WHANGAREI MEN SCORE ANOTHER WIN

Northern Advocate, 24 June 1937, Page 3

WHANGAREI MEN SCORE ANOTHER WIN

COUNTRY WEEK HOCKEY

Beaten By Piako For Kent Cup

[Special to “Northern Advocate ”l AUCKLAND, This Day.

The annual Country Week hockey tourney was continued yesterday under very bad conditions, when the third round of the men’s competition for the 1 White Horse Cup was decided. No matches in the ladies’ section were played. Heavy rain fell throughout the . day, but the best series of matches in the tournament to date took ..place. King Country A and Waipa A played a most exciting and closelycontested game, the former side being successful by a one-goal margin after a splendid exhibition. The winners deserved their victory, adapting themselves better to the conditions, Whangarei Win Easily. , Another excellent contest was the match between Piako and Rodney B tdams, the match concluding in - d dyiaw:. afteh - a highly exciting finish- '. Whangarei had another easy victory, accounting for King Country B by 10 goals to three. Franklin A Overwhelmed Whakatane, while Rodney, last year’s champions, won by default fro'm Thames-Haiiraki. WHITE HORSE CUP. THIRD ROUND. A Section,—Franklin A 6 (S. Hunter 3, Doull 2, Cullum 1) beat Whakatane 0; King Country A 2 (Fleet 2) beat Waipa A 1 (A. Spires); Rodney B 4 (Langridge 3, Shepherd 1) drew with Piako 4 (Cricket 2, Stevens 1, Sterling 1). ' B Section. —Waipa B- C drew with Franklin B 0; Whangarei 10 (A. Byles 5, Bint 2, Draflin 2. Fyfe 1) beat King Country B 3 (Weller 1, Rogers 1, Lee 1); Rodney A won by default . from Thames-Hauraki. In the annual contest for the Kent Cup, Piako, the holders, successfully defended the trophy from Whangarei by one goal to nil. The match was played yesterday morning in the pouring Tain, the spells being of 20 minutes each. The Winners showed greater experience and better combination.