Auck. wins hockey

Press, 22 May 1978, Page 28

Auck. wins hockey

PA New Plymouth Auckland convincingly beat Canterbury, 3-1, for the Page Trophy in the final of the national colts hockey tournament at Stratford on Saturday. It was the second time Auckland had beaten Canterbury in three days and confirmed it as New Zealand’s strongest hockey province, both at colts and senior levels. Canterbury opened the scoring with a penalty stroke by Bhana after five minutes, but Auckland quickly recovered and after leading 2-1 at half-time, piled on the pressure and

scored a goal immediately after the interval. It was then obvious that Auckland would win, but it was unable to add a further goal as play became scrappy and tired passes were given to the opposition at the end of a hard week of tournament play.

Scorers were.— Auckland 3 (N. Parkin 2, H. Compain) beat Canterbury 1 (B. Bhana). In the final of the B section for the Lusby Trophy, Wairarapa beat Hawke’s Bay, 1-0, after the match went into extra time. Other results were:—

Otago 2, South Canterbury 0; Manawatu 2, Ashburton 1; Wellington 4, South Canterbury 0. Lusby Trophy: Franklin 4,

Southland 3; Army 4, Marlborough 1; Hamilton 2, Taranaki 1; Poverty Bay 1, Rotorua 0. Final rankings were:— A section: Auckland, Canterbury, Wellington, South Canterbury, Northland, Wanganui, Manawatu, Ashburton, Otago, Nelson. B section: Wairarapa, Hawke’s Bay, Hamilton, Taranaki, Army, Marlborough, Franklin, Southland, Central Hawke’s Bay, Poverty Bay, Rotorua. At the end of the tournament the New Zealand Colts team to play in a mini-interprovincial tournament at Hamilton on Queen’s Birthday week-end was named by the New Zealand selector, Mr B. Mansell. It is.— H. Bhika (Wellington, captain), B. Bhana, Carnoutsos, R. Wilson (Canterbury); G. Cotton, G. McLeod, W. Peat (Northland); P. Darji, J. Darji, D. Kettle, G. Mayhill (Auckland); R. D. Ross (Otago); P. Miskimmin Wellington); A. Lunts (Manawatu).