HOCKEY.

Auckland Star, Volume XLV, Issue 155, 1 July 1914, Page 9

HOCKEY.

AUCKLAND V. TARANAKL WIN FOR THE HOME TEAM. The first representative match of the present season was played at Remuera yesterday afternoon, when the Taranaki team which failed to wrest the Norden Cup from Waikato met the Auckland, representatives, and suffered a second defeat by G goals to nil. The game was not a good display of hockey, the local team in particular being much below expectations in the earlier stages. The Auckland forwards rnshed play into the visitors' territory at once, a corner resulting. A free hit temporarily relieved the pressure, and Allen, on the visitors' left wing, took the ball across the '-"a line. Speight clearing. The Taranaki men continued to press. Sage cnrrvitig ibe ball over the goal line. There 'was a very scratchy spoil in the home circle, and finally Ihe Auckland forward line got going. .la.obseti got past Wheeler, nn.) passed t,, Whlttaker. The latler returned the ball, but Sparrow, who was tilling a meaner as Koal-keeper. turned .lacnbscai's sboi aside. Auckland kept up the pressure, but tbe forwards seemed to have lemporarllv lost their combination, and nothing de.isivr happened. Speight stopped a return rush, and sent to mid field. A rush took Murray to shooting position, bin the ball went iust outside. From the 23 bully. Willitaker look the ball into the circle, an.l sent a long shot into tbe net. At half way, the same player won the bully, and almost got away on bis own. but bis shot was interfered with. Taranaki now got a series nf rushes going, but Speight and Jones proved formidable obstacles. Tin former took the hall with him well ncrosj halfway, and from Ihis opening Whlltakei and Smythe both tried shots, ihe former's effort sending the hall too high. Immedi ately afterwards the ball came Thomas way. and be got an easy shot in. the goal keeper having previously been drawn Offside spoilt an attempt by Whittaker. am several openings made by .Inchsen on th. left wing proved fruitless. Whlttaker ha, some hard luck in the succeeding spell o play, Sparrow blocking him repeatedly The Auckland defence was tested one before half-lime. Cotton came out rathe too far from goal, nnd got back just i time lo stop a ball which fell at bis feel This he cleared iust In time to save score ns- the opposing forwards wcr within a yard of him. Sparrow put in son, remarkably clever work In Hie Tarana, goal before the whislle sounded, sunn three or four particularly bo! shots frni various angles. The spell ended - Auckland - Taranaki On changing over. Taranaki wet straight for the opposite circle, where 111 slowness of the Auckland men gave' he several good chances, .lones at length se down field, and ■-"' i1,, ! , * 1 , Vf ,Th 1 ",. field was tbe rcs-ult. This lasted about 111 minutes, and ended when Jaeobsen got pas the defence on the left, nn.l sent in a Ion: bard shot, the ball bluing the gnu keeper's boot and glancing inlo the net Several ~nd attacks from the ngh wing ensued, till .ineohsen took a long si. from a pass by Whlttaker, and scored 11 SSiUy M.cdl« Pf tb S rtim' a o n n If Jefen'sTve The™ exhibition, on .he wh.,l wards nearly broke through the AucklJl defence, but they were given no Chan. ,o shoot, and play was soon irit 1 c Ir » lorrltnrv once uiore. A sixth polnl lor v home team was made by Thomas, after nrXngecl tussle in front of the posts, bi K°| followed hy a Taranaki rus i.ieh nearly produced a score. Aucklat co,tinned to press their attack till tin was called, the game resultingAuckland f Taranaki Mr. L. H. Norton was referee. AUCKLAND V. WAIKATO. The following team has been chosen l „ _i«e_r (Air L. 11. Norton) to rept Lirt against Waikato in t challenge Shield match at Kemuera , S «£"p~er: 11. V, Sparrow (Aretal Full la Its H li. huelghl .1 uh.rsil 1 II Baker (Auckland). '•HiifStS.: J..M Aton 'Ponsonb: L (1 Robinson (1 niversitw. J. i . istMii tl F„r wards D. Smythe .Auckland). ' E A W.ii.t.-iker (Are, 1 Mahoney (I uiversit.M. i. >- J-nou ,;|Tniversity». sioman iColle B SS? V>. '*™ Eden.: forwards. It. W. Barry II oik Rifles). .1. Murray (Auckland,. AUCKLAND V. RODNEY. The following team has been selected n.»v Rodney at Warkworth on Saturd: £&£ AuTkland_by the s.s. Hnultl a. *%&£rTG. A l!"V^"^^%l ll ßoi rt^iS.w f 'X:;K Snedden. A. Thomas. H. W. King. N Snetraen, a. M„ r k. Reserves: X Durham. .\ al £ b^k , w. Stalnton: I &rtY * &****< »' * cLcn " "