HOCKEY.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVIII, Issue 126, 28 May 1917, Page 7

HOCKEY.

THE CHAMPIONSHIPS. WINS FOR MOUNT EDEN AND ARETA. The nookey cha-m-pionships wore continued at lU-iiiuern oil Saturday nfternoon. in the prcf.cn.>' of a sparse attendance, and on n playing Held wbicli wns soft and ■treaitberoiif" from tlie recent heavy woa•Jher. Altlioiisth rain did not fall while the senior matches were in Tn-osresvs. a biting sonth-vvpsterly wind nrado nintters very dl-illy for the s[>ectators. Willie tbe light failed very badly In the last (jnarter of an hour owing to nn approa.uling rain Btorro, •whhm d-reiiChod the ground within a fe-» minutes at the cessation of ploy. Mt. Ivden and University had a ding-dons tossio. oaeh team paying Its liest game In the first round of the "present season, .Mt. l>len securing a wbi from the students by 4 coals To ■_'. for Iho winners Wlrittakor and HI. Alexander did the ncot-lng. the latter notching three nt the fYwir goals, while Romero and O-nrmrd scored for University. Tlie match between Aretn and .IjSdond-ale was aiso fast, and Interesting, the former winning by :i coals (o 2, tho gonl-gftters being Houirh fi) nnd Thrrmns for Aretn, «nd MontHth and If.ivis for JMendale Old Boys. 'Hie following talile show* the resiiective ■positions «f t-he senior teams nt the end of the first roimd: —

SBOONIU tIRABE. Alt ETA V. MOUNT EDEN. Arela 3, bent .Mount 'lMen 1. TJEIKD GRADE. somrrveu, v. srr. luebb. Somervell 4, beat St. lake's 2. GORDON V. J'ON'iKON'B.i'. Gordon 0, beat Tonsonby 4. POU'RTvir GOIAIXE. KTiriIANT V. GRANGER. Epiphany 2 drerw ■with Granger "a. F1 mi GRADE. OTANTjETT BAY V. MOUNT EDEN. Stanley Bay 6, bent Mount Eden nil. LADIES' MATCHES. SENITOII. MOUNT CT>BN V. OIJD -AS Mount Ed.ni 0, beat Old A's nu. .TUIMOIR. AKAWA V. EIIIFIHA'NY. Arawfl U. beat Epiphany nil.

Toitt.rH Chp. P. TV. L. T> For. Agst. Ptt. Mt. Kden .. ."• " — -- 7 .1 ti Arrtil .'I 1 1 -1 « « ". r'Trivenrity . :'. 1 1 1 7 S 3 Edcndale ..3 .1—4 T —