WOMEN’S HOCKEY LEADER BEATEN

Press, Volume CIX, Issue 32287, 4 May 1970, Page 7

WOMEN’S HOCKEY LEADER BEATEN

Burnside quickly took control of its match against the Can terbury women’s hockey clut champion, Carlton, to win bj five goals on Saturday. The other teams to win were Harewood and Rawhiti. while Aranui and University drew. Results: Burnside 5, Carlton 0. Aranui 1. University 1. Rawhiti S, Teachers* College Marewood 2, Digbys 1. Points: Burnside and Harewood 2|, Carlton 2. University «nd Aranui li, Digbys and Rawhiti 1, Teachers’ College 0. BURNSIDE v. CARLTON Burnside, having little trouble with the greasy conditions, outplayed the re-arranged Carlton team. Burnside was quick to the ball and kept both wings busy with a consistent supply of ball. The first goal came very soon after the game began. A. Alleway. left inner, moved towards the goal area, successfully eluded several defenders and had an attempt at goal. The shot was blocked, but J. Phillips was quick to net the rebound After fairly regular attacks with no addition to the score, Carlton conceded a penalty corner. A. Johnstone, righwing. hit the ball hard to Alleway. who had plenty of time to line up a hard shot. Bumside s third goal was the result of a penalty bully. P. Carr,

ol Carlton's centre-half, infringed n- seriously enough to prevent ib what was regarded as a certain »y goal, and she unsuccessfully defended the bully, taken for ■e Burnside by J. Mouat. le Shortly after this goal, Alleway again had a good run and after some skilful dribbling she took a hard shot which was bravely blocked by Carlton’s goal-keeper, J. Hamilton. Soon > after half-time Burnside converged on the Carlton goal, and in a scramble at the goal- ». mouth the ball found the back v of the net. The final goal came d after a run by Mouat up the j. right flank. She dribbled the ball into the circle and it bumped over several defenders' e sticks into the back of the net. t- Burnside played as a team and n each lipe supported its fellows o to provide good cover defence, s Carlton, with a re-arranged y defence, could not stem the tide eof Burnside attacks. The •* changes in the forward line ’> put G. Coull at left inner and i. D. Eddy at left wing. In the ■■ defence. P. Carr played as t centre-half and later as rightI half. D. Fleming interchanged o with Carr, and J. Buckley played right-back. Coull moved s to centre-forward in the second half and J. Wilson went to left v inner. Carlton never settled i- down to a combination and o players were out of position e through inexperience. >• Buckley worked well at her t new position and intercepted ■ well. Every effort was made to spearhead the right flank but these efforts wet'e broken down by misjudged passes and close marking. Hamilton, in goal, did some fine work for her team. • but she was several times unsighted by her own players. Carlton’s only moment of triumph came when M. Waapu. right inner, had a wonderful solo run down the centre. She moved fast and dribbled in perfect control, only to be beaten on the goal line by the arrival of A. Farmer, Burnside’s left _ half. f Umpires: Mrs M. Gray and . Miss J. Bewyer. j ARANUI V. UNIVERSITY i- This game produced some 3 good hockey and players on , both sides attempted to use pos- , * session to advantage. Play j ranged up and down the field, . with first Aranui and then University gaining the upper hand. '•The Aranui forwards were : faster in the first half and used . crisp passes, whereas Universality favoured the controlled 1 push, which Aranui’s players s were quick to intercept. ' S. Cowles, playing at centre 5 forward, guided the Aranui for-

ward line. She was ably supported by W. Stock, at rightinner. E. Fisher, a newcomer ito the grade, worked hard at left-inner and showed she knew what to do when in possession. :The Aranui defence was held together by A. Ruston at centrehalf. Her anticipation of the direction of play was at times incredible, and her trapping was excellent. P. Smith, in Aranui’s goal, had a good game. She was kept very busy in spasms and was only beaten once. University assumed an edge of control in the second half and bad many shots at goal without success. The defence worked hard to regain possession and mount another attack. Most of these attacks came down the right flank, where J

Timms ran well. S. Smythe gave her good support. These two players centred well for their left-flank, K. McDonald and P. Randle, to pick up and score. It was from such a move that McDonald scored off her own rebound, with a steady push shot. After some good defence on the * part of C. McMorran right-back. and S. Borren, centre-half, University was driven back by the Aranui. forwards. Using the left flank, E.

Green centred well for her right-wing, A. Sutherland. A draw was a fair result from a game in which both teams had scoring chances. Umpires: Miss B. Makinson and Mr R. Hurst.

DIGBYS v. HAREWOOD Harewood emerged from this game with a one-goal margin and honours in field play in the first half. In the second half, however, Digbys began to dominate the game and Harewood seemed content to play at Digby’s pace. The two goals came in the first half. Harewood had spearheaded its attack on the rightflank through S. Howell and L. Rutledge. Howell took the ball down the

wing and moved in-field. She took a hard, well angled shot from the circle’s edge which beat all the defenders. Soon afterwards Harewood moved again down the right flank and Rutledge scored with a well-hit shot from the circle s edge.

In the first half, Harewood handled the greasy conditions well and had the territorial

b advantage. J. Capetick played e a sound positional game and r trapped well. She broke up 1 many attacks on Pigby'a right--1 flank. Digbys. beginning the game t with 10 players, held Harewood t at bay for some time, but the i superior field play and passing > soon told their own story. J. Fookes, centre-forward worked very hard to keep her team on » attack, and with more support, - she would have scored several . times. B. Turbett had some line

runs on the right-wing In the second half, but she was closely marked in the first half. D. McKinnel. left-back for Digbys, intercepted and trapped well. She was several times responsible for breaking up Harewood’s attacks. Slowly bringing the control of the game its way, Digbys began to attack with more purpose and finish. Its efforts were st last rewarded in the closing stages of the game when Turbott had a run down the rightwing. She centred across the circle and Fookes was wellpositioned to follow in and press forward to sepre. Umpires: Mrs M. Gray and Miss B. Makinson. RAWHITI V. TEACHERS' COLLEGE Rawhiti's score mounted steadily throughout the game. It opened its account early with two quick goals and had little trouble penetrating the College defence. J. Millard, right-inner, had a field day, scoring four of her team’s five goals. The centreforward, R. Carroll, added the remaining goal. Rawhiti has improved over its three games and the new players are gaining valuable experience. The defence combined well with the forwards and had a good understanding. Teachers' College tried hard to provide some opposition for Rawhiti. but lack of the basic skills of tackling and passing prevented it from being a real threat to the Rawhiti defence. On the occasion when B. Oxley scored, however. College had maintained a good period of tactical hockey. Umpires: Mrs M. McGregor and Miss T. Bowyer.