HOCKEY TOURNAMENT.

Northern Advocate, 24 July 1923, Page 4

HOCKEY TOURNAMENT.

AUCKLAND COUNTSY WEEK.

WHITE HORSE CUP.

OPENING DAY'S PLAY.

(Special to "Northern Advocate.") AUCKLAND, This Day. Pine weather prevailed for the opening of the, Hockey Tournament yesterday. The teams came forward in full force and good play was wit- ■. nessed. The wet weather, however,.-, had made the ground very heavy. iEa < comparison with football grounds, the Eemuera fields were not bad, but they , were far too heavy for fast hockey. The fast play which made Whangarei > and Rodney outstanding features m the last tournament wad not possibleThere were no, obstacles, bi)t the, grounds were lieayy, and the fast men. did not shine. • WHANGAREI v. FRANKLIN; The match between these teams was most disappointing.- Taken on pro*. vious records Whangarei should have won easily, but the boys did not show up well. It is hard to say why, but . certainly the - opening this year by Whangarei was not comp&rsbtci j with the performance of the ,1922

tournament. Franklin has put a good teas*,'-,!*. the field, but it should not fore .

beaten Whangarei on last year'« form. It is a pity, but the fact remains that Whangarei's men have "gone down. , * t There may be this said, however: play was so even throughout thai'it;;: was anyone's game. Ijt was aa and-down struggle throughout r sedres might have been registered at" any moment. As it was, Franklin wos. and the Whangarei men are unfavourably placed. v * " RODNEY WINS. The other Northern rival, Rodney, however, has made good by defeating' Thames 6 to 0. The team appears to be as strong as ever and thb game showed fine form. Morrison for Rodney and Menzies for Thames played fine games.

PIAKO v. MANGAWAL In this match Piako scored without any response frojflL HangawaL

The game was not exeit&jg^

THE PROVINCIAL CtTP. / . \ WHANSAREt GIRLS BtTSY. Without being unkind, itmufctbe. said that the Wkangarei girl's plfyed a much, better game than , the boys. They met Taumarunui B in the first round, and this team is strong. The. result—Whangarei 4, Taumarunui is. very ' satisfactory. . 'the Wliangarei; were^jwcogj^^ Miß'ses Lowe, ings, while ilissest &&&*■- Prow scored ; fo* the*; oppesitiffinj .• ■was a good game. .•■_■- /Vvvf-' - ■ TAUMARUjSTUI v. rotorua. This match between the girls /wm played with plenty.of ddsh snd aVbin >■£/ that Taumarunui A wiU H toidaTtlis ' in the irurnament. Tee. , played well, but they could not - and Taumarunui won t»v- 4£o\9i, FRANKLIN v.' PIAKO. ; This match resulted in i .win for Franklin. The team is a good one. There were some b«t r nothing of a serious nature. Ssft Draffin got a nasty bang on tbis iON , which necessitated his retiring, but '■"* while other . injuries-. delayed % tfce ; ' , - i : game they were not serious.