HOCKEY.

Auckland Star, Volume LIII, Issue 125, 29 May 1922, Page 8

HOCKEY.

. The championship fixtures under the auspices of the Auckland Ho,-key Association were suspended last Saturday on account of tin- weather Th immittee waited until noon before coming to a decision, although tb.-n- was not much hope for play earlier in the morning, owing to the steady downpour. The competition will not be resumed for a fortnight, as the annual carnival takes place next Saturday. As usual o."lte v lengthy programme hiis been provided, and a stjirt will be made will, the athletic event* in the ninrnliiE . The carnival and seven aside tournament' '.Is one of Ihe main attraction* of the sea son. and provides a good day's sport both for spectators nnd players. Three 5..1-1,-* ~f matches have been plnyed In connection with the cup fixtures and'by winning all their engagements rnivernlty ,ire In tl.e lead with six- points. Notwithstanding that St. I.uke have not lost -i game they are two points behind the students, owing to two drawn e ,ii,,ps Snniervllle. which won their llrst match lost the second to I'nlrerxlty. and th.-n drew with St. Luke s, giving (hem a total of three points, Mt. piilon io<t the first match drew with Pt. I.., l<e's in the second, and beat Areta in the third. Ar»ta"i only success was against I'nlverslty R, which they Jn'ot "•°" ''V »l] l<l K"al In three. Cnivrsitv II have sun to make good, though they fully extended Areta In the second match Th» following table shows the positions of the teams engaged In the struggle for premiership honours: - fJoals. Ch. P. W. r.. r>. For. Agf. Pf. I'lilrcrsity A .'! ." 0 n IC, 5 a St. Lukes... :>. 1 0 2 0 4 4 Somcrvillc.. :t I 1 1 v fl j) Mt. Kden... :i I I 1 7 g 3 Aretn ,T 1 2 n 4 0 " 1 nlversity n ;l 0 3 0 1 14 0 T'nlversity A not only nre at the head of atTalrs. hut possess a more substantial goal crop than any of the other teams in the . competition, with sixteen to their credit . nnd live against. St. Luke's have only had -four goals not,bed against th«m. However their shooting contingent only manage to nine. Souicrvilie's total number of (goals ex.-reds St. Luke's by two, but their net has been taken on eight occasions. Mt I l-.den only managed to score seven goals with, the same number as SouierriUe on the wrong side of the ledcer. Arehi scored rour goals and had nine registered against them, while I nivcrslty Beau only cunt one to their credit. WAIKATO MATCHES. Tnlted beat Frankton by 4 to 0 though the game was interesting and more even than the scores Jndl.-.-ited. Old Hoys had a run away vlctorv over St Paul 5 by IS to 0. TAUMARUNUI. Taiimarnnul .-,. beat "whnngo R. nuM nm "' U -- Kllkahl 4 - h ™< TaumnruCHRISTCHURCH. Y.WTT&t Tpchn "- a, nl,: