HOCKEY

Press, Volume LXXXVII, Issue 26512, 29 August 1951, Page 8

HOCKEY

N.Z. WOMEN’S TOURNEY OTAGO NOW AHEAD OF CANTERBURY (New Zealand Press Association) AUCKLAND. Aug. 28. Otago le leading the K Cup competition with three wine, and heads Canterbury (a win and two drawa) in the A section in the New Zealand women's hockey tournament being pleyed at Melville Park. A B. Eastern. Wairarapa and Auckland Town have four points each, but the former has had the bye. .... In the Mills Cup minor competition. Bush is unbeaten in section A. and Ashburton and Hawke's Bay. with four points, head section B. Ashburton has played one match fewer. To-day’s match began on firm, dry grounds, but heavy rain fell at the beginning of the late games. Results were: " K Cup.—'Section A: Otago 2, Auckland Country 1; Wellington A 0. Can terb uryO; Rangitikel 4. Malvern 2. Section B: Eastern Southland 3. Auckland Town 1; Wairarapa 4, Waikato 1; Wellington B. a bve. Mills Cup.—Section A: Bush 1, fco'-ith ass® wus vjssu Bay 6. Wanganui 2; Auckland 9, Rotorua 0; Ashburton, a bye.

NORTH AND SOUTH TEAMS CHOSEN

(New Zealand Pres* Association) AUCKLAND, August 28. The North and South Island women’s representative hockey teams to play tomorrow are as follows: North bland.—M. Eglington (Wellington), Jill Fraser (Auckland Country). S. Campbell (Rangitikel), J.-Tricehurst (Wairarapa), P. Batty (Auckland Town), captain, J. Logan (Wellington), J. Patterson (Rangitikel), P. Rasmussen (Auckland Country), D. Buchan and V. Robinson (Auckland Town), N. Warin (Auckland Country). Emergencies: E. Enoka (Wellington), B. Banton (Auckland Country), B. Wallis (Auckland Town). South Island.—E. Bain (Otago), M. Lennie (Canterbury), P. Hendry (Otago), M. Miles (Canterbury), captain, M. Reardon Malvern), I. Sanders (Canterbury), E. irownHe (Otago), M. Donaldson (Canterjury), E. Teach (Eastern), vice-eaptaln, M. Ives (Otago), X. Sanson (Eastern). Emergencies: P. Calder (Malvern), A. McDonald and B. Simmonds (Eastern).