HOCKEY.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXIX, Issue 142, 15 June 1908, Page 6

HOCKEY.

'" - —■---■ Cup matches; under the auspices of the Auckland Hockey Association were eon. tinned on Saturday at Remuera; the Domain, North Shore, and EUerslie, a number « of good and fast games being witnessed ' among the senior teams. •~" i__ SENIOR GRADE. -. 1

UNITED V. ST. GEORGE. • §1 The competition matches were continued ■ this afternoon, the principal meeting beini; 81 between United and St. George, at the D<£ main. From the bully-off the St. George _ took the ball down to their opponents' quar- "•' ters, and throughout the first spell held the ' ! United on the defensive, show-' ■ ing considerably superior in tactics and - dash, and making the pace fast and furious - ! Iheir two goals,, however, might have beeii '; increased by several had they not Bhown over eagerness on occasion, the defence of '• the whites being anything but an exposi- .'; tiou of good hockey. Flower, played »".''.■!■ sterling game for the aggressive team, while " r the shots of Tiihms and Tattley kept tha opposing goalkeepers busy in stopping The " r spell ended: St. George, 2 (Palmer and "5 limins one each); and. United nil. ' . -f' In the second half the United's woke ■•'- ---up to the situation, aiid a very fast open-g---ame resulted, St. George's still maintain- -'T ing the upper hand, however, till well into "i the spell. Tattley, by a well delivered - : shot, bringing the score to three. The "'-•' whites', who were practically playing eight ■ junior men, and had been battling gamely : now infused a new iuterest in the game ' by cutting through the red jerseys three - times m quick succession, Porter, Cathro and Welham each in turn obtaining credit ; for a goal. St. George, driven to the de- - ; tensive, played splendidly, the centre-half' V (Waters) in particular pulling the nut ■- from .the fire tagain and again, and sating a lot of dangerous rushes from scoring," with : good and cool play. A reversion took St. - George once more up the field, and Stone. ; by a fine pull, carried his team to th_ ' majority; but Uniteds, playing with great * determination, came again to the attack. ' and just before the whistle Munro brought > the score even, no-side sounding, with tha * score lour all. on PONSOiSBT V. NORTH SHORE. || Ponsonby Seniors v. Shore, at the Devon. '• port Domain, proved one of the fastest and s best expositions of the game yet Been this' season, and resulted in a drawn game both i sides scoring three goals. Ponsonby played >'3 with only nine meu, and their performance '•'] was particularly creditable. The Shore A wingers were very prominent, MorrisSu; - v on the right, scoring two of the goals, and McClusky, on the left, notching the third. i Their goalkeeper was in excellent form, and '■.."- all the backs stopped well. Young (2), and ■'■'•- I Gick (1) scored for Ponsonby. Alisbii, '■': I left half, played one of the best half games •' ■"' I seen this seasbn in Auckland. Mr Larkiu-.?-' controlled the game in his usual able ____--.!: her. Afternoon tea was provided by the Shore '■■'■' team, and the Ponsonby boys had a part. T cularly enjoyable afternoon. AUCKLAND A V. AUCKLAND B. ' ' J -J

A TIGHT TUSSLE.

At Remuera, under fine weather conditions, a bard and fast game resulted in * • win for the Auckland A team against.Auck. land B. Mason and Lepirie bullied offi arid '■'; the A's were immediately on the move, ' Mather just missing. The B's now got into, their stride, and made an onslaught on the '' A's citadel, Whitley and Spears clearing. A ■< sally by the vanguard almost resulted in &_§ score, but Howell saved splendidly. East- ■■: gate drove the leather to midfield. Mason stopped, and set his forwards going. Speight' and Reid stopped the advance, and Lepine, Whyman v and Jessup shifted play to the ' other end. Hill returned, and. a smart dash . by the A's front line looked dangerous, but S Howell was in the way. A fine hit by Eastgate relieved the pressure, but it' was only temporary. Mason putting one over the bar from a fast centre. The defence of the ' B's was sound, and although the A's were : doing most of the attacking, no score resulted at half-time. As they .faced, off for " the final half both teams , seemed eager. The A's were first away, but a "free" relieved the pressure for lließ's, and a smart dash by Short on the left-carried play inte the A's 25. Kavanagh and Whitley and Mather, gaining possession, ran througJi . the B's backs, and notched a beauty. Shortly afterwards he repeated Ills performanfce. '"■' The B's livened up again, and Lepine hit out -■'.. to Jessup; the laiter passed at the right, niomeut, and Bell, dashing in. Drew-first blood for the B's. The B's were again ■ goal-hunting, but Baker in goal tossed the ' ball out with his stick. After a little interchange of play A's vanguard were again pc the move, and so:r.e fine passing gave Murdoch an opportunity, which he accepted. With play in B's 25 time was called,, after one of the fastest games of the season.—A ■ team, 3; B team, 1. • " i. Mr. Hay controlled the game In a satisfactory manner.

SECOND GRADE. Wm

At EUerslie on Saturday the local tetntf|f met University, and defeated them .by , >J. goals to 1. Play was very even during, the'S first spell, and at half time the score stoott-.; one all. In the second spell EUerslie livened-» up, and Scored their deciding goal. UnijaMf sity were unfortunate in.losing their keeper towards the erid of the second spe_fciE through an accident. The game, Training College y. PonspubT A, resulted In a win for the former,by. _jj goals to i. Goals were scored for the wfiF m ners by Lorking (2), Scott <2)» and one f™*sj a scramble. • . : .";T_S| Ponsonby B's met Epsom on No.;>'-»|g ground-,. Remuera, and both teams, turnlngiS out in full strength, a good game Epsom winning by three goals to one. Fromg the start Ponsonby seemed to be equalvjegi their opponents, scoring, one goal,in '■,VjfH,iii first few minutes?, with little opposition, sW& the home team rallied, and from that umej| onwards all through the game the. black ant/golds showed their superiority, both in and precision, only poor striking savlnggg Epsom's score from being a large one.^M? J g Beckend officiated as referee, and. gaveff every satisfaction. ■ . '• _' ■_■ $__<§$ Auckland defeated United B by 3 go*»ti to i- '?£§

JUNIOR MATCHES. V.M.C.A. B (7) beat St. George's B (1). ) V.M.C.A. C (7) beat 'Varsity (nil). ■,';;':/.«| LADIES' MATCHES. The ladies' hockey match, Moana v. I*v<: dies' College afforded a fast and contest, last year's champions having a tussle to notch a one. goar victory from their | opponents. Moana's forwards played a gooa .: dashing game. Miss Cooke, MtsS E. Gopdlfcig aud Miss. Clark showing out in. form. Their backs, however, were hot eqoergj to the Ladles' College backs, who did son»jg capital shooting. Miss V. Collier especialJfig playing with brilliancy in this* while good work was also done by Miss WffM ton. Miss Mccklow, and Miss Jenkins. TB|§ winning goal was achieved for Moana neae-S, the end of the spell, Miss Cooke scorlngg amid great enthusiasm. Rawhlti A defeated Eawhltl B. by threeg goals to nil, the B's playing three. guHf; short lv the first spell, and one in the **j| cond. - "S_S