Two new hockey caps

Press, 29 August 1977, Page 30

Two new hockey caps

By

KEVIN TUTTY

; Two Aucklanders, Keith 1 (Gorringe and Trevor Laurence, are the only new caps I in the New Zealand hockey (team to meet Australia in Ithe first of the four test series next month. The team, for the first test; at Auckland on September! 10, was named by the selec-! tors, Messrs Brian Maunsell, i (Ross Gillespie and Trevor] Blake, at the end of the nat-l ional tournament in Wanga- 1 nui on Saturday. Neither Gorringe or Lau-j Irence was a great surprise, 1 although the Wellington full-, back, Phil Banfield, could be; disappointed at not having] made the side. He played | consistently throughout tour-; nament week. Laurence and Gorringe are both halves, although the] former has played at fullback and could fill that position in the fourth test at Perth on September 25, for which Greg Dayman is unavailable. The selectors emphasised,] however, that the team is | for the first test only sol

I there is a chance that ■Benfield could be included j I for the last three tests. -i The team is: si Paul Ackerley, Thur Borriren, Alan Chesney, Tony Ini ] eson (captain), Rodger t’McHarg, Barry Maister, Sel- | wyn Maister (Canterbury); tlJe'ff Archibald, Dayman, r I Gorringe, Laurence, Arthur -IParkin, Ramesh Patel (Auck- , | land); Alan Mclntyre (Wel•(lington); Les Wilson -I (Wanganui). • I Two members of the Mon- ; treal Olympic team, Neil • i McLeod (Northland) and , Mohan Patel (Auckland) are • not in the squad but are in- > i eluded in a New Zealand In>]vitation side to play New 11 Zealand and Australia in the ■ ;week between the first and (second tests. ! McHarg, a goal-keeper at > (the World Cup in Amster- ■ dam in 1973 ano Kuala Lum- ■ pur in 1975, has been chosen t for the test team after miss- ■ ing a place in the Olympic ; team last year. Mr Maunsell considers .{that the team will be at ; least as strong as that which >lwon the gdld medal at Mon-

11treal and he and his fellow’ 11 selectors are hopeful of sue* cess in the four-test series. I I Mr Maunsell has mapped -lout a light training pro-' - gramme for the players for r the next two weeks so they •lean recover from the strain ;lof the national tournament .land be fresh for the test r series. The team will - assemble in Auckland three ■ days before the first test. i The invitation team in-j eludes a number of young ■ players who impressed at lithe national tournament and i among them are two young j I Canterbury forwards, Bal- j -ivant Bhana and Mark Burtt. •| The team will play Aus-i i tralia at Palmerston North] sI on September 13 and New ! I Zealand at Wanganui on September 14. tj It is: • I Benfield, Hus Bikha, Brent ■ I Miskimmin, Peter Mis1 kimmin (Wellington); Bhana, i -IChris Maister, Burtt (Canter-’ : I bury); Graeme Hall (Mana-i watu); Neil McLeod, Ross; ! | McLeod, Barry Thorne! t (Northland); Bruce Mellor, il Mohan Patel, Maurice Mar- • Iquet (Auckland). I