UNIVERSITY DEFEATED

Evening Post, Volume CIII, Issue 142, 19 June 1922, Page 2

UNIVERSITY DEFEATED

WAKATU ACCOUNT FOR HUTT

Interest in the hockey championship has been very materially increased by the results of games played on Saturday. University, who had not previpusly tasted defeat, found that Ramblers are a" very stiff proposition indeed, and suffered a loss by two goals to one, although on play, even scores would have been more satisfactory. At Hutt Park, the local team also, had its first defeat, Wakatu securing an easy win by five goals to one. Results at a. glaiaee ai» as follow:— ' ' Ramblers 2,' University 1. Petone 5, Karori 2. Wellington-United 3, Huia 0. Wakatu 5, Hutt 1. ■ Wesley, a bye. ■ A cold wind from the south-east, and a steady, drizzle prevailed during tbe senior matches at Karori Park. The ground was of necessity soft, and in places, particularly in the vicinity of the goals,- churned up» a fact which militated against good shooting by the forwards. ■■ - Taking: the' games generally, .thjere was an absence of one-sided scoring, although, in the few isolated cases where this feature was noticed, it was "pronounced. Cases in point were observed in the Junior B Grade—Huia 8, St.' Peters o—and also in the school match—Karori 10, Hataitai 0. RAMBLERS v. "VARSITY. The' keen fight waged between Ramblers 'Varsity kept the handful or so of* spectators, who preferred the excitement of a good game to the warmth of the fireside, guessing most of the time. At the outset, 'Varsity carried the ball down into their opponents' ter> ritory, and for some minutes a keen, tussle between' the backs and the halves on the one hand, and the forwards on the other, ensued. At length, play was> returned to half-way, and gradually the ball passed the 'Varsity forwards, »nd on towards their goal. During these anxious moments for the Greens, relief was as often brought as not by hitting^ to the lino. Again play was transferred to half-way, and E. Cousins (on the left-wing) took the ball up the line. There was an almost clear field before 'Varsity, and a score seemed imminent. ■ Cousins passed to Kirk on the right-wing, almost the entire breadth of the field, but that player fumbled, and the opportunity was gone. Once again 'Varsity found their territory invaded,- but^a shot at goal went wide. Shortly after, Cousins ('Varsity's left-.-wing) once more got away with the ball, and centred to his brother (centre forward). Just as a score seemed certain, a Ramblers back relieved. The centre of play fnoved towards 'Varsity's goal, and not long afterwards Ramblers were awarded a corner. Heaphy got possession, and made no mistake. Ramblers 1, 'Varsity 0. At half-time, the score was unaltered.

When play resumed, it looked as though Ramblers might add another goal to their total, but Whitehead ('Varsity's centre-half), knew where to place i the ball, and soon the' Green forwards got going in fine style. It was left to Luden to add the finishing touches, and this he did by'placing the ball between the posts. • Ramblers I,* 'Varsity. 1. There were many anxious moments for 'Ramblers, but always their backs came to the vescue,_ and still the. score remain--led unaltered/ Towards -the end. of- the game, the Rambler forwards got going, and Heaphy, for the second time, drove the ball into the net. Ramblers 2, 'Varsity 1. The whistle blew-a few minutes afterwards. Mr. Barton Ginger , was referee. PETONE v. KARORI. Those who witnessed the match; Petone v. Karori, whatever their desires 1 might have been, must have been of the one opinion as to what the outcome \ would be. The score—s to 2in favour, [of Petone —leaves no doubt of the superiority of the suburban 'eleven. The game for the most part lacked interest, - but was a good, clean exhibition of hockey. ' Webley (2), Taplin (2), and Caville scored for Petone, and Butcher and Watchman for Karori. Mr. F. j Spiers was referee. '■ A RUNAAVAY VICTORY. Expectations of a close game between Wakatu and Hutt at Hutt Park were not realised, the former eleven securing, an easy victory by five goals to one. t>. Hood opened the winners' scoring account early in the first spell, and shortly afterwards R. Lusty equalised ■with a good shot. Whittaker and Stratton added goals for Wakatu in the first spell.. The second spell was more even, although the Hutt men were unable to find the net. Stratton and Hood added further to Wakatu's tally. WELLiNGTON.UNITBD v. HUIA. This game was played on Newtown Park, and proved fairly fast, though not very interesting, Both sides missed opportunities, though Wellington-United had the upper hand throughout the first half and for, about a third of the secondspell, when Huia seemed to rally/^and with the aid of their full-back among the . forwards tridd hard to score, but bad shooting prevented this.. Wellington-United turned out with twelve men, and if only thii team had been similarly situated during the last' three matches, instead of each Saturday playing short, thej. would probably still be in the running for the championship. Thompson replaced Anderson, as he is still absent through illness,' but expects ( to play again'shortly. / "■ ,-i In the 'first 3pell Wellington-United repeatedly reamed the" ball, down to the Huia full-back, only to be repulsed, as both Hc.rrii and his'partner, particularly thfi latter, were playing very solidly. The Red forwards were combining well, and, being freely fed by their halves and | full-backs, were able to pass from left to extreme right and vice versa, bur they j could not score. The Huia forwards j found it hard to get very far, as the opposing defence was solid, Martin at centre-half and Martis at full-back shining out particularly well. The—experience of the older players seemed too much for the younger &iias. The spell j ended with no score. , In the second spell Huias attacked strongly, but lack of combination and bad shooting beat them. Miller and Martis were playing well for the Reds, .whilst the whig men of the Green and Blacks were trying very hard to get' the upper hand and draw first blood. Wei- i lington.United at this stage were getting out of position, until Martin had to leave the ground through an accident, when the Redr pulled themselves together. Shortly after Martin's return the goalkeeper of Wellington-United (Miller), without pel-mission of Ms skipper, ad- . vanced to the forward line, and, getting thu ball in the circle, scored a brilliant goal. This was a very popular effort, and the Huias' full-back' (Harris) was seen trying to emulate Miller's deed, but without success. Asliwip and O'Bvieu each then scored for Wellington-United, leaving them the victors. Mr. Edwards controlled the. .game. . , LOWER GRADES. 'Junior. .Petone defeated 'Varsity tiy 3 to 1.. .Training College ;(2) were defeated by Karori (7). h'ov the losers, Barnes

and Simpson scored, and Roberts (5) and Watts (2) shot goals for Karori. • V.M.C.A. defeated Wellington-United by 1 goal to 0. Huia defeated Wesley by 2 goals to 1. Goddai'd and , Bennett (Huia), and Caskie (Wesley), were responsible for the scores. ' Huia, 3; Training College B, 1. Hutt, 2; Base Records, 1. ■ Junior B, Huia defeated St. Peter's by 8 goals to nil. Hepburg (4), "Vinnini (3), and Alexander (1) were the' scorers. ' Third. 'Varsity, 4; Wesley B, 3. '' Wesley -A, 3; Huia, 1.