WRSLEY V. UNIVERSITY COLTS.

Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 210, 6 September 1927, Page 13

WRSLEY V. UNIVERSITY COLTS.

I' foli iftfeating Training College last! »«tarday Wesley succeeded in obtaining teat Victory, notwithstanding they already : possessed a couple 01 ..; .v ' ; ■. '** ~ / ■■"■■."if!N?fi#.-"»;--gt!e»ter portion of the game : were.oo' level terms. ■>&»ftbe>!gv for such an even struggle :s?s£**# Py. OP- means of an interesting #to?e;-;inJact, it was only a mediocre 'tJBW* ■ *o< l * fc times appeared lament* ;*eiflt Still, thejperformere were ttafifiblj 4* blame. They were:pperat1R ;6h a .bumpy ground, and it was to take the ball on 1&j 4y:w»tt ' ?' accuracy.,. • More often the ?tt *r4velled without being molested; In -Misequence, play was scrappy and ■ 4 ft the students ttat attempted *j> conduct their movements: on scientific y»«e, and from the left flank some .openingß were initiated but *?Mom materialised. Wesley's chief attack wae by. individual 'r»rti«t anS . that the , refe" iraa reached on several occasions, ~- : ?**e t ;not until the -finish that .the ' efficient from the Wesley;; "' ■ '<'■■',■ .f -.'J- "-•'■■.'.':..: r Tie ihooting of the students was not may have cost <fi*WMati the <fame, as- it would not nave, wred much in\that direction to have Weileye last line of defence. X Wesley side, frater and A..M Wtori were ar watchful 'pair" of fuHThe halves had a trying tinw, <Wy performed .moderately, while; i :ttfead A. •B^Burton usually led th* "MJgoard. Slaney showed promlee. «Mr& thaped tife hette* of wfce in the ftret speß. Joll performed ;•.";:•;■:." **;5n ; the half-line. ' Thompson main•ned position, tVlite, Noakes, Bowetl I I?*' T*yk>r—tie three insiere, though to. bunch—did. the bulk of the ■ ' - **Hc in tt. forward*. /. '-^: -- T, !-„•&

ST. LUKE'S V. EPIPHANY. Seventy minutes of, the rip and tear order up and down field, 5 goals to the winners and 2 ,to the losers, an entire lack of concerted movements, plenty of hard, indiscriminate hitting, occasional loss of feeling, but certainly not so marked as- lack of \ control of "the ball, sums the meeting of these teams and gave to St. Luke's a r win. Their rivals left the field happy; by haying'scored a brace of goals. The. ground was in fine order, but the standard of- play was poor. At this stage of the season in the senior division a high standard of play should'be • witnessed—hot a game marked - by - crude methods—and it eeems that something was radically wrong. Several -of ■■ the players did attempt to get things going, but the efforts quickly broke, down. Some of the aerial ■ work was more fitting for the golf links, and its introduction into this game cannot be understood when the principles of hockey are studied. Attacks were 'practically of a solo nature, and the defence by the fullbacks—relief at any price—a slog to the sideline. ■ Of .the players who ehons in good work■ ■ Steele, and Robertson, halfbacks, Duncan and Bay forwards, for St. Luke's, were best and most noticeable for' Epiphany were Merryweather, Hewitt,- Bavern, forwards and Winks, Lye and Rankin of the rearguard; '■ " ''*' ' -'■•