the skilful stoppage of the ball on the full. They were generally superior in positional play. Miss McKenzie, the inner right, was easily the best forward, being thrustful fast and neat. Miss Cotter, the left wing, was again reliable, though she was closely watched by “Tory” Wicks, the New. South Wales captain, Miss McKenzie scored three goals for New Zealand. The New Zealand team was as follows: Coal: Mrs A. O’Connor. Backs: Misses A. McDonald, G.Moi--11 Halves: Misses M. Gudsell, E. HanSen F;maiShs J. Donald Miss M. McKenzie, Mrs H. Reid, Misses I. Dahlberg, M. Cotter, MATCHES IN CHRISTCHURCHSydenham 2, Trinity 2; Technical 1, Selwyn 1; Redelitfs 1, University 1.