Top Sides Emerge In K Cup

Press, Volume CVIII, Issue 31769, 28 August 1968, Page 19

Top Sides Emerge In K Cup

(N.Z. Press Association)

GORE. The match between Eastern Southland A and Auckland A this morning could virtually decide the winner of major section A of the New Zealand women’s hockey championship. Both sides are unbeaten.

A win to Otago A, also unbeaten, in major section B is still not assured. It will meet Canterbury A, surprisingly beaten by Waikato on the first day, tomorrow morning. Canterbury is showing much better form now and could beat Otago. Auckland B, which had been in the running in major section B, was beaten today by Canterbury A, 4-1. The inside-left, H. Walker, scored all Canterbury’s goals. Nelson leads minor section

A with eight points, a point ahead of Ashburton and Southland. But Southland had played a match fewer than the others.

North Otago and South Canterbury, with seven points, head minor section B, but North Otago has played one more game than South Canterbury. The annual inter-island fixtures are set down for this afternoon. Section play-offs will be held .on Friday if required, and on the same day New Zealand minor trials have been arranged for the team to tour Australia. Inter-island teams are:— Major Section North Island. —J. Bowden (Wellington); M. Chappell (Auckland), L. Duley (Wairarapa); C. Coyle (Auckland), G. Horsfield (Auckland), J. Longland (Auckland, vice-captain); H. Kelsall (Auckland), S. Eddy (Hawke’s Bay), M, Hiha (Hawke’s Bay, captain), E. Dowrick (Auckland), R. Farrington (Auckland). Reserves: G. McDowell (Waikato), V. Nicholls (Hawke’s Bay), R. Watson (Waikato), E. Hollard (Wellington). South Island. J. Boyd

(Otago); L. Drummond (Canterbury), M. Bruhns (Canterbury); S. Blakeley (Otago), L. Miller (Eastern Southland, vice-cap-tain), A. McKenna (Canterbury); D. Fraser (Otago), H. Walker (Canterbury), D. Townsend (Eastern Southland). P. Forrester (Otago), M. Donnelly (Otago, captain). Reserves: S. Collins (Otago), J, Maxwell (Eastern Southland), J. Rutherford (Otago). Minor Section North Island.—C. Cadman (Taranaki), M. Hamlin (Taranaki), P. Kane (Rangitikei), J. Harper (Rangitikei), D. Andrews (Taranaki). E. McKnight (Wanganui), E. Walton (Rangitikei), L. Hausman (Rangitikei), J. Meynell (Taranaki, captain), S. Downes (Taranaki), H. Gardner (Taranaki). Reserves: E. Bland (Rangitikei), D. Tubby (Taranaki), C. Prendergast (Bay of Plenty). South Island. E. Munro (South Canterbury), A. Doig (Ashburton), H. Fraser (North Otago), K. Hansen (Southland), P. Rowley (South Canterbury, captain!, E. Neville (South Canterbury), M. Anderson (Central Otago), J. Mackay (North Otago), F. Tiffen (South Canterbury), F. Duncan (Central Otago),- J. Westbury (Southland). Reserves: V. James (South Otago), J. Well (Malvern), C, Caskel (North Otago).

RESULTS Major Section A Eastern A 3, Wellington 0; Hawke’s Bay 4, Wairarapa 2; South Auckland 2, Canterbury B 1; Auckland A 3, Otago B 1. Major Section B Waikato 4, Manawatu 1; Maniototo 1, Eastern B 0; Otago A 5, Whangarei 0; Canterbury A 4, Auckland B 1. Minor Section A Nelson 2, Tuapeka 1; Ashburton 2, Bay of Plenty 1; South Otago 2, Wanganui 0. Minor Section B Rangitikei 1, Malvern 0; Taranaki 2, North Otago 2; Central Otago 8, Marlborough 1. Points are:— Major Section A.—Auckland A 10, Eastern Southland A 10, Hawke’s Bay 8, South Auckland 5, Wairarapa 3, Canterbury B 2, Otago B 2, Wellington 0.

Major Section B.—Otago A 10, Canterbury A 8, Auckland B 6, Maniototo 6, Waikato 6, Whangarei 3, Eastern Southland B 1, Manawatu 0.

Minor Section A.—Nelson 8. Ashburton 7, Southland 7. South Otago 4, Wanganui 3, Bay of Plenty 1, Tuapeka 0. Minor Section B.—North Otago 7, South Canterbury 7, Central Otago 5, Taranaki 4, Malvern 3, Marlborough 2, Rangitikei 2,