HOCKEY

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVII, Issue 221, 16 August 1927, Page 2

HOCKEY

Fixtures for to-morrow are as follow: Woodville B v. Phoenix, at Woodville; Woodville A v. H. 5.0.8., at Woodville; Palmerston v. Central Old Boys, at Palmerston North. The following will represent Central Old Boys to-morrow: Thompson, Peck, Bentley, Young, Doyle, Cutler, Evans, Berry, Wilton, Hansen, Spiers, Berquist, Byers, Sutton. NEW ZEALAND TEAM. DEFEAT AUSTRALIAN UNIVERSITIES. . SYDNEY. Aug. 15.' In bright, hot weather the New Zealand hockey team met the combined Australian Universities. The New Zealanders won the toss and played with the sun behind them. The standard of play was not up to that of Saturday, the New Zealanders not taking advantage of all their opportunities. The Universities’ • team was lighter and had the advantage of speed. Within a couple of minutes Hogg had scored for the Universities. Then the game see-sawed up and down till the closing stages of the first spell, when New Zealand showed superiority. The spell ended: New Zealand, 5 goals; Universities, 2. The New Zealand scorers- in the spell were Seccombe (2) and Bell (3). For the Universities, Hogg and Farmer scored. Play in the second half was seldom out of the Universities’ territory. Simmonds, the goalie, was continually bombarded and made some splendid saves. Cole, Watts and Bell were always prominent in the New Zealand attacks. The Universities failed to add to their score, but the New Zealanders doubled their total, the game ending: New Zealand, 10 goals; Universities, 2. The New Zealand scorers in the second half were: Watts (3), Morris and Worsfold. —Press Association.