HOCKEY

Auckland Star, Volume XL, Issue 122, 24 May 1909, Page 7

HOCKEY

CHAMPIONSHIP MATCHES. The various competitions in the Aucklaud Hockey Association championship iuarcb.es were continued at Bemuera, the Domain and North Shore this afierhoon. The weather and slushy underfoot condl--tious militated against anything in the nature of nice play, the games being a succession cf wet and mudSy scrambles, the teams haying the better balancing qualities pulliug off the houours. SENIOR MATCHES. Of the senior matches two were played on the Remuera ground, Ponsonby and I.M-C.A. making "a tie of it with three goals each. McLean c"d a.U the scaring for V.M.C.A., while ~Tp blue aqd blacks Sakey secured twojGoai*. and Young one. fnited were vlcTori'.us in their match against St. George notching* three goals to the one gained by Palmer for the red jerseys. For the winners Barry hit two goals and Porter one. GRAFTON V. UNIVERSITY. This was a splendid game, and resulted in a thoroughly well-deserved victory for Grnfton by 3 goals to 1 goal. Grafton had the best of the gtnne throughout. They started off at a great pace, and scoped within three minutes, and very soon after that Grafton again scored. The third goal was made shortly after the beginning of the second spell. Considering the wet and greasy nature of the ground the combination was excellent, and very little whistle was required- Prime (2) and Whyman scored for Grafton, and Jacobsen for University. Mr. A. E. Larking refereod. His emphatic vertfict was, "'A really nice game.'! NORTH SHORE V. COLLEGE RIFLES. In the match North Shore v. College Rifles, played on the North Shore Crlcke{ part of the time on the aggressive, though, towards the end of the first spell the Riflea team rallied, and notched a goal. Towards the end of the second spell, after a pretty eveu struggle. North Shore made matters again lively, and put ou three goals lii quick succession,' Lockley and Sherman (2) scoring. SECOND GRADE. United (-,) beat Epsom (1)- For the winners Mclndoe and Barnard scored two each and Howarth one. Glass scored for Epsom. St. George (7) beat V.M.C.A. (2). Laird (3), Jones, Beale, Cullen and Griffin scored for iSt. George, and Forgle scored two for Y.M.I.A. The losing team played two men short. Training College (5) beat Pimpernel (2). Crawford (4) and Crawshaw scored for the winners," and Langdale and Murray for the losers. 'Varsity (3) beat Ponsonby (1). Neal (2) and Bennett scored for 'Varsity, and Gick for Ponsonby. The game was played without the services of a referee. Ellerslle IS) beat College Rifles (1). THIRD GRADE. University A (4) beal: Epiphany (1). For the winners Brook scored two and Thomas and Sneddon one each. United A (16) beat United B (31. Unitarian 20 beat University B I. ST. MARY'S v. ST. GEORGE'S. St. Mary's, playing two men short, crushlngly defeated St. George's by 8 goals to nil. Noble (4), G. Killip (2), Thomas and Beresford were the scorers. LiADIES' ASSOCIATION. Rangitlra A (10) beat Rawhlti B (nil). Moana (3) beat Hungatlra B (1). WELLINGTON V. AUCKLAND. (By Telegraph.—Own Correspondent.) WELLINGTON, Sunday. The Wellington Hockey Association has accepted August 14th as the date upou which to meet the Auckland representative touring team. Wellington hopes to get a team to Auckland In July, in an endeavour to wrest the New Zeqland Hockey Association's championship shield from the Northerners. THAMES HOCKEY. TH>IIES, this day. ' The hockey team played a practice match in view of the representative game against Auckland on Monday,