HOCKEY

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXVI, Issue 236, 18 September 1936, Page 3

HOCKEY

Hawke’s Bay v. Poverty Bay

SENIOR & JUNIOR MATCHES

Nelson Park, Hastings, will see the Hawke’s Bay senior and junior men’s representative teams in action to-mor-row against Poverty Bay in the annual fixtures between these two associations.

Hawke’s Bay with a strong leavening of Hastings players, who have shown great form m retaining possession of the Nordon Cup for the fourth season, strengthened by the elect of the Napier eleven which defeated Hastings for the Katapoi Cup in their only loss this year, will take the field with a forward line featuring the short, snappy exhilarating type of hockey and a (lei once that should be capable of withstanding the stoutest opposition.

Last year at Gisborne the Poverty Bay side won rather easily, but on this occasion, despite the fact that their team is an exceptionally strong one, they will have to give of their best to prove that last year’s victory was no fluke.

Junior hockey is in its infancy in Hawke’s Bay, but t[ie rapid improvement in the standard of play should enable the Bayites to wipe out last year’s defeat. All hockey enthusiasts should see the juniors in action at 1.30 p.m., and the senior match which commences at 3 p.m. will bid “au revoir” to the Hawke’s Bay Hockey Association’s 1936 playing season. The following are the teams: — Hawke’s Bay Seniors.—Bush, Blumont, McErlick, Vercoe, Haraki, Hakoro, Hayes, Fulton (capt.), McKay, Hemapo, McCutcheon. Reserves: Kessell, Tutaki, Hill. Poverty Bay Seniors.—Chadwick, Hueston, Stacey, Lo Bas, Gavin, Douglas, Adams, Prentice, Jones, Stitchbury, McNab. Reserves; McTavish, McLean. Hawke’s Bay Juniors.—Gosnell, Shirker (capt.), McErlich, Lines, Burnard, Edmundson, Hallett, McDonald, Kronk, Manning, Dyer. Reserves: Hill (Taradale), Pepper (Pirates), Poverty Bay Juniors. —Livingstone, Clark, Hills, Crosby, Thompson, Halbert, Cox, Watts, Halbert, Cornelius, Thompson. Reserves: Piesse, Crothers. The Poverty Bay teams are due to arrive at the Hastings Post Office at 8 p.m. to-morrow morning and will return on Sunday. After the matches the senior team will be entertained at a dinner and the juniors will attend the pictures as the guests of the H.B.H.A.

WOMEN’S MATCH

Lower Hutt y . Napier

The annual women’s hockey match between the Upper Hutt team and a Te Awa team, for the Vercoe Cup, will be played on Nelson Park, to-morrow, Saturday, afternoon, at 3 o’clock. As both' these teams are runners-up in their respective competitions, u very fine game of hockey should be witnessed. The visiting team will arrive in Napier this evening and a rsccpciun will be given at the Duck Inn, the team beiig wfelcomed by the Te Awa chib’s p.es-'dtnt. Mr J. Vigor Brewr.. To-morrow evening the visitors will be the guests of the league officials at a dance at Greenmeadows, and on Sunday afternoon the return journey will be made.

The visiting team Is as follow:— Mrs E. Wellington (captain), Misses M. Strickland, L. Croft, A. Fuller, M. Strickland, D. Warnail, 0. Bailey, A. Smith, N, Basher, D. Griffin, A. Strickland and H. Croft. The following players will represent Te Awa:—Mesdames G. Mclvor, J. Tahau, M. Hill; Misses N. Edwards, K. Vercoe, D. Boldt (vicecaptain;, F. Grant, B. Daniell, I. Trotter, P. Anoerson, M. Simmonds (captain),