LACROSSE,

Auckland Star, Volume XLV, Issue 166, 14 July 1914, Page 8

LACROSSE,

The Grafton club intends sending a nam ia Mercury Bay to meet tlve Whitianjia tvps. From accounts received from former visitors to that part the team will have an exceptionally enjoyable time. The black and whites will have to'lie on the very top of thvir form to win.

Shore came to light once more in their match against Auckland, and won by a comfortable margin of 4 goals. Unfortunately for Auckland, and fortunalcly for Snore, the red's hid -to play an (emergency, otherwise the scores would have been much closer.

Auckland have an exeel'cent attack nun in E. MeCos-kric. He handles his creese in first-class style, backed by plenty of dash. -lie should, however, not hold the ball quite a.s much as Ire does. Walters is always a dangerous man to his op-ponents. and require.s very clot-e marking. Allen Brown, with his turn of r'peed, is always good' for sound defence work, but ejiotild rvmen-ber th-nt it is always dangerous to run fir upficM, and especially dangerous' to leave his vis-a-vio unmarked.

Hagan, .who plays centre for Shire, is a tower of strength to hi,- side die it. always, on the ball.

(Bol> Vial. ip".aying third man for Auckland on Saturday last, has the mvtkings- of an expert laorosseur. The way Ire effectually checked' Wool-lams wjs- a treat. If he can improve his stick w-ork by plenty if practice be will rank with our hist defence players.

F. Bell and ißtisseh. Shore".; wing attacks, aiv playing their .positicii in line in fact iv a way that is not often seen. The wing at lack are positions often relegated to the weak members of a. team, consequently this, province has not produced players used to this position and able to work it for all it is worth. Tiro two players mentioned aliove should, how eve;', remember that it is -a mistake to run right d.-iwn on to goal except on special occasions. The ball should, as a rule, beiulotcd into g.-r.il by th« homes. A. Bell, at point, could not go wrong against Auckland-. Ile is to be congratulated o-ii his exhibition of lacrosse.

J:, was confidently expected' that West ■End would! put up a better light against "Graft-on than they did. <; raft on continue to improve, anil certainly they have tlie material with such players tis J'hilson, Stewart. Knight and Kershaw. It is pleasing to mt« that although •there; was e-m-h a comparatively big score To<-ordcd. tlie actual .play w;is closer tliani it'he ( sraro indl.-ated. If Heather, for West End. could only get in some real good stick practice, it i would improve his .play .wonderfully.