Harewood loses N.Z. men’s hockey final

Press, 27 September 1982, Page 36

Harewood loses N.Z. men’s hockey final

St Luke's, of Auckland, overcame a two-goal deficit to beat Harewood, of Christchurch, 3-2, for the H.W. Smith Trophy in the final of the national inter-club championship at Hobson Park, Auckland, yesterday. It was an exciting game, played on a rain-affected ground, with St Luke’s levelling the scores by half-time and going on to score the winning goal lOmin from the end.

Harewood dominated the early exchanges and deserved the 2-0 lead after 20min. Its goals by Chris Leslie and Pat. Hayde both came after partial clearances from penalty corners. The first of those corners followed a brilliant solo run by Balvant Bhand. Almost immediately St Luke’s replied with a goal from a penalty stroke by Chris Brown and then after a sustained period of pressure Graham Reid equalised with a fine goal from the edge of the circle.

In the second half the St Luke's pressure continued and after Ron Smith, the Harewood goalie, had saved a penalty stroke, Ramesh Patel scored what seemed to be an inevitable goal. A cross from the right corner had been deflected infield from the post. Harewood came back with tremendous spirit in the closing minutes, forcing two penalty corners and creating further chances, but could not score.

Unlike Otago University in the semi-final, St Luke’s managed to contain Hare-

wood’s left-side attack. The St Luke’s right fullback, Mark Smithells, excelled with sure tackling and trapping and the right flank attacking combination of Noel Parkin and David Ross was always a threat, as was the intelligent running of Reid. Harewood’s defence worked tirelessly during long periods under pressure, but

General forecast: Mainly fine mild weather in the North Island but some isolated showers about and west of the ranges, with widespread showers late in the day along the west coast and about Cook Strait, as a cold front approaches. Cold south-westerlies and showers in Fiordland and Southland spreading north to reach Buller and the Kaikoura coast this evening. District forecasts: Canterbury: A change to fresh, cool south-westerlies spreading north during the day with showers. Marlborough: Northerlies, strong about the sounds, but mainly moderate elsewhere; fresh south-wester-lies on the Kaikoura coast this evening; mainly fine

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office. Christchurch Airport. yesterday. Barometer: 6 p.m. 11 p.m. Millibars 996.0 996.1 Temperature: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 15 Rainfall: mm. 9 a.m. to 11 p.m nil To date this month. ... 15 To date this year 232 To date- last year 426 Average to date 476 Average for September . 43 Wettest September (1946) 120 Driest September (1980). 2 Sunshine: hrs Yesterday 3 hr 00 min To date ’this month. ... 154 To date this vear 1571 To date last year 1397 Average for September . 164 Humidity: Per cent at noon 69 Per cent at 6 p.m 77 ■ Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 houis to 9 a.m. yesterdav: ■ Maximum 23 deg. minimum 9 deg. grass 7 deg. -rainfall tee SUN, MOON. AND TIDES Sun—Today: Rises. 6.12 am.; sets. 6.29 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 6.11 a.m.; sets. 6.30 p.m. Moon—Today: Rises, 12.16 p.m.; sets, 3.05 a.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 1.13 p.m.; sets 3.48 a.m. High tide at Lyttelton - Today: 12.10 p.m. and —. Tomorrow: 12.33 a.m and 12.55 p.m. (Lake Forsyth, subtract 60min; Akaroa. subtract 45min, Port Levy, subtract 30min: Ashburton and Rakaia.. subtract 25min; Kaikoura, add 17min; Kaiapoi and Sumner, add 30 min.) • Phases of Moon Full moon: October- 3. 1 p.m. Last quarter: October 10.11 a.m.

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too many of the clearances were under-hit or intercepted. The team's rhythm was also disturbed while first Leslie and later Andy Innes received temporary suspensions.

In the semi-finals St Luke’s beat Indians, also of Auckland, 2-1, and Harewood easily beat Otago University, 4-0.

with afternoon showers: mild. Nelson: Fine apart from showers on the western ranges becoming more widespread late in the day; moderate northerlies predominating, but fresh north-westerlies outside Tasman Bay; mild. Buller: Cloudy and cool with occasional showers becoming more frequent by afternoon; moderate northeasterlies this morning turning south-west later. Westland: Cloudy and cool with showers' becoming ■more, frequent: moderate southwesterlies. Outlook: Becoming fine in Canterbury and Buller: fine morning with later showers in Westland: showers elsewhere.

New moon: October 17. mid-day. First quarter: October 25. m'iddav. NOON WEATHER Auckland: 17deg, cloudy, W.. 18 knots. Wellington: 11 deg., rain. S.. 9 knots. Christchurch: 13deg._ partlv cloudy, S., 8 knots. Dunedin: 9 deg., overcast, N., 12 WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday* were: Adelaide: 9. 14; Brisbane: 15. 22; Canberra: 8, 20; Darwin: 23. 31; Hobart: 8. 12: Melbourne: 8, 15: Perth: 11. 20 (noon); Sydney: 14. 25. Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of the world in the last 24 hours were: Amsterdam. 10. 17; Athens. 19. 30: Bangkok. 27. 31; Beirut. 18. 24: Belgrade. 14. 27: Berlin, 9. 18; Bogota. 7. 18; Brussels. 10. 18: Buenos Aires. 16. 20; Cairo. 18, 32: Calgary. 4. 23: Caracas. 19. 29: Chicago. 11. 17; Copenhagen. 13. 17: Dublin. 9. 14; Frankfurt, 9. 21: Geneva. 4. 13; Havana. 23. 29: Helsinki, 2. 13; Hong Kong. 24. 26; Honolulu. 24, 31: Jakarta. 22, 33; Jerusalem, 16. 28; Johannesburg. 11. 23; Kiev. 12, 23: Kuala Lumpur, 23, 32: Lima, 15. 21; Lisbon. 15. 20. London. 13. 17; Los Angeles. 23, 36; Madrid. 10. 22 Manila. 23. 30: Mexico City, 12. 21; Miami. 25, 29; Montevideo, 14. 18; Montreal. 9. 20; Moscow 13. 20: Nassau. 23. 32;.New Delhi. 22. 33; New York. 12. 23. Nicosia 17. 33; Oslo. 10. 11; Paris. 15 21Peking. 13, 26; Rio de Janeiro. 15. 28; Rome. 16, 26; San Francisco. 14. 23; San Juan. 26. 34; Santiago. 5. 24; Sao Paulo. 14. 22; Seoul. 13. 28: Singapore. 26. 32; Stockholm. 0. 16; Taipei. 22. 30; Tel Aviv. 21. 28; Tokyo. 18.’ 22; Toronto. 10. 17: Vancouver. 10.17: Vienna. 12.17.