HOCKEY.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 598, 28 August 1909, Page 13

HOCKEY.

• THE HAWKE'S BAT TOURNAMENT. ' .(By Teloiripb.-Sptclal Oorr«»pondeDt.) '' Napier, August 27; Thd ladies'- championship hookey tournament ' was'continued on,:the recreation ground' today. •'iho first gains was. played- between. Nelson and jlbrowhenua, and'the result • camo .as a surprise: Hordwhenua set .up a-stubborn.-dt* fence ■ lh: the ■ first' Spell, and- Nelson faile<| td score.' 1 Horowhehuit bpencd .the . second spell .•OTtt idj'yfong)ittibk- ,011 Nelson's.•goal/:' bul after) Hard play in the circle Miss Par; sonage -earned' tho' ball up to the other end and narrowly ;missed' shdohng a goal. Nelsoil made strenuous-efforts-to score, but their play oil the whole was indifferent. The game w stilted m a dfaw. Th&.ffiatch 'between Taranaki and Wangannl was won by the former by 3 goals to 1. Miss WifikS (2)' aiid 'Miss Toting (i) soored for Tara* naki, and Miss Powell for:Wanganui. . . . > Atlckkiid defeated Hawke's Bayßby 3 goals to -nil. Miss'Steele (2) and Miss Dawe (1) wsrd responsible foe AUeklhtid's ecorb, Misses Peyton ami Cookfigurifiginßomo brilliant, individual play. , The fastestigamo of,the day was thai played between, Wellington, and Wairarapa A. .Play tfaralSd : iip.j ahd :.doiSfod. witH grCkt' rapidity j, neUpi'ddb :.'hsylbg; milbh- thb'fet' of - it.,, MisS' Bickiiell UoiSK,. tn&. -ball;. froiii.'he# own goal : td ! Wellington's, ■ on.',' dH6 • taeasidH;>, but . delayed too -lbng, ami the custodian saved. . Towards the • woro ■ -their .> opitonehti ddWnj and: sonie hard play took place in the birolfft Wairarapa defended well, and though, threatened time and again kept the.frst clear.' T.ho spell ended .frithaut scare. In thS. second feptill' Wairafapn ecofed two goals, and won by 2 to nil. ~ , . ~ . Haivke s Ba/ A had a somewhat. easy victory over Wairarana: B; -winning by i ,to 1; Miss Croivley (2), Miss Wellwood and Miss May Niven'scored-for-Hawke's Boyj and MisS Dalrymplet. for -Wairarapa. 'V ; The following was the positron of the comp&hhjt WamS -at .the end -of play, I which completed tho seventh - round!— „ , , tViiife Lofes. braws. 7: o o - Auckland 6 1 0 NfclSbli • .5 v 2 1 ' Taranaki 5 . ,-g q , Hawkefs Bay;£ 3 3- 1 Wairarapa A; 3 '3 1 ' Wellington. 2. . 5 ;• • 0 ; Horowhenua' ; ] • 5 ; l : WdirSfapa, B 0- e '1, Wanganui 0 -6' 1 • : This ■ ovening the visitors are boing entertained: at d Ball by tho Hatoke's Bay Hockey Assooiation. - WELLINGTON :VY HOEOWHENUA. Th 6 fo\loihilg . have been selected td jilay foil Wellington in thi IddiSs': jhnior representative match against' Horowhenua ttt L»Vih ■ nett Wednesday ■goalkeeper, -.Miss Robihsoh; - fullbacks; ■ Misses 'Hitching and' Fleming; -..halves) MiSs3s Tufnel-) Illchhrdson, - arid Ward; fdr J V Mioses • M'Keheiej ; CMrfewbrthj ' :E: Domeut, Willitz, and O'Neill. The team will travel ; by thS iiilail -tfaiii. bii .Wedilisday inornf ilig,'-, anurfihJrn thb saino evening.