FRANKLIN WINS HOCKEY TOURNEY.

Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 153, 29 June 1940, Page 15

FRANKLIN WINS HOCKEY TOURNEY.

TIE FOR RUNNER-UP.

RODNEY A AND PIAKO XL'S.

E. ASHTON 25 GOALS IK WEEK. I 1 After Rodaey A had overwhelmed | B in lie eaii;." game at Reaiuera ! yesterday in the Sisal round of fee At;ck-1 land Hockey Association's White Horse I Cup tournament, the point* were Rodney 11. Franklin 10 ar.d Ptiko he-der of the! trophy} 9. ] The list-named sides had then to take I the &eid to meet Rodney B and Thames j respectively, and victories for both had; the effect of makntg Franklin winner of ' the championship, with Rodney A and Piako a tie for second place. These two teams are to hoid the Captain White Cup i the trophy awarded for runner-up in the Country Week carnival) for sis months a piece. Piako won the Koat Cap from Whaagarei A i-— l* when the teams met is the fourth round on Wednesday. The trophy was donated for competition between these two t*>sms and is played for in conjunction with the White Horse Cup competition. Final position of teams :— Goals Ch. P. W. L. D. F. A.Prs. Franklin 7 5 - 2 21 7 12 Rodney A 7 5 1 1 SS 0 11 Pisko 7 5 1 1 27 7 11 Whangarei A .. 7 4 2 1 19 12 9 Rodney B 7 3 4 - 20 SO 6 Waipa 7 2 4 1 It 22 5 Thames 7 1 6 — 32 SS 2 Whangarei B .. 7 —. 7 — 333 0

Unbeaten in the tocraa-fient. tie only | points Franklin lost were in the drawn j jiffies with W«rpa and VThaacareJ A- Pi*ta> j and Rodney, 1933 winaer »ad ruaaer-Bp i respectively, met ia the fin* round. oa | Monday aftrrEoon. and the result was a j tj*». Tbey both sahsetjcentljr Jjjst their game j acainst the Frankria eleven, who won the | cap ontrishi for the first time ia 20 years, bat were bracketed with Rodney following { a tie in the p'sv-<ff .« a nsaddy §*":d in ' lf'37. The outstanding individual performer of the tournament "" was Ellis Ashton. the Rodney skipper and centre, who rang oa 25 of the A team's 3* ?>>als dttrin?" th* are days of the tocraey. Three Brothers in Both Teams. An inierestir.:: feature of yesterday's match between Frinilhs and Rodney B was the appearance of brothers on each side I_ and B. Bellinsbara for the blsc's-and-whiteg ; C. L. and V. Shepherd to* the Northern elevea. The Franklin side, I which is drawn from GJetibrook. Koaekohe j and Walau Pa. was captained by Charles i Cooper, a brother of the Anekland Carver- j sity senior cricketer and hoeiey player, i Henry Cooper. ! The scores in Friday's seventh and final j rotsrid are— Franklin C ifVeM 2. McGowan 2. B. Beilir.eham. 1.. Owen'', beat Rodney B 1 (A. Lansrridsei. Rodney A 7 »E. Ash ion o. X. Wyat- 2>. beat Wh&cjrare; B 0. Praia 0 .B. Spiers S. M. Stevens S- P. OUiver 2. N. Stevens'i. o*2l Thames, p'jiyinr only nine men. 1 (M. Hat-wood*." VThaasarei A 7 (C. Bint S. J. Carter S. M. Ko&icfc). beat Waipa 1 .K. Bums). i