HOCKEY

Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 61, 9 September 1924, Page 8

HOCKEY

LADIES' TOURNAMENT

WELLINGTON LOSE IN SEMI FINAL PLAY OFF.

(BX TELEGRAPH.—PRESS ASSOCIATION.)

NELSON, This Day.

The Hockey Tournament is being continued this morning in perfect ivea(ner conditions, when Poverty Bay and Wellington played off,tlic tie. in section A. The: match resulted in a win for Poverty Bay after a hard struggle, 3 to 1;- The game was of an even description, the first spell ending 1-all. Poverty Bay was the first toscore as the result of fine play, Miss Hepburn beating the opposi-. lion and sending into the net. Welling-' t^n equalised a few minutes later, Mils Harper taking advantage of a weak back defence. Half-way through the second half Poverty Bay again scored,, Miss 11:11 sending in a fine goal, and later repeated the performance. :■■ ' ,

To save Poverty. Bay playing two matches in one day, the final for the ■tournament,,set down for this afternoon, 'yill be played to-morrow afternoon, when southland meet the winners, and the JNorth v. South Island game has been substituted for this afternoon.

A protest against the decision of .the' referee awarding a'■ penalty bully to Southland in the match against Ruahine yesterday in the semi-final for B section «as lodged by the losing team (Rua--I'ine), on the ground: that' a penalty was too severe for 'the .breach. The executive of the tournament considered the protest last evening, and after hearing the referee s statement unanimously upheld the decision. The manager of the -Ruahine team, who is on the executive, did. not. take part in the proceedings, appointing: a substitute- The incident, which was the subject .of the protest occurred in the first spell.- Miss Clark (Southland) had dribbled the ball into lie Ruahine circle, and when about to shoot was obstructed, by an opposing mayor, and thus lost her chance of ,sco£