WOMEN’S HOCKEY

Dominion, Volume 29, Issue 227, 22 June 1936, Page 16

WOMEN’S HOCKEY

Hutt United’s Surprise

Defeat

SATURDAY’S MATCHES Women’s hockey championship matches on Saturday were productive of a few unexpected results, the main surprise being the defeat of Hutt United by Technical Old Girls (I). The games were played in ideal, sunny weather, but the standard of play could have been much better than it actually was. The Technical Old Girls (II) team was unlucky not to have made a close match of their encounter with College Old Girls. Huia gained a fortunate win against Poneke, while Swifts rattled the Varsity defence. Wenerei surprised in the senior B grade by drawing with St. Joseph’s, and Wesley went very close to forciiig Hutt, the unbeaten team, to a draw. Technical Old Girls was obliged to fight all the way to defeat Poneke, and the stout defence of Hospital kept the score down against Upper Hutt.

SENIOR A GAMES T.O.G. Surprise Hutt United The surprise of the day was credited to Technical Old Girls (I), who administered to'Hutt United their initial defeat of the season, at Karori Park. What mainly assisted Technical in gaining the spoils of the tussle was the fact that United was not at full strength, three of the regular members of the team, Mrs. D. Cleverley, Mrs. F. Sundgren, and Miss Morris being absent. As a consequence the United forward line was very shaky, and could not get going. Nevertheless, Technical played well for the success. Technical predominated in both spells, but in Mrs. A. Smith found a full-back of the first order. The harder the exstudents’ forwards pressed the sounder Mrs. Smith became, with tee consequence that there was no score at the interval despite the fact that. Technical were awarded no fewer than six corners. Early in the second spell Miss M. Simpson gave Technical the lead as the outcome of a scramble in the circle. United’s forwards were hopelessly out of position and missed several scoring opportunities. Miss A. Walker did not play up to the standard that earned her a place in the Wellington representative team for to-morrow, it being difficult to understand why she did not get into the fray instead of loitering on the Hutt left wing for most of the match. As the game went, Hutt United did remarkably well to keep the score down'to one goal to nil. Miss Simpson’s play was. impressive, and she Should do well in the representative team to-morrow. Messrs. W. J. Dredge and A. Roxburgh were the umpires. Still the Unbeaten Leaders. The ball played dead at Woburn, and in the match between College Old Girls and Technical Old Girls (II) both goalkeepers had difficulty in keeping their fpet on account of greasy goalmouths. The score of 4. goals to nil in College Old Girls’ favour was not a true indication of the play of the respective teams, Technical missing numerous chances of scoring. Much of the play was confine-l to College Old Girls’ quarters. The first two goals of the match went to College Old Girls, coming in quick succession about ten minutes after the opening. The second goal was questionable, in that it. was scored while a College Old Girls’ injured player was being attended to by opposition players. The spell ended with Technical on the offensive.

The second half opened well, but too much speculating caused Technical to lose chances. College Old Girls’ forward line was responsible for several good passing sorties, but these were brought to nought by Miss T. Monk, Technical right full-back. At the other end Miss S. Closs was proving too sound for the Technical attacks, saving her side repeatedly.'A certain goal was prevented Technical by the opposition goal-keeper sitting on the ball, a fruitless penalty bully resulting. College Old Girls’ last two goals came from scrambles in the goalmouth in the last ten minutes of the match, the game going to College Old Girls by 4 goals, scored by Misses H. Morris (3) and J. Yeatman, to nil. Mr. S. P. Todd was the umpire. Huia Defeat Poneke. Playing at Kilbirnie, Huia just managed to hold an advantage against Poneke by one goal scored in the first spell by Miss Glover. The match, although not of a very high standard, was interesting and the score was a good indication of the respective merits of the teams. Miss E. Cheyne, Huia goalkeeper, gave another outstanding performance, and if provided with the work should give a good account of herself for Wellington against the Combined university colleges to-morrow morning at Karori Park. Messrs. R. J. Lloyd and H. Tahiwi were the umpires. Swifts’ Comfortable. Will. Swifts secured a comfortable win nt the expense of a tired Varsity team at Kilbirnie. The strain of an ardous tournament match against Canterbury in the morning left the students still feeling the qffects when called upon to face Swifts in the afternoon, with the result that the standard of hockey fell below anticipation. However, it was obvious that, had the students taken the field as a fresh team, Swifts might have found it difficult to win. Swifts led by 3 goals to nil at the spell and increased this to 6 to nil before the final whistle. Messrs. H. Tahiwi and R. J. Lloyd were the umpires. Training College Default. The match between Training College and Toa, which was to have been played at Karori Park, was' not played, Toa winning by default. SENIOR B MATCHES Hutt, the only unbeaten team of the grade, came very close to tasting defeat when opposed to a greatly improved Wes-‘ ley team at Newtown Park. On the general run of play neither side held any appreciable advantage, and if anything Wesley might have been the unlucky team on the day, their failure in not bringing off a surprise win being entirely due to the erratic efforts of the forwards, who were never in position to carry on the good work of the backs and halves. Most noticeable in this respect was Miss M. Smith, who played a roaming game. This hampered Miss V. Mumm’s centre-for-ward efforts, with the result that she eventually adopted the same tactics, which are unusual with this player. Compared with earlier games, coupled with the changes in the team, Wesley certainly showed much improvement, particularly in defence. Hutt, on the other hand, opened very well and the forwards combined nicely, but the Wesley backs proved a hard stumbling block. As the play wore on Hutt’s attack also lost its sting, and the forwards fell into repeated errors. However, in the final ten minutes Hutt made strong sorties on the Wesley goal which eventually brought success, Miss 11. King netting from close in. There was no further score, Hutt winning by the only goal of the match. A feature. ot the game was the magnificent goalkeeping of Mist) E. Smith for Wesley. Messrs. E. L. Harris and R. Brown were the umpires. Playing a splendid defensive game, Wenerei held St. Joseph’s to a scoreless draw. Territorially St. Joseph's held the advantage for the best part of the match, but the forwards were unable to finish the movements, due to crowding too much and competing with each other for the ball in the circle. Hesitancy at shooting

in the circle was another weak, point which did not help the team. 11 i.th the other teams improving, St. Joseph's will require to give a much better display, particularly in the forward line, to keep in the running. Saturday’s performance was poor, junior teams being seen to much better standard. On the other hand, the coaching Wenerei is receiving is making a marked improvement in the team all round. Messrs. E. L. Harris and R. Brown were the umpires. Displaying stout defence, Hospital had the Upper Hutt forwards rattled in the first spell of their match at Newtown Park, and it was not till late in the. spell that Upper Hutt netted. Hospital's right full-back and goalkeeper were a sore thorn in the side of Hutt when it was attacking, time and again clearing in masterly fashion. The nurses still held their own in the second spell and might have been beaten by one goal ouly instead of three had the goalie and left fullback had . a much better understanding. On the play Upper Hutt were always the superior combination, but Hospital have improved considerably since last seen at Newtown Park. Upper Hutt won by 3 goals to nil, .Misses M. Strickland (2) and M. Fuller being the scorers. Messrs. S. Brugh and C. Lloyd were the umpires. In a keen, even game Technical Ola Girls just defeated Poneke at Newtown by the odd goal in three. The match was fast and interesting throughout. A feature of the game was the splendid forward play of Miss DeCent for Technical. At the spell each team had a goal, Miss H. Jones scoring for Poneke and Miss DeCent for Technical. Miss DeCent gave the ex-students victory in the second spell with a brilliant goal. Messrs. C. Lloyd and S. Brugh were the umpnjgs.

LOWER GRADE RESULTS — Junior.— Toa 10. Varsity 0; Technical College 2, College Old Girls 0; Karori 3, Swifts 0; Hutt 2, Technical Old Girls 2; Karori West 3, Huia 1. Intermediate. — Petone Technical Old Girls 3, Y.W.C.A. 2. This is Y.W.C.’e first defeat 7 and leaves Petone Technical Old Girls one point in the lead. Upper Hutt 2, Petone Technical 1; Technical O’d Girls 2, Technical College 1. Intermediate.— St. Josephs 10 (Misses P. Bleakley 5, K. Quirk 2, K. Symes 2. G. Atley ), Petone Technical 0; Huia 3, Technical Old Girls 1; College Old Girls 1, Technical College 1. WELLINGTON TEAM Alteration For To-morrow Owing to. Mrs. A. Smith, Hutt United, not being available, Miss S. Closs, College Old Girls, will partner Miss E. Mclndoe in the full-back line in the Wellington representative team to play the combined university colleges at Karori Park tomorrow morning, commencing at 9.20. Miss I. Mouat, Technical Old Girls (ID, will be the emergency full-back. The team now will be; Goal, Miss E. Cheyne; full-backs, Misses E. Mclndoe and S. Closs; half-backs, Misses T. Monk, M. Clarke, P. O’Donnell; forwards, Misses N. Campbell, H. McLellan, H. Morris, A. Walker, M. Simpson. Emergencies: Back, Miss I. Mouat; forward, Miss Janet Mack. The umpires will be Messrs. IV. J. Dredge and A. Roxburgh.

VARSITY WOMEN’S GAMES

Victoria College Outclassed

The score in the match between Victoria and Canterbury Colleges was decidedly in favour of the visitors. The game was very evenly contested, and some bright incidents occurred during its progress. From the start of the game the local team was on the defensive. Miss A. Hunter was one of the most spirited players, in the team making brilliant dashes down the line, ’ Half-time came with Canterbury leading 2-1. In the first phases of the second half the Victoria back line stopped repeated Canterbury attacks. Miss M. Nelligan, 8. Dive and A. Hunter were prominent in the local forward line. Miss Smith scored all her side’s goals.

The teams were:— Victoria College: H. Maysmor; C. Robertson, J. Bacon; M. Gibbons, G. Kean, N. Bayfield; M. Johnston, M. Nelligan, S. Dive, N. Goldsbury, and A. Hunter. „ „ Canterbury College: S. King-Mason, M. Bigger, N. Wagner; M. Gudsell, .S. Aldridge, D. Hunter; F, Deibert, M. Oran. M. Smith, R. Andrews, tend M. Knights. Auckland v. Otago. The match between Otago and Auckland was not as productive of outstanding play as the preceding encounter, and throughout the game Otago had the better of the play. The Auckland team did not show the combination of the southerners, and were slow to seize opportunities. In the second - spell both teams appeared to tire. Miss McNeur played a fast game for Otago, and Miss Shirtcliffe was again prominent on the attack for Auckland. Otago continued to .press, but although they were often within shooting distance of their opponents’ goal they w-ere unable to increase their total. The teams were: — Otago University: B. Kinder; I. Marshall, J. Sandel; I. Allen, H. Johnson, 1. Marsh; L. McNeur, A. Marshall, J. Hamer, H. Rees-Jones, N. Stewart. Auckland College: S. Paterson; H. Dunning, F. Nicholson; R. Mason, P. Chambers, C. Hall; P. Shirtcliffe, C. M. Barr, B. Hooton, A. McMurray, and G. Alehin.