HOCKEY SOME BIG SCORING

Evening Post, Volume LXXXVII, Issue 116, 18 May 1914, Page 4

HOCKEY SOME BIG SCORING

GOOD DISPLAY BY UNIVERSITY. University (7) v. Karori (3). United (9) v. Mymi (0). Metropolitan (2) v. Wellington (1). The conditions for hockey on Saturday were extremely unplc-asant, and th© decision to go *oa wjth championship matches wa-s not relished by players. They soon, warmed up to their work, however and at times there wa» soins spectacular play. ' Dttailfc follow :— UNITED ROUT MYMI. United made their first appearance in championship matches for this teason at Karori Park on Saturday. Had the weather been more favourable their meeting with Mymi would have created more than passing interest, but as it was the aware routing of the latter was allowed to proceed without any attention from bpectatore. As to the game, thero was nothing very attractive about it, and United deserved their big' win. At times Mymi showed promise, but Onited's defanco was sound, while their attacking ■was superior to that of their younger opponents. The first goal was obtained by Stewart, and the second wav registered as the result of a fine effort by Lyons. Th* last three goals in this spelt cam© in fairly quick succession, tho gcorera being Clarke (2) and Boyd. Mymi did better for a space m the second half, and gave Uirited some trouble. Ail Mymi'e renewed efforts were, however, in vain, for United were after the goale, and knew how to get them. Before time was called the reds had Manured nino goals (Boyd, Lyons, and Clarke). Mr. C. S. Falconer refereed. UNIVERSITY BEAT KARORI. Owing to tho absence of the appointed roferee, the above game commenced somewhat late, and for some time after the commencement players' refused to take things seriously. They soon settled down, however, and the game developed into a keen contest. As the Tesult of a nice bit of work by Brooker, Lewer was enabled to open the scoring account for Karori. Then the Strack brothers initiated a good move, which ended in University evening up matters. This put renewed vigour into the "all blacks," and Loader and Davies making an opening, Lewer sent in a stinging shot. Before the spell ended, University had ficored two more goals, these being beautifully executed by G. Strack. Hostick opened the scoring account in the second spell, and that before play had been in progress for 60 seconds. This left Karori two in arrears, and still the greens attacked. Before long, however, G. Davies (KaTori) scored, thus making the score 4—3 in favour of the students. Towards the end Karori faded right i away, and University had matters all their own way. Hostick scored another .goal, and tho remaining two were regia- | tered by G. Strack. Mr. Langford was referee. METROPOLITAN DEFEAT WELLINGTON. Metropolitan and Wellington met on No. 7 ground, and after a keen contest the reds ' won, with, one goal to spare. Although the state of the ground wae not conducive to good play, the game was ,by no means uninteresting, and from start to finish ib was a ding-dong go. On the day's play Mets. deserved their win, but, all things considered, them was not much to pick and choose between the teams. It was not until well on in the second spell that the first, goal was registered, Taplin scoring 'after a combined rush by Mets. Shortly afterwards Keys added another, and then Wellington strived hard. At length they met with success, Fletcher finding the net. The game ended without any further addition to the score, Metropolitan winning by two goals to one. Mr. J. W. Gendal! wa* the referee. Ag a mark ,of respect to their late member, Stephen Alderton, who was killed in a lift accident on Thursday, the members of the Wellington team wore black ribbon banda. JUNIOR United beat Metropolitan in a, hollow fashion, the winners securing no fewer than 16 goals to their opponents' nil. Metropolitan were one short. The scorers were : — M'Leod (6), Richards (4), Warburton (4), Thompson, and Stuart. University B failed badly against Karori, the "All Blacks" predominating to the tune of 10 goals to 2. Mr. C. P. M'Kenzie refereed. BOYS' ENTHUSIASM. Several schoolboy exponents gather 1 , d on Karon Park on Saturday, but were told that matches were off. Apparently this waa «i keen disappointment for the youthful players, who differed so vastly from the opinion of their seniors that many absolutely refused to leave the ground. Some were oven so enthusiastic that they stayed on the field, and, caring not in the least for the pouring rain, indulged in a little practice. Ther» i is apparently no limit to the enthusiasm of these "reps" in embryo.