HOCKEY

Evening Post, Volume CIV, Issue 28, 2 August 1927, Page 7

HOCKEY

MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE

MEETS

The Management Committee o£ the Wellington Hockey .association, mcc last evening, iur. it. ±iaruie Jioys pi-esiaing.

jLiie jLaraiKUU .association ivruie asking d Wellington wouia ue prepared to give tue association a percentage ol the gale in tuc event of the Xarauaki team meeting a local, eleven in Weinugcon on aan August, as previously arranged. It was ueumeu to oilier Xaranafci naif the net prone on tue match.

Tne secretary (Mr. L. S. P. Butcher) said .that a gr.ound on the Basin Keserve had been engaged for 2/th August, ana it was resoiveu.to stage the game witii I'aranaki on that 'ground. Acceptance of Vveuingcoirs oiler to visit Hastings on' Wednesday, 31st August, was receiveu irom tue . Hastings Association. It was agreed that nominations tor places in the team close on 15th August. > The possibility of a matcn with Manawatu was discussed at some length. The secretary reminded the meeting that iUanawatu had negotiated earlier in the season for a match with Wellington, but had withdrawn its team after a date for the fixture had been arranged, statin" that a game would be arranged for a later date.

.The chairman- said that it was very necessary,- in view of the associations representative commitments, to know what Manawatu intended. It was decided to wait for advice from JManawatu before taking any action. i«i * elsoli Association wrote, acceptinn27th August as a suitable date for the visit ol.the senior and junior Wellington teams to Nelson.

Ihe numerous local withdrawals amon"those nominated for the tourney and New Zealand teams provoked an animated discussion, as a result of which it was decided to ask those players who withdrew to forward their reasons to the association • "-y? B'decided to arrange for a leading .third and: intermediate grade teams to play teams selected from the remainder of the players in the grades at the co»c usion of the competitions. Mr J M Abater was appointed selector for the intermediate teams and Messrs. P. Jobhn and R. Hardie Boys selectors for the third grade teams.