HOCKEY

Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 96, 27 April 1929, Page 22

HOCKEY

BY "STICKS"

ROUND THE CLOBS

UNIVERSITY'S A PLAYERS

ENTRIES OF LADIES'. TEAMS

■ The following members of last year's University, senior' A team are again turning out: —;Prench (goal),. James, Massey (full-backs), M'Leod' (centre half), Lewis, Simpson, and Paul (forwards). Massey,will this year be. playing at left half.' Sykcs has been transferred to the country, associate to Mr. Justice Smith, 'is on circuit, and Erazei- and Francis have both left the game; ' '■' Of last year's senior. B team pnly Stafford,(goal) will not be.turning out. The whole of last year's team, will be. playing-senior A this year. They, are: Lucas, Vietinoyer, Plank, Ham, Bollard, Bead, Priestley, M'DufT, M' Donald,, and Bailey. For the vacant positions, tho following have, joined the club, and are eligible: Davis-(goal), from Canterbury .'Varsity; full-backs, Cumming - from Petone. senior'A, Go'ver from Auckland. Grammar; halves, P. Wilson' and Hall, both from Training College; forwards,' Ferris and GaUus froni Training College senior B, Fleming from Sydenhani Club (Christchurch), Greensmith from Huia senior 8,~ and Williamson from Canterbury 'Viarsity. Last year 's, junior A team will this' year be playing senior B. Of last year 's junior A team: the following arc available: M'lver (goal), Button and Hurley, full-backs;!. Robinson, .'Mills, and Jefferies, halves; Wilson, Cousins, Bishop, forwards. To .strengthen the team, some members will be down from the 1 senior A 'teams,' a:nd Warburton, a former player of the. club,,will again bo. turning out., In addition, Spenee, Sales, Cahill/and.S.truthersj of last year's junior B team, will .also., be 'looking for places.■'■.' ;. .' .■:'",:' . , ;...'.' -." . , Last year's, junior. B"and third play- ( ers will comprise the junior team, while the club has more, than sufficient new and untried members, to fill the two third grade teams. -,Several of the new players are already showing promise.'. ; Ladies' Competitions!. . '■■•':' 1 ' Entries of teams 'wore considered on Wednesday evening by, the Management Committee of the /Wellington; 'Ladies' Hockey ■ Association' 'arid accepted aa follows:— 1- ' : . , vr -■'. ; .Senior A.—University,''Training' Collego, . Swifts, Hutt, College ' Old Girls]' Ramblers. . . .';'_ , ; . .:' . ■'/ , ' • Senior B: Hu'a, '.Training'"College; Eastbourne, .Swifts,. St. Peter's, Hutt. College- Old' Girlk ■ ■ Junior A:, Huia* University; Hutt, Ramblers, Karori, Johrisonville..' . Junior B:.Swifts, St. Peter's, Huttj Technical College, .Contics, Karori. ;. It was decided that owing. t6-the disr talico and the'fact that there were, no suitable/trains .the :junior; : B L entrj;. froni Porirua could riot be. accepted, "in - order, how«vcv, to pvoyi.dQ a game for the Porirua ladies,- the' committee -agreed that occasionally a team having a bye in the junior. A. grade should go out to Porirua.-''. „.,■ . ■ ■'.. ■ ," .The following •'.':■, appointments- wore made: Transfer committee, Misses Swinburne and Wi.lkinsan.d Mrs. A. Smith; fixtures , committee,-;.; Miss, :'Harpcr-.-,and Mr. Scott;-..recording..^secretary, Miss Harper; postponement- i-ommittPc, Miss H. A. .Kitto..'.-••:• •■■:.'. y- > .--.' ;■;•;'' ; ■'. ;. Wesley Clubvr :';-^V' .\-\\: :' '; , The Wesley, Club is again entering a. strong A team: 8..H..80ys will again bo in goal, and"p'Callaghan- wiU bo. one of tho full-backs., It ,is: possible that B. ■Philpotts,' of Auckland, 'will act' as the other full-back: '. The half-liiro will consist of W. Mann' (left, half),, H. Pylo (centre), arid probably one, of the forwards will couiß back to play,as right' lialf. Bouse will bo on.the' right wing in the. forward,,.line, .witli Burder as inside-left and lycot.hy.'as.centre. Johnson is. expected, to play as inside right, and the right"wing position will be-fill-, od by-S. B. Browne, Gardner, who filled the position last'l year, having .retired from the game. Ho is now a life member of the club: ' This combination appears. to be a strong one, and is expected, to improve on last year's performance ojf fourt.li place on tho-,laddor. Turner and Stokes, '.right half; and right, wing, respectively in last, season's senior: B team, will not be playing this year, but the vacancies can easily be filled by promoted juniors, of 'whom there are several well worth a place in the B team. WV.' o.' Harvey, whoplayed in the junior'.Wesley team at Christchureh.last year, will be 'playing as centre, half. ' The goalkeeper will'! probably be H, -Dykes, .last season's junior goalkeeper, and the full-backs are expected to be Eagles and. W, Dykes. 'The'halves will be Harvey; B*. Luke, a promoted junior, -and probably N. B. Seddon, who played for the B team last season. S. Butcher, will be ''• right wing, X.. Strong inside right, and C. G. Lovatt and A. Wallis will also play in the forward line. The. centre forward has. not yet been-selected. '".■ Helping the Referees. „. Players, Vesp'epiaijy': newcomers to the game,'.are.; urged to ; make, themselves familiar.with the:rules'before ithecom- 1 i)'otitiqh...-games.;arovco'muieiiced, particularly the.'; off-side rule and that- concerning obstruction;;':;. By; so'- doing,v'they will save:the'iriselyes^a,lot,:pf trouble on :the- field, -'-and'-. will^greWy; assist" tho referees'ih^the.'conduct :of the matches.' ■In this cqnnectioni; ,'tho.: writer ' would support the- plea ; 'of. 'the'lreferees for assistance.'] from jsenior -players whose teams., hayo: -a. bye. •: By .offering' their services for, early .lower grade matches, they.'will be lightening^ the burden.of tho roferces, whose^work-HIHS season with 'additional. teahis',:pr'omises to bo exceptionally 'arduous.* ."' ; :: , t ; :■ Visit from; Australia; '« ;' ■ Finality, has.-at ■ last, been reached be-tween-the-.N.Z.H. A;, and the Australian Hockey''Association with regard to the visit of an.Australian .eleven- to the Dominion this'season. J-. Australia is sending a teamtq Fiji "in; August, and it is desired that the 'players be givan an opportunity of touring the' Dominion beforehand. On the understanding that'fthe: touring team will be fully representative of Australia's: strength, the N.Z.H.A.; at its annual'meet: ing on .Wednesday"evening,.^decided by, 13 votes to i to iextend ,an invitation- to the ■A.H.A; "for a tour „ih '"Augusti;'..•■■■ The Wei-' liugton delegates'-voiediagainst'the tour, but it was poirited : ',out, after ;the- motion was carried; that;; thcr'.WiHiA. would fall into line Svifh, the,:other 'associations and give' the .N.Z.H,A'.*:its- support, even . though .' ; a financial ;l6ss::^was .sustained. There will.•" probably :. : bd , pnljr one , Test '-match, for!.-which'..,Otago;-iAiicklaiid; and V/anganm'.ijiiyc.iAli'eady. applied. :.;.:

L.y swimming 150 yards in lmin 31) sec at New Urifuswiek recently, George Kojac, Olympic? backstroke swimming champion, created a new world'a record. . The previous record was lmin 42 3-ssec.