REPRESENTATIVE HOCKEY

Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 17, 19 July 1929, Page 4

REPRESENTATIVE HOCKEY

The Australian hockey team will t,- v ?§&££=££*££ side by 7 goals to 3, and in vfcwof t W result it is anticipated that the local ptvers will be. hilly extended. Well ucton Phver^sT Gnted 1 by Pl'aCtioal^ the' «™ plaveis as those who met Canterbury, but since the Shield match the team has showed marked improvement, and the Australians wil have to be in' the best of form to gam the honours. In the past WelW ton has invariably proved superior to Auitialian teams, but to-morrow's game is expected to demonstrate that the tourists are quite capable of holding their own

SCHOOL MATCHES. The following boys have been selected o represent Wellington primary schools again Manawatu A team:-Goal, Gapes (Karon); full-backs, Qarbett (Hataitai) Gartner (South Wellington); halves, Hale (Newtown), Hennessey (South Wellingrs \^"..(Hutaitai); forwards, Wilson (houth Wellington), Maisey (Berhampore), Wellem (South Wellington), Edwards (Karon), Steel (Northland). B J- teani:Goal, Sage (South Wellington); full-backs V (i,"V ace)' MarP'e (Newtown),' halves, Wilson (Karori), Lark (Terrace) Bentley (South Wellington); forwards Cotter (Hataitai), Brycc (Berhampore), Brown (lerraee), Kelly (Berhampore), Hamilton (Newtown). The A team will play Manawatu A for the Clilf Shield as a curtain-raiser to the Australia v. Wellington match at the Basin Reserve to-morrow afternoon. The B teams will play each other at Newtown Park in the morning at 10 a.m. A tea is being arranged for the boys early m the evening, and a visit to the Winter Show will follow. The Manawatu boys will return to Palmerston North on Sunday. OTAKI v. WELLINGTON. A hockey match between Otaki and Wellington representative players took place at Otaki on Wednesday. Otaki won, after a dashing game, by a goal, scored by V. Morgan, to nil. The game was witnessed by a large number of spectators. In the evening the visitors were entertained. Mr. H. Nicolson, president of the association, extended a warm welcome to the city representatives.