LADIES' HOCKEY

Northern Advocate, 14 August 1931, Page 7

LADIES' HOCKEY

PORTLAND v. HOB A HORA, A CLOSE CONTEST. This game, played at Portland yesterday, was a fast and even one. The teams took the field as follows: Hora Hora (blue).—Misses L. Taylor, M. Ross, M. Kernohan, M. Bevington, I. Tucker, N. Jackman, E. Richards, XL Valder, U. Hirtzol, B. Richards, M. Taylor (capt.). Portland (white). —Mrs Mills, Misses M. Thackeray (capt.), E. Pocoek, 0. Richards, I. Carr, C. Williamson, E. Seelly, D. Hams, K. Edmonds, M. Scelly, O. Litt. Portland attacked, from the opening

bully, and for the first ten minutes had the visitors on the defensive. Eventually Miss Litt secured and by a solo, run on the , left wing scored from a difficult angle,—Portland 1, Hora Hora 0.

From the resulting bully, Hora Hora gained ground, to be cheeked by the Portland half line. Give and . take play resulted, till the visitois* forward line again' became dangerous, and after a sustained attack Miss Hirtzel equalised with a beautiful shot.— Portland I; Hora Hora I; Tlio second* half ,was not long in progress before Miss E, Richards got away on the wing and passed in-field. Miss M. Taylor put the visitors in the lead. —Hora Hora 2, Portland I.

The local; forwards now made a rush to their opponents ’ circle, a corner being- conceded; , This was safely cleared. Portland were soon back again and Miss Edmonds netted.— -Hora Hora 2, Portland 2. ■ • ' ; ■

Prom the half-way bully the visitors broke through and had Bo Aland .busy defending, several corners resulting. At last Portland transferred play upheld, to be checked by one of Hora Hora’s full-backs, who set her forwards in action; Miss E. Richards reached-the circle and once again gained the lead for the visitors.— Hora Hora 3, Portland 2,

Portland livened up after ‘this ' reverse, and attacked strongly. Play was returned to midfield, hnd remained there for several • minutes, until Miss: Carr secured and took the ball to the circle* before losing possession. Miss Litt, following up fast, collected and scored.—Hora Hora 3, Portland 3.

The game noV 1 became fast and strenuous, both sides making every endeavour to gain the lead. '■ Portland were on the attack,, but good, defence prevented iv further score. Hora Hora secured and reached the circle, Portland having some anxious moments, several corners being .given; .'Danger,was at last removed, and - Hora Hora had a spell at defending; Prom a scramble' following a 'corner, Miss Edmonds., with a shot that went high, put Portland v in - the lead.—Portland' 4, Hora Hora 3.

The visitors made '.desperate efforts to equalis% but time was called with play in Portland’s A 2s r and, the ta,lly unaltered; , -

Mr E, itay was referee,

Comment;

' ; The match’ was a. ’ real good, one. The winners had'the -better of the first, spell* • but the second was very even. * The- altered' taeties of Portland in the second half were mainly - respond sibie ’for their win. Miss It. Taylor, in goal for Horn Hora, was very sound. Miss Bevington was good on defeiiee. Misses M. Taylor, U. Hirtzel and E. Richards were most conspicuous of the forwards. • . For the winners, Miss Pocock at full back played a much improved game. Misses Richards and Carr in the 'halves, and Misses Edmonds, Litt and Harris in’ the forwards all showed good form. ,

HINEMOA WIN.

White Star, with only eight players, met a full Hinemoa team at Kensington Park and eventually were’ vanquished by two goals to one,, after a very even game. White Star scored first, and the eight played a good de J fen-sive and attacking game.

1 White Star went up the field' when ; iMiss Harris broke through alone. They [ kept Hinemoa defending when Miss D. Osborne carried play up the line. t A little later Hinemoa broke through f; and nearly scored, blit the goalie savt ed; There was a- corner, and from i this White Star were back on the [ .attack again. Miss 0. Harris again f .rushed through alone and scored a good t; goal.

Hinemoa set up an attack and White Star conceded a penalty corner, after which play swung back. Hinemoa could not gain any advantage, and White Star set up a strong defence and attack. Both jsides were breaking through, and some keen duels for possession were taking place.

White Star were again dangerous and Miss Gomez had to save. A few minutes * later she was v called upon again, but cleared successfully. • Hinemoa then worked back, but were not in White Star’s territory for loilg, and as half-time was called White Star were attacking.

On resuming, Miss’ Berghan took play along, but the goalie saved effectively when‘another player shot.. After some mid-field play, Hinemoa, who were now asserting themselves, again wont back, but could not score. There was some more keen work in White Star’s goal-mouth, and eventually Miss Berghan netted. Almost immediately after Miss Borghan had another shot, but it went wide.

Hinemoa were keeping up their attack, until White Stfr made a rapid

thrust and took the ball to Hinemoa’s quarter. MW 0. Harris rushed up to the goai-moutlf and had very hard luck in not scoring, Miss Gomez clearing well;' *

After a further period of even play, Miss Bcighan seared again,' and-, when iime was called there was no alteration in the scores. : Messrs J. Batchelor and G. Larking refereed. * AVOCA BEAT”WESLEY. Avoca beat Wesley by three goals, to nil, at Kensington Park. Avoca’s scores were obtained by Mrs McLeod, Mrs Martin and Miss O’Shea. Wesley went to Avoca’s circle on several occasions and, though very close, could not score. Miss G. Goode played a great defensive game for Wesley. , Messrs Larking and Batchelor refereed. OTHERREStTLTS. At the High School grounds, Jligh School B beat Wesley D by four goals to throe. Mr Everett was referee. Old Girls defeated High School A by four goals to two. Misses K. Tibbits (.°>) and Stewart scored for Old Girls and Miss Bossitter for School. Pakotai beat Wesley B by five goals to nil at th* School grounds.