HOCKEY.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 197, 14 May 1908, Page 9

HOCKEY.

• | V WHDNEOfj'JiY i ASSOCIATION. j., : The weather was perfect 'yesterdavfor th«" .opening' day'of the Wednesday Hockey sea- • son. Four senior games ■ were nlaved, and '■ some very'.intei-esting' contests'.'resulted* In '■■■■' spite of tho fact that; the 1 teams have had little or -no practice this year, the form shown . ■ was very creditable. ' ",'PAKEHA. A i PAKEHA B. •, ;1 -There was,'.a: modsrato.vbut enthusiastic,' -attendance of., spectators at- .tho B?.«in Re- ■ yesterday ..afternoon.,:to..witness the .^W, a f cl j.'Mn:w U: iP a ! A Oast ' ycar's .cham- .. V liioiisi ana Pakeha B. 4 For the .firsts quarter V ■of ak/.hoiir.'ii .very keen itiwsle-''took-.place, ;neither,side gaining any appreciable advantage. . It was soon evident, however,■ that' ■ the'superior combination.and staying power ■■ -of "the blacks 'Ctlte: A: teirn) wouldensure;' - thonr.yictory, ,bu't. the whites, pressed hard : and gamely all through. Blacks-'became very:: ' dangerous, and Mackay made a good attempt i.ii goal,! but' Anstifc, clpverly. saved tl'.e posi- " tioni for the defenders, and twico 111'' five ■ minute! he Vas. railed uoon to save' his, side." • Shortly afterwards,, howover,-Mackay. was v /successful iii piloting'the ball between, .tlio!: ~posts','\'thus ' making, the first !scoro . of) the;? ,- ;sbason for'., this Association., i Play remained • fori somcV'.tiuie' in the B .tbrritory, but a piece 'of-brilliant' passing work by Garbes,,.' ..Webb, and Manning resulted in a .score., > .Tfhich made ':'Jtist;beforo : half-'l'' -'tfm'e Aubrey Smith; for the vA's'-added one !.tp: the-jScoro of 'his side./1, The-second spell . ' AV.as equally fast;'and!.well.'defended.,-' The • ,;!jiackS'/wore tpoy strong;and at 'the finish. ith'e ; score, stood: A's,'--4;'B'sy ,l. ..The result -v. ,"{ya3 satisfactory 'from ..the.' poiiit"; of. view? of : •, i ,'thb vanquished, as. last -yew they' were defeated by !). to; 2,' and it is confidently! antici- . pated- that they .will' encounter sucttss at other matches in the competition,. -:M'El- - MaekaVj :Jackson, and A.- Smith .did good work for tho winners;-, and'.Anstico, Hunterj' AVebb; Manning, and, Kucli put. in 'strong.' efforts • for'-their> side. ••• • Anstice,, in,iv.. , particular, did excellent work. ,

' Y.M.C.A. Iv. ARTILLERY. , Y.M.C.A. I defeated Artillery .by 10 to 2-'' j after a'good' gamcj.'. Hatford;,Cooper, M'Kay;, V ,-aud Craig scored for the wincoj-B, and: ■and Repsoii. for .the loseis. ' Osborne!'Avas 'i by ii long ,wsy the best man in'tho Y.M.C.A. ,team, : , lijs"' centring s being - splendid, and . Cooper,'as buUy, yaa ahead 'of his opponent._ ! -.vTlie Artillery players wore not, well up in'" : tho" rules, but they will improve' after' a few " games.,' . , ..-f'V- ' y" Y.M.C.A. II v. FEDERAL B. . ■■' Both ;teams played one maii short. Tho • former won by 7 to 1 after a well-contested; and even game. ■ For/the ; Winners, Davis , scored four tries, and Hoy; Johnston, and ' Another one each,. and Lippet. made the only, '.try for tho:]osersiVFEDEßAL' Av. KARORI. . ■ 111 .yesterday's hookey. jnateh Federal ..-A!-,'-' JcLcfcartbd. Karori by 3 goals to 2. A. Hollis,. Iwho played for some tim'o for .United, .was easily tlio best of the, Federal team, which ,■ •;had only nine men^'. ',lj. -Hilly-Ki Henderson, aiid! A. Henderson played well for Karori. ;

' i: Endeavours'are being made to' arratise' a' junior representative: match, between the < Saturday and Wednesday-Associations/. i "NEWi ■ ZEiiAND;; ASSOCIATION; :■. v .i(BV lELEGIUrH.—?REE3 ASSOCIATION.) ' Christchurch, Slay 13. " At a-meeting of the Council of • the Now ' ZealatuUEockey; Association" to-night a. dial- y, lenge was: received .from/ the- Poverty Bay .-: Association for.'-tho championship shield, makirig sis" challenges: rccewed It was'decided that Taranaki should play Auclcland 'ohiJJtily i,i and ' ( thatr,tbe .winnciti'shouldv.; play'. .CfinWrbm'y on' July vll. ■ A . letter,.was received - from the v English ■ Association . rcla- ■. tivO : to tho sending.of a representative^team to New Zealand next- year..;,..Th'e question of . 'finance was discussed,,and it was decided to •refer tho;..--matter ; vto„ :» for ; ' ■report. ' r •