Progress
Losing only one game out of the 14 played, the High School Old Boys senior second division hockey team won their grade with a three-points lead over the second placed team. They scored 56 goals and had 22 scored against them. The team is the first in local history to win the senior reserve grade, the relegation match to senior second division, and then go on to win in its new grade. The hockey has been of a com sistently high standard. Captain The captain of the team, R. Cummins, was a senior player for a number of years and his experience has been a valuable asset to the side. Not only has the team been successful in its grade, but several of its players were in the senior reserve team which won its grade last year with 75 goals for and 25 against. They are J. Chamberlain, K. Chamberlain, A. Burrell, J. Duggan, and I. Palmer.
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Press, Volume XCIX, Issue 29270, 30 July 1960, Page 5
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158Progress Press, Volume XCIX, Issue 29270, 30 July 1960, Page 5
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