HOCKEY ON SKATES

Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 25, 29 July 1933, Page 6

HOCKEY ON SKATES

Two games were, played .tins week in the hoekoy-oli-skates., ■•> championship, Rovers drawing"'with-Diamonds (3-3) "and Petone defeating Oriental (2-0). Two newcomers to the Diamonds, Busch and Weaver, strengthened the combination considerably. Diamonds are at the end of the ladder, but the improvements;, effected, ■ ■will) pi-obably Result in the team oeciipying a better ■position -before'!,''the ,''contest closes. Eovers suffered, through the absence of B. Moran,'Who is at present in hospital. Petone 's victory over Oriental was in. no way an easy ;pnc. For Oriental, the star performers were the fullback and the goalie, who saved their team repeatedly. Petone found, the solid, defence very troublesome despite good break-away movements by the forwards. For Petone, Tovey and Howard were in the limelight, while full-back Manspn played his usual solid, game.

/Next- Saturday tho Wellington representative team is to meet -a' selected combination.-' of local , players',.," with a view to tho final, selection of,-the team to meet Hawke's Bay on August 9. ' ' "■' ' The^championsliip '.-points ~at .present are :^wifts,,9,':Petone ; B,.Eoyar-Boilers C, Tigers 5, llovers iy Comets-3j;Oriental 2, Olympic 2, Diamonds 1.

The-big crowd at tKe football match between..Hula arid ilautapu in Taihape on Saturday was greatly amused to see Moke Bclliss (captain!'o£ the Hautapiia),.' strolling round, .the game being held ■ up,> whilst a .new' jersey was secured for him (reports "The Times'*)* VSo^much, "special,'.attention did Moke-, receive that ■ every, vestige of his jersey, was ripped off hinn However( he "scored' two ' great. tries himself, and, incidentally, enabled his team to defeat the Maori champions by 17 points to 16, in one of tho most thrilling games ever seen in Taihnpc. Those two tries were doubtless adequate compensation and consolation, to Moke for the 10-sa of his jersey. ■ • ;,

M. Wright, of Old Boys; has:returned from Christchurch, and was included in. the team to gla^; Hut£ tpdajj,