Carlton wins again in senior hockey

Press, 23 May 1977, Page 22

Carlton wins again in senior hockey

Carlton still lead the senior t women’s hockey competitions, t after a fast and exciting win a against Woolston-Rawhiti in the 1 filth round this week-end. i *tn spite of its loss Rawhiti is I maintaining its third position in the tournament. 1 For the first time this season s Harewvod did not win Its game t outright: Cranmer held it to a l draw in a surprisingly close I University "as thoroughly beaten bv Burnside, which now i leads it in the tournament—re- I versing their previous placings. ■ Digby s had its first win of the ' season—2-0 lead over Linwood.! "rich had shared bottom of the its victor - .i

the game and outplayed Univer |t Bum*-i<j P players consistent! v J yon possession and trapped the s ball before passing it construet vely down the centre of thejt drives, and when University didic reach the circle, it for t nd it'S' difficult to get nest Burnside 3 rcMlie Elaine Jenson a Early in the game Chris de Spa|a s ored fo» Burnside, then Uni- t 'ersitv s Judy ' endellen equal s-‘cn after—from de Spa. *idving T ’ r he T latter oart of the first half’* Siw L'niversitv freouentlv in the f rurnside circle, but failure to'f tacks futile. * : r Tn Ih*» second half the whip «

belonged to Burnside. For a time tl.e University defence withstood strong attacks until Helen Denney made a great solo run from near halfway and scored for Burnside. University attempted to retrieve the situation and almost scored twice. However de Spa* made its position look more hopeless w hen she completed a hat-tricK and scored another fine field goal Near the end of the game J’llial Allen caught the University’ goalie off guard and drove the: ball home at a blistering pace to complete the scoring. Harewood 1, Cranmer 1 Ha re wood w<;> rhe aggressor; most of the game, in spite of' ■ Cranmer’- careful tactics and! ; good teamwork. Several times in the first half! , lire wood was unlucky not to ‘score, and it was not. until near ! half-time that a high-flying shot! prom Alison Sutherland made the I Cranmer was not following) through as quickly as it should. ibut had a good defence and! lilarewood had its work cut out' I to make headway. In spite of the defensive play. I Jiil Van dor Pl as managed to score for Cranmer only a minute before the break. Neither team managed to break through I the other's blockade again. Cranmer anpeared to have worked at its strategy. and; caught Harewood by surprise several times. Although several penalty corners were awarded* against both teams, neither managed to score from the cnposi-l tion’s temporary disadvantage. ! Carlton 4, Woolston-Rawhiti 0 1 Carlton scored four times in| the first half, apparently awing! Rawhiti by the sheer speed with wiiich their tally mounted. But Rawhiti did not stay gaping, and fought back with a vigour that, prevented Carlton scoring again.: Both teams were attacking; strongly, making it one of the 1 most exciting games of the sea-:

The left Inner for Carlton, Shirley Haig, once again proved the mainstay of her team, scoring three of the goals. Her fellow forward at centre. Isabel Knight, was playing just as hard, scoring the second goal and setting up the third for Haig. .Knight appeared to have scored! ai'tei a vigorous flurry in the goalmouth, but it was not signalled. so Haig confirmed it with a vengeance. In the second half Rawhiti was awarded two penalty corners in as many minutes, but neither made the goal. Rawhiti struggled ably against usually overwhelmingly dominant opponents, with several ; newly-promoted players giving; ithe lead to their elders, includling Lois McArtney, Debbie Hock* ‘ley. Janice Proven, and Donna) : Paviell. Digbys 2, Linwood United 0 . Digbys had a slight edge] throughout a game marred by ! scrappy play and bad temper ; from both teams. i Twenty minutes from the opening of play. Digbys’ right wing, ' Alison Cheevers. scored from ini' side the circle after the left ' inner, Helen Phillips, delivered it Ito her Phillips had brought the | ball three-quarters of the way up ; her side of the field without hin- ' drance. I Several other near goals failed (through misdirection of the bail, i and Linwood’s able goalie Mari* ; anne Fullwood, was not overI worked. • Play gathered momentum in (the second half, as did an awful lot of pushing and body con- 1 (tact. I Linwood was beginning to get; i clumsy towards the game’s end: 'however, and two players completely missed the bail from a penalty corner. Ten minutes from full time Digby’s centre forward. Joyce: :Smith, scored, sealing the result.; i Phillips was hit hard in the! ‘throat by a rising ball not long! afterwards, but was able to con-j riniiA davins

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