HOCKEY NOTES

Manawatu Standard, Volume LII, Issue 247, 17 September 1932, Page 12

HOCKEY NOTES

The Victoria College-Alanawatu game on Saturday was a very good exhibition of the code. As played by Victoria College, the short nippy P® fs ' ing of the second spell was a marked contrast to the hard Hitting of Alanawatu. Ihe College forwards combined splendidly and the .hall was placed by eacli individual to his team mate with clock-like precision. The defence of Alanawatu was severely tested and College were unlucky that they did not score more goals. It was only the solid stonewalling of V • Sutton at full-back, that proved the stumbling block. While lauding the play of the Collegians, merit is in no way detracted from the local representatives, for to end the game in a draw only shows that, while the visiting players gave a good exhibition, the representative team must have given equally as good a one in defence. Players have had their faults shown in these columns in previous criticisms, but we must congratulate them on emerging from defeat, as though not fully represented they put up a good performance against a clever team. In the ranks of the visitors was noticed one of the present New Zealand representatives who were so successful in Australia. As the season is drawing to a close the association offers congratulations to the representatives in not suffering defeat for the past two years, and wishes them every success ‘when they play for the Hockey Shield next season.

It is ’hoped to play the match between the present representatives and the former wearers of the green and white on Wednesday at the Sportsgrouud. On Wednesday next two teams composed of old players who have worn the representative jersey will meet the present day players. Much of the success of hockey in the Alanawatu is due to the late Air C. H. Warden, who was first assistant at the old Campbell Street School. He was to a large degree responsible for the splendid grounuing obtained in the game by his pupils and in this respect the late Air J. H. Gray, who succeeded Air Warden, is also remembered with gratitude for his careful and painstaking coaching. Air A. It. Cliffe is to be congratulated on arranging the game, which will he followed by a re-union dinner. The team to represent the old {havers will he as follows: —AV. B. Crump, F. Cousins, another Campbell Street pLayer and former representative, who was president of the association when the Indian Army team wa§ here; A. E. Kerslake, who was a great fullback and played in the Dost Office team, later representing Alanawatu: W. H. Skinner, who was a Campbell Street representative; E. Watson, who played a solid game as a half and was citpable of splendid defence; J. Cousins, who was a keen member of the old Palmerston team; J. V. Kyle, who was with the Y.AI.C.A. and H. 5.0.8. teams; D. Wilton, one of the few who gained representative honours in his first season; C. Dixon, who was a C. 0.8. pi aver for many years; R. L. C. Aitchison, who was a member of the team which won the New Zealand Challenge Shield : AV. H. AVilson, who was in the Y.AI.C.A. team, which won two June 3 tournaments in succession, and played for C. 0.8. and the Nelson, AA’ellington and Alanawatu representative teams; A. R. Cliffe, who played for the Army Signal School in England during the war and then was in the C. 0.8. and Alanawatu teams. The referees are to be Alessrs L. Giorgi and J. K. Paton. Air \. Goldfinch will take the line.