HOCKEY. SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIP.

Evening Post, Volume LXXIX, Issue 119, 23 May 1910, Page 4

HOCKEY. SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIP.

KARORI DEFEAT UNITED. Karo-i, 2; United, 1. V.M.C.A., 6; Metropolitan, 3. Victoria College, 2; Wesley, 0. " t Struggles between United and Kai-ori for, years past have been a feature of thtAhcnior championship. The former have been mostly successful, but Karon make their best fight against them. On Saturday these two teams met for the ttrsl timo this season, and an exciting game followed. United had not lost a match prnviously, while Karori had suffered defeat at the hands of Victoria College, who are now leading for the championship by one point. Ufuted werb favourites, but Karori ptoved superior, and won an interesting tussle by one point. In the other cpntesUs Viet oi ia College defeated Wesley af'fe'r a. dose game, and V.M.C.A. Dedt Metropolitan, who strived hard for iuccess. Reports of the matches are appeuded : — KA'RORI (2) v. UNITED (1). The expectation that the meeting of United and Karori on No. 2 ground, Day's 'Bay, would be fruitful of excitement, was justified, the result being in doubt from beginning to end. From the commencement, United rushed matters, and it required Karori's soundest "defence to repel the attackers. They were equal to the others' efforts, until, from a bully-off in the twenty-five, the reds' forwards carried all before them to Karori's goal, whefe L. Davies, the i custodian, was overwhelmed, Jones, for Unite-d, being on him as soon as the ball reached him. A goal resulted, United drawing first- blood. United 1, Karori 0. Very even play followed. Then, just a' few minutes before half time, G. Daviey, by ingenious stick-work, dribbled past United"s centre-half, and careered on towards the 'fullbacks. When Hickson attempted to tackle . him, he transferred to his left wing — Pope — who hit into che net with a hard shot from a difficult angle. The spell ended — United l, Karori 1. At the start of the second stage of the proceedings Karori assumed the aggressive, United being called on to defend. The bladks(Karori) continued pressing, but *it was some time before they were rewarded. They obtained a footing in the circle, and from a position near the edge Glendall. playing inside right for' Karori, smote hard for the posts. Allen, in goal, shot his foot forward, aiid the ball going over it, bounded into the net. United 1, Karori '2. A little later . there appeared every possibility that Davies would wend his way completely through the United ' backs a second time, but at the critical 1 moment Hickson, the representative fuli- ■ back, obftructed and spoiled the oppor1 Uuiity. The referee did not allow a i penalty bully. During the last minutes I of tho game United made strenuous efI forts to equalise matters, but their, attempts were met with an equally good j defence, and the game ended with Karori i triumphant, the score being : Karori 2, United 1. Di. Morpeth ref creed. VICTORIA COLLEGE (2) v. WESLEY (0). After the splendid showing against V.M C.A. at Day's Bay a week ago, it was fully anticipated that College would do better against Wesley at Kelburne. At the commencement it looked as though Wesley (blue) were de termined to score, but after the game had been in progress a short time the College forwards asserted themselves, and goals almost resulted on two or three occasions. Each time, however, the blues saved the situation by hitting behind. When College did happen to get the bal' nicely placed within tho'' circle - their shooting power proved to be poor, With the many opportunities discarded, the tpell ended without score. In the second spell College again proved - their weakness, when in the circle. They had several chances, which they failed to make good use of. At last, G. Strack secured the ball, hit it hard against Beere's pad, whence it glided into the net. yViter a fine rush Smith scored the second, ancl w,hat proved to be the final goal for the greens. To the end play was mostly of an even character. Mr. Southwick was the referee. V.M.C.A. (6) v. METROPOLITAN (3). I A fast and interesting game was the I result of the meeting between these teams on No. 3 ground, Day's Bay. Metropolis j tan played two men short, and for this reason the forwards were unable to keep their places. At the end of the first spell, the score stood 4 to 3. V.M.C.A. missed several goals through not being able to find the posts. M'Kenzie played a splendid game, all the three Metropolitan goals coming oif his stick. The scorers for V.M.C.A. were Card (4), Loader (1), and R. Parton (1). Parton's display at right wing was excellent, he placing the goals for the other men to shoot. Parton and Holmes, in the fullback line, played well. Card's performance in the forward line was an excellent one, his goals coining through goofl following up. England, in goal for Metropolitan, Kelleway (centrehalf), and M'Kenzie (in the forward line), were t the ' pick oL.the team. Mr. Falconer controlled the game. / JUNIOR.. Wesley defeated Gregg's by 3 goals to 2. The scorers for Wesley were James, Amos, and Upton, and for Gregg's Benge (2). The game Wellington v. United resulted in a win for the former by 3 goals to 'nil. The scorers for Wellington were Dunn (2), and Bey. Metropolitan accounted for Victoria College B to the tune of 4 goals to 1. Scorers Tor the winners : — Kitching (3) and Burdekin ; and for the losers — Vernoii. College played two men short. Mr. C. P. McKenzie was referee. Karori (5) had little difficulty Ln beating Victoria College (I). Aicken, Lewei (2), and McClusky scored for the win- j nerc, and Rrodie .was successful for the loseis. Aicken and K. Spiers both played very well for Karori. Petone fared rather badly in the match with GovernmenVLife Insurance, the latter winning by a margin of 6. The stores, which were 7 to 1, were contributed by the following : — For the winners, -Macdonald 2, Mushet 2, and Bennet 3. For the losers Judd secured the only "goal. j THIRD CLASS. In the match Victoria College v. Petone, the former won with a margin of ten points, the scores being 11» to 1. The scorers for the winning .team were": — Fdtt (9), 'Morrison (2), while Webley scored- for the losers. The meeting of Government Insurance and Metropolitan resulted in a very even contest, the Insurance just winning with on? point to spare. The scores were 5 to 4, and for the winners the following contributed; — Coldicutt (2), I M'Clintock (2), and Matthews (1). Gregg's beat Tictoria College B by 19 j goals to 1. The scorers for winners w,ere : — Mansfield (3), Shulengberg (5), Lawrence (4), Fotihy (5), Hunt (2). For the losers Munroe was successful. Victoria College played with only seven men. Mr. P. Kennedy was referee. Victoria College had an easy win over Petone, scoring 11 against their opponents 1. Fitt (9), and Morrison (2) scoied for College. THE REPRESENTATIVE TEAM. i On- completion of the matches on j Saturday, Mr. H. V. Walton, sole selector of the Wellington representative

team, made known his choice of the eleven to play Manawatu at Palmerston North on the 3rd June. It is constituted as follow^ :—: — Goalkeeper: C. D. Morpetli (Wellington). Full-backs: (right) C. Hiokson (United), (loft) H. llarty (Wellington). Halves: (right) L. E. Christie (Wesley), (centre) C. Campbell (Karori), (left) N. Smythe (Wellington). Forwards : (right wing) R. Parton (V.M.C.A.), (inside right) D; S. Smith (Victoria College), (bully) S. Y. Jones (United), (inside left) G. Davies (Karon), (left wing) G. Smytlie (United).