Harewood almost trips Burnside

Press, 22 May 1978, Page 19

Harewood almost trips Burnside

Senior womens hockey was thrown wide open on Saturday; when the leader. Burnside, was held to a draw by a determined Harewood. Linwood/

United notched its first point when it beat Digbys.

Play was very even in the! early stages of this match, but Carlton soon settled in. Only; stout defence by the Cranmer backs and the goal-keeper. Elizabeth Armstrong, kept Carlton out. It was well into the first half | before Shirley Haig was able to breach the Cranmer defence to score a beautiful goal on the run, but Carlton was unable to score again in the half as Cranmer rallied. The second half was played at 1 a fast pace, with both teams sharing in the attacks, and Haig scored her second goal after a goal-mouth scramble. Cranmer was unlucky when a shot hit the post late in the game. Linwood-United 1, Digbys 0 In a rather scrappy but very even game. Linwood won on a solitary first-half goal by the centre forward. Susan Spivey. Spivey was the nucleus of the Linwood attack, but much of her attacking play was spoilt through lack of support. The Linwood halves. Robyn Fergus and Leanne Summerton, played soundly, however. Digbys had its share of chances and it was only the.lack of a strong shot at goal that prevented it from scoring. Judith Courtenas and Jan Duggan toiled hard, as did Helen Phillips. Woolston-Rawhiti 4, University 0 An early first half goal to j Woolston by Lois McArtney put University on the back foot, but then could not breach the opposing goal again until late in the second spell. University failed to adapt to* the tricky ground conditions and : i were using short push shots that; were failing to reach their targets. There was good individual play only. | Burnside 2, Harewood 2 Barbara Turbott opened the i scoring in this fast and very competitive match when she . goaled from a corner early in : the game to give Harewood a 1-0 lead, but Burnside fought back strongly. In fact. Burnside enjoyed territorial supremacy for much of the game, but tight defensive work by Harewood denied them goals. Maureen Rankin and Turbott used their experience i wisely, and showed a good understanding on deep defence. Helen Denny and Judith Phillins were rewarded for assiduous backing up with a couple of well taken shots to give Burnside the lead. But just when it looked as if Burnside would take the match. Harewood broke away quickly and gained a pen-. alty stroke. It was hit in by ■l.yhette Sutherland to gain the I draw. I

Points table:— D L F A. Pls P W Burnside 5 4 1 0 22 7 4z Carlton 5 4 1 0 21 5 \Voolst-Raw. 5 4 1 0 21 5 4i Harewood 5 2 1 2 6 7 2J Cranmer 4 2 0 2 8 5 2 Linw-Utd 5 1 0 4 2 21 1 Digby s 5 0 0 5 3 20 0 University 4 0 0 4 1 14 0 Carlton 2, Cranmer 0