INDIANS EASY WIN.
WELLINGTON OUTCLASSED.
Per Press Association. WELLINGTON, June 26. Before a crowd of approximately 10,000 at the Basin Reserve, Wellington, the Prince of Manavadar’s Indian hockey team beat Wellington by 12 goals to nil on Saturday afternoon. The ground was in perfect order, and
there was no wind. The Indian team gave an exhibition of hockey that delighted the crowd and made the Wellington team look like schoolboys. In the six previous matches which have been played by the Manavadar team they won on wet grounds by margins of tour or five goals. Their remarkable form on Saturday afternoon was in some measure a revelation. It was the first time they had played on a ground measuring up to their standards, and their play was faultless. Sultan Khan, the phenomenal inside left, scored sis goals, Abdul Latif scored three, and Shafat Khan, Shahabuddin and Fernandez one each. The first half of the game produced the best hockey, though six goals were scored in each spell. The Wellington team played first-class hockey according to inter-provincial standards, but they were, outclassed in every move.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 177, 27 June 1938, Page 14
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