HOCKEY.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LV, Issue 151, 27 May 1935, Page 4

HOCKEY.

INDIANS BEAT AV ANGANUI

Per Press Association. AV ANGANUI, May 25

'file touring Indian hockey team, displaying wonderful understanding of position play, beat Wanganui today by 18 goals to nil. The visitors played brilliant hockey before an attendance in the vicinity of 3500. The weather conditions were ideal and, although the side fielded by the tourists was by no means its strongest, it gave an exhibition of fast, spectacular hockey in which the wizardry of stick work was used to exploit perfect understanding of positional play. AA believer the ball was ployed there was always a man to accept it. Particularly brilliant feats of hackhitting were aceoniolislied and they looked" so easy tliot the home team was made to look almost ridiculous. As a matter of fact the AVangatmi side played above expectations, particularly in the first hall and offered the visitors the sternest opposition so far encountered in the New Zealand tour. Connett. the home goalkeeper, played brilliantly and saved at least a dozen goals'in the first spell, holding the score at half time to 4—nil in favour of the Indians. In the second session combination between Dhyan Olnuid, AVclls Fernandez and Hup Singh asserted itself to a more marked degree, (hand in particular showing up in brilliant efforts which gave the home defence no chance, (’hand scored ten goals, A\ ells four, Hup Singh three, and Davidson one, AVanganiii attacked oil a number of occasions and it was within the side’s power to score, but lack of finish within the circle was markedly evident.

MAOBI AVOMF.N’S MATCH. Per Press Association. AVELLINGTON, May 26

At the Nairn Street reserve yesterday the AA'ellington and Horowliemia Maori women’s hockey representatives played a draw, each side scoring a goal. Miss H. Paipa scored for the visitors in the first spell and Miss C. Piper, for AA’ellington in the second.