HOCKEY.

Auckland Star, Volume LI, Issue 118, 18 May 1920, Page 7

HOCKEY.

Tlte championship fixtures were continued at Remuera last Saturday afternoon when the matches in the senior grade were again well contested, notwithstanding that Mt. Eden secured a tour goal victory over Somervilie. University defeated Edendale by three goals to one, and St. Luke's beat Areta by a goal to nil. After the rain during the week tlie grounds were inclined to b»' soft, consequently there was not so much sting in the pace of the ball, and in the games generally play waa seldom as fast as it was oh the previous Saturday. A 'strong breeze was also in evidence which tended to make matters uncomfortable for spectators at the games unsheltered by the pavilion. On the whole play was rather exhilarating on account of the evenness of the contests. It is understood that the Auckland referees have some important decisions as to policy to make at a meeting which will be held at the sports dub" to-night. Tbe following are the positions of the teams:—

The best struggle of the day was in the conflict T)etwe<"ii University aud Edendale. Nevertheless it could hardly be i-.illed a of the ground being in no pmnll measure lesponsiiile for play not roach-ing n very high standard. At'trmes there were some iHitits of fast play. Thp evenness of the contest maintained the Interest and enthusiasm n! the spectators until towards the end of the ganrr. and then the students attained their highest standard of excellence. Edendale opetred the attack, and nheir deadly tackling completely upset the work of the students, and at half-time were leading by a solitary goal. After tbe diarfge over University "not only succeeded iH coning with tbe methods of their more Iranetuons opponents but succeeded In obtaining the upper harnl. and ran out vie- ■ torioun by three goals to one. Fnwcett defended the students' goal mtlsfflctorilr. -Sloman loomed largely in the ba'-k division. 'I'layrr performed well, but Referee KHIIp kept a keen eye on his stick. Potter frequently bottled up the Sitrong attacks of Bdendaie. In tne forward line Somers and Wsddingbom were ttbe most prominent. Tbe latter aeered a fllnWag S<xll-

At full-back, for Edendale. Rlckerts' ' > hlctlng was good, btt-t through making his stroke on tbe ■turn -, was frequently penalised for sticks, laneen did not make many mistakes. Phlllipps' vigorous wont on the na.}tf-liu« nonplussed the student* in the early part of the gaiue. Sparkea end • ■Monteith were the pJck of the forward line, ulthougb the former had a tendency to 1 confine the attack to «ie centre. ! s MT. KIIES IV. eOMEKVTtJ,K. j If the game between University and I -Edend&lc was the best struggle, the Ml I JSden and Somervflle provided a eonteit of . pious had the gnme well Id band, and it was not lonjr before dhey began to take things easy, and as to*- result Somerville almost brought off a couple of snrprts-es. The Mt. .Eden team bad undergone a to Uie nature of the game it was not at full-back. Jonu%* worU was marked by I surencss. nnd be was seldom in trunble. i Wheeler shifted up to tht? fron-t a good I Ideal. Jarnian was tried in the half line | and require-s a Uttlo attention to position. A. Alexander was the pick of the forwards, wiile Ma.-keu showed improved form lv the centre. Cooper kept goal brtllianlTy. and could not be blamed for at least three, of the goals. Ueorjre was the strongest factor In i-hp remainder of the SoniGrviUe defence. Munro did lit-st amongst a modera&r half line. The two "Watts' rendered best service in tlie forward line. ST. LCKK-S V. A BETA. A military goal hard:.v iudicates the difference in the play of St. Luke's nna Arct-a. »s -throughout Ihe game St. Luke's did more tit t-h<» attacking, and were amre often in their opponents' tenitory. but the reds were ?adly lacking in front of -the p<p.il. It wB.I not actnaJiy a c-ase of the . ■ ap.Tble Areita goalie stopping the shots, for in many instances the Dal! did not lrave sufficient direction to tes-t ITallam. but St.. . '1/uke's work in the Held was much more ciinsiflitewt tTi.iu t/heir opponents'. P.owp played a ri in* game a-t fnll-bajck for the winners. Steele ara-onipHßbexl many ihin-ss brilliantly. At half-back Mcl-eod . was a host 1n him«»lf. hitting *otb ways . with accurucy. Williams and Duncan IfrO" tt-ns provaNc<l nT>on to f-arn out aguln) led ] a prortrfc-jiig -forward Iln<». , Althong-li St. l.nke's shooting was at ( foiiVt. Hal Vain had an opportunity to give j v good account of his stewardship. Kngland was fully ext>>no<!<l, nnd broke np attacks. Raildnn was easUy the best or tbe (halves. Kobertshaw and Cooper claimed , the honours in the forwards. ] t

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