N.Z. HOCKEY.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 128, 1 June 1937, Page 14

N.Z. HOCKEY.

SELECTOR'S TASK.

TRIP TO AUSTRALIA.

REP. GAMES A GUIDE.

1 lie New Zealand hockey selectors, Messrs. W. Xewehain (Auckland), E. Or. McLeod i Wellington) and C. C. Holland (C'hristchurch), will have a busy time ahead ot them for the next fortnight or so. Messrs. Newshani and McLeod were at Kemuera on Saturday watching the representative match 111 tlie morning and the club games in the afternoon. Next Saturday they will all be watching the Canterbury v. Southland match at Christchurch, the latter team including the Otago nominations, whilst 011 June 9 they will attend the meeting of Canterbury and South Canterbury. The final trial which the selectors will be watching will be a representative game at Wellington on vune 12, the teams to include the Nelson. Marlborough, Taranaki, Wairarapa and Wellington candidates. The team to go to Australia will be announced after this match, and nominees will know their luck. Sixty-six Nominated. To give some idea of the task ahead of the three selectors the following is the list of the 66 nominations for the New Zealand team, together with the name of the association sponsoring the players: — Wellington (17). —R. Brown, R. Martin, L. Bramwell, 1). S. Wilson, C. Dixon, W. Shaw. W. Browne, G. Rowe, D. fearnach, R. Wood, K. Mac Donald, A. Jeromson, S. Grab am, K. Osborne, J. Newport, J. F. Goldstone, X. Breniner. Canterbury (15).- —E. Dash, ,J. Coleman. C. S. Sutherland, B. D. Duffield, C. V. Walter, H. Rhind, R. Simpson, C. Cornish, M. Watson, T. Burtt, A. Hearne, D. Loader, P. McCormick, E. Rogers, E. Pickup. Auckland (9). —F. S. Clark, H. Jones, L. Watson, S. Robertson, M. J. Cooper, R. Roughton, L. Monteith, C. M. Torbett, W. Alexander. Hawke's Bay.—A. Mahoney, J. McNab, V. McCutcheon, Tan Hemapo. Wanganui.—L. Stewart, A. oHowartson, C. Smallwood. Southland.—A. Sharp, C. Maystone, R. Hanning. Wairarapa—H. B. Massey, M. Knutson, S. W. Fisher. Taranaki.—A. Duncan, S. Morgan. Waikato.— D. Pountney, W. Smillie. Nelson.—L. H. Hunter. L. A. Best. Otago.—o. B. Dey. E. W. Densein. Poverty Bay.—G. Slade, I. Douglas.

South Canterbury.—E. Saunders. Marlborough.—T. T. Turbitt. t I lie nomination of T. T. Turbitt. of Marlborough, and h W. Densein, of Otago), have since been withdrawn.