HOCKEY

Auckland Star, Volume XLI, Issue 204, 29 August 1910, Page 7

HOCKEY

. i AUCKLAND DEFEATS CAMBRIDGE. A SCRATCHY EXHIBITION. The chief attractions at the local hockey convincing grount at Hemuera on Saturday were the Auckland v. Cambridge representative niatun, and the piay-oit for the tinal of the A section of the second grade competitions, game between the representatives was won by the local men, play generally being not of a high order, while in the junior tussle for supremacy the Unitarian team proved victorious. The ground was In fair condition, considering the recent heavy rains, but a biting wind marred the pleasure of the afternoon to the spectators. AUCKLAND V. CAMBRIDGE. Mason won the opening bally, and made for Cambridge's circle, but Ryder stopped, and hit to his forwards. A bout of crosshitting terminated in the ball finding the Auckland circle, but Baker cleared, aufl J'leobsen, ga'ning possession, set sail for the other goal, and centring nicely, Mason had a shot, but without the desired result. Auckland kept up the pressure for a while until Willis cleared with a nice hit, and Simpson and Kelly put in a good run. Baker and Speight cleared, and the leather came back to midfleld. Mather passed to Brooke-Smith, but Cox upset his calculations, and the ball went out in the visitors' 25. Criekell put in a good run, but Speight was in the way, and Kavanagh hit to the Cambridge quarters. From the ensuing play the ball went Into the Auckland net. but was not hit in the circle. Auckland gradually worked play back into Cambridge territory, where hits by Kavanagh and Brooke-Smith compelled a corner. From the hit Mason had a shot, but the ball was well stopped by the defending backs. An exchange of hits betw-een Cox and Baker brought play to mid-field. Good work by the visitors transferred operations ■to Auckland's circle, where Criekett put in ■a. fine shot, without the desired result. From the bully, Mason, Barry, and Mather made great efforts to score, and ci clinking shot by Mather was well saved by Anderson. Ed another corner. The green and golds, led by Kelly, dashed away, but Baker put in a flne hit, and the ball travelled from Jacobsen to Barry, to Mason, and the lastnamed player, following up his shot, was successful in putting the ball Into the net. Auckland 1 Cambridge 0 A good stop by Pierce, and a pass to Kavanagh, enabled the latter to send to Jacobsen. Cambridge temporarily stopped the pressure, and again the inner trio gained the cricle, where Mason repeated Tiis earlier performance. Auckland 2 Cambridge 0 Cox and Kelly broke awuy from the bully, and hnd the Auckland backs in trouble; but Speight came to the rescue, and 'the forwards, gaining possession, Invaded the opposing circle, where Mason made a wild shot. Auckland were combining much better now, and did more of the attacking; but the defence of the Cambridge backs ■was sound, and the spell ended: Auckland, 2; Cambridge, 0. Cambridge opened the second spell at a great pace, and immediately circled, but Rowe was in the way, and play came back into Cambridge's territory. Mather had a shot with the reverse stick, but just missed. Immediately afterwards a fine pass enabled Barry to score. Auckland 3 Cambridge 0 From the bully, Auckland kept up the pressure, and, from a line hit, Barry notched a^ain— Auckland 4 Cambridge 0 Cambridge, who appeared to have lost the dash displayed in the iirst half, suddenly ■wJuke up, and, through the agency o'l Simpson, Gleeson and K.ee!ey, reached the Auckland circle, but Bloomneld saved splendidly, and Auckland were again goalhunting. At this stage the feature of the g:inae was the splendid defence of the Cambridge backs, and indifferent shooting of the Aucklaud vauguai'd. Keeley and Gleeson were prominent In breaking away, but ihe attack wa6 only of brief duration. The Aucklaud backs soon cleared, and Cam bridge were again playing on the defensive. From a brief invasion by Cambridge, Jacobsen obtained possession from the line, and, running three-parts of the ticld, circled, and Mason put a ragged shot into th e net— Auckland 5 Cam-bridge 0 A smart sally by the Auckland vanguard, led by Brooke-Smith, was well stopped by Lox and Lyon. The vanguard took up the running, and gave the Auckland backs a littie trouble. Jacobsen broke away from iiiidfield, and set sail for the pasts, but went into the net without the ball. The ;;ume at this stage was of the scratchiest character, the Aucklaud forwards, while having no difficulty iv hemming in their opponents, repeatedly failing to drive home the attack, players beckliuu with the ball In a very fqeble manner. Presently, however, the comparative individual superiority of the local players was responsible for them securing the ball from a roll in. Jacobsen centred, and Mason managed to steer the composition between the posts— Auckland G Cambridge 0 A minute or two later the Auckland players, vviiu wakened up a bit as time approached for the whistle, notched another goal, Mather putting it in from a cornerAuckland 7 Cambridge 0 The game ended a few minutes later with the score unaltered. Mr E. Noonau was referee. AUCKLAND SHIELD TEAM. The following are the players chosen by the selectors to represent Auckland on September loth, in their effort to recover the hockey shield from Wellington:— ■Goalkeeper: Bloornfield. Knll-baeUs: Baker, Speight and Shlrriffs. Half-backs: Kowe, Kavanagh and Alison. Forwards: Welliam. Barry, Jacobsen, Mason, Mather and Brooke-Smith. A match will be played by the representatives against the following team next Saturday:—Uoalkeeper, Allen; fullbacks, Farquharson and Shirriffs; half-backs, Pierce, Porter, Dickesou; forwards, Welhiim, King, Smythe, Young and Murdoch; emergencies, Klchards, Norton and Stone. The foregoing teams will also practise at Victoria Park to-morrow afternoon at 430 sharp. The shield team will play a pracuce match at Victoria Park, at 4.30 p.m. on Wednesday against the players who ha\ c ni'tu chosua to p:ay against the Cambridge representatives at Cambridge next Saturday. The latter team will also train with the shield team at the Parnell Football Club's training shed on Thursday evening at 7.30 o'clock. The following players tave been chosen Goal: Bajldon tPonsonby). Full-backs: Parker, (Unitarian), Miller (United). Halves: Blampied ocouege Rifles), Irwin (St. Andrews), liiman (University). Forwards: Treanor (College Kilies), Marshall (Collegp Kiiles), Hobsoii (Unitarian), Sneddon (University), Keynolds (University). All players picked for the Cambridge tiip next Saturday, must notify the secretary, Mr F. 15. Taylor, immediately whei ther they will be able to make the iourj ney. The Auckland Hockey Association entertained the Cambridge team to dinner and smoke concert on Saturday night. A most enjoyable evening was spent, and included In a lengthy toa6t list were: "The Cambridge Hockey Association," responded to by Mr Isherwood; "The Auckland Hockey Association" (Mr Sbirriffs), and "The Ladies" (Mr S. Madden). The Cambridge team left for home by the Main Trunk express on Sunday night, after thoroughly en- : Joying their short visit.

SECOBTD GSA3SE.

CUP TIE FINAL. UNITARIAN v. 'VARSITY. In the play-oft match between Unitarian v. "Varsity for head of the A section of the second grade Unitarian opened the attack, I and after pressing compelled 'Varsity to j concede a corner. Prom the ensuing piny' Unitarian bombarded the circle, and from "a scramble in the mouth of the goal Hr»bson scored within four minutes of the start. This early rererse roused- the Collegians ■and, taking a hand in the attack, they kept! th-eir opponents busily defending. The Uni- > tarkm vanguard broke away, but Jackson stopped nicely, and play gravitated hack into their 25. A fin-e run by Hobson placed the 'Varsity goal in jeopardy, but F-awcett i saved brilliantly. Laurie and Jacobsen further Improved matters, and reached the shorting zone, where, from a rebound, I

Brooke nipped in and scored. 'Varsity, 1; Unitarian, 1. Play hung in midfield for a while. Hobson broke away, and carried play into 'Vsrisity's quarters, but Armltage removed the danger. The vanguard 'broke away again, but a line-out 'brought irelief. Good play by Reynolds mad« the prospects of University brighter. Parker stopped, and hit to Fawtett. A sudden rush i>y the student forwards resulted in tiie bail crossing the goailine. From the bully Unitarian invaded 'Varsity's territory, where ■Mitchell had a shot, but only a corner resulted. A hit by Laurie compelled UnitaTian -co concede a earner, and Sneddon found the net, but did not stop the ball before shooting. Unitarian now did a good deal of attacking, and from a bully at the 25 flag Mitchell dashed in and notched an unmistakable goal. Unitarian, 2; 'Varsity, 1. ;Near the tuu oi the game weak play son let Unitarian in, and the shot this time found tne net, the game* ending almost immediately. Unitarian 3 Varsity i H SECTION. Parnell and Mount Kden drew, th-ree goals all. For Parnell, Killop, Piper and Bereeford scored, and for Mount Kden Butler, Cox, and ALak»lxn. Epsom beat United by sto 2. For the winners, C. MeCowan (3), H. McCowan and L-eighton scored. Probert ivas the scorer for United. A and B team played a junior representative trial match, and, after a spirited battle, A teom won by three goals to two.

THIRD GRADE.

Y.&I.C.A. beat Parnell by 5 to 3. For the •winners Burgess (2), Thomas (2), and Spooner scored, and for the loosers Mayali, isennett and Hamlin. Epiphany beat Mount Eden t>y three goals to two. Murray, Prescott, and Fearn scored for the winners, and Woolford for the losers. iPiaeroa ladies defeated Walhi High 'School girl by 4 goals to nil. Miss Kenny scored two goals and Misses Whitmore and Wallis one each for Paeroa. Mr. W. Kenny had charge of the game. After the game, Mrs. Brunskill dent of the ciub) presented Miss M. Thorp with a hockey stick for being the best firstyear player.