HOCKEY.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLV, Issue XLV, 2 June 1910, Page 6

HOCKEY.

.Tb-MOEROW'S FIXTURES

Sx-iS'ide Tournament; Botanies, 10 a.m.

..-> v. ladies' championship. Kia Ora v. Wainui; Botanies, 2 p.m. Thistle v. Wakatu; Botanies, 3 p.m. .other' fixtures.

Ladies' Rfep. Practice; Botanies, 4 p.m.

SIX-A-Sli)E TOURNAMENT.

-The annual six-a-side tournament for men will be played at the Botanies tomorrow morning, the first game cornicing at 10 o'clock. Thi s fcrture, has become a very popular one with tJw public, who wiU doubtless turn up m targe numbers. In all -seven games will be plawd, and as the result is always a Sery open one some exciting contests can be confidently anticipated. The teains.and players taking part are. as fol°WErSt makh.-StoK v. Y.M.1.: Stoke-: P. Kenning, M. Giblin H. Ching, N. Barry> L. Martin, L. Men- '&** Y.M.1.: N Oldershaw T. toj son, -W.Tettit/J. Hall, C Booth, Stratten. ' . . . ..; ' ' , , . Second match-Maitai v. Federal AMaitai: J. Starr,.W. Batchelor, BeU, Whitwell, B. Joharisen g-i. Ho TOi Federal A: G.'Wimsett, F. Harford, R. NeaLV; Webley,.Holland,.MiUer. Third mateh-Nelson A v Federal 8.-Nekon: K. Smyth, C. Spear, *. Taylor,' P. Hurst, H. Seldon,K. Walker. "Federal B: T. Cole, K. Cooke E. Bnr'ne, Hargreaves, C. Louisson, G. bra. Folirth match' Motueka v. Nelson BMotneka:, H. Everett, J. Boyce, M. Staples, A. Ryder, R. ; Batchelor E Duntan. Nelson B: A. Millar P. Noble, C. Mjorgan, W. Switzer, A. Blanks, Ogilvie. i o i Fifth match-Winners of Ist and 4ul matches. , SixtK match-Winners of 3rd and 4th matches. .... Seventh match (final)-Winners of sth and 6th matches.

(Notes by 'jßully.")

At one jstage of the Nelson (6) and Y.M.I. (2) match it looked as if the younger club' were going to make a close thing of it, , A quarter of a way through the second spell the score was Nelson 3, Y.M.I. 2. By the time the thistle sounded,, however, Nelson had put on three more goals-, and won with a margin of four to the good. Taking Hhe Y.M.I, all round their hitting was weak, the half-line especially go Oldershaw and Booth were notable exceptions in the back division and Best in the forwards. In goal Whitford saved many'a shot in great jfrk, and though several got through to the nets, Nelson could do nothing in the first si but apparently got down to it in the second half. Mankg showed something* of his old dash, and proved that ne caiv still shoot goals. The Federal (5) v. Stoke (3) fixture at Stoktf was a hard one, but the players on both sides failed to take into due consideration the fast nature of thei ground,! and as a consequence the ball" wafe continually hit out of bounds. Holland >as the chief scorer for Federals with * four goals. Two of them were worthy of note,. being shot with backhands! strokes. Says the "Dominion" in its hockey column:—Referring to the Rules of the Hockey, "If a corner hit is being taken, the ball must be stopped motionless bv an attacker before a goal can be scored.'" This question was discussed at'length at the referees' meeting. and ft' was- agreed that if an attacker outside the circle hits the ball into the circlevbefore. stopping same, and th e ball is afterwards hit into the goal it is "no goal.'.' The ball'must be stopped dead by the attacking side before scoring off a- "cc-met hit," and no exception can possibly be made to that rule.

LADIES' NOTES.

(By "Bully," Junior.)

The Wakatu (2) and Wainui (2) match was looked forward to with considerable interest. Last year it .will be remembered that Wainui put up a good fight against Wakatu. Those who saw the. match were not disappointed. It was exciting from start to finish. It cannot be said that- the. game on the whole was a first-class exhibition of hockey, but at

times the play was distinctly good. Miss Harris, in goal for Wainui played well.. Miss M. Graham (fullback; Slaved a, splendid defensive game. Miss cully (full-back) was weak. She started. off well, but did to much "spec." hitting. Of the half-line Hiss G. Harris JoantTß-half) played & sterling (game. being especially good on. the attack. She is inclined to hit the ball to hard to hei wings occasionally.. Miss J. Graham (half-back) put in "a lot of good work: she should, however, do more tackling instead of waiting, : Miss R. Suander? played well for a beginner. She stopped the ball whenever £he could/ a point which many of th older players could take a lesson from. The* forward attack showed plenty of dash, and some oi the passing was good and clean. Miss M. Harris (right wing) should strength en the forwards considerably. Some of her centreing was really good, but often she would pass the ball far to soon. She had hard luck in not scoring jusfc on the

call of time. Miss D. Parsonage (bully) showed plenty of dash; but missed £ . lot of chances'by not stopping the bali before shooting. Miss Louisson played : as a forward, and did fairly well; she • would show to, better advantage in hei' old place at half. Wakatus have not th e team they had last year. They posses some good backs but the forwards and half-line are not too good. Against Wainui it was mostly the bully, right wing, and the centre-halt doing all.the forward work. Miss Barnett (full-back) is not showing near the form she displayed last season. Miss Lucas had a day off and indulged in toe much "spec" hitting. Mis s Whitwell'f play at centre-half stood out on its own. andi it was only due to her fine effort.' that the game "ended in a draw. Mis> Everett (half-back) played a fair gaim in a quiet - : way. Mists Coster (right wing) was alwas on the ball ,and die some good centreing. Miss E. Hair (bully) played a capital game. Miss McNabl should make a good player, as- she ii shaping well. Miss A. Robson should keep up more'with her, forwards, and when in the circle should lose no time ir.

shooting. A large majority of ladies at* present playing' are quite ignorant of some of t the rules of the game, those relating to ■obstruction and off-side especially so. Frequently -1 have tseen. a player turn right round on an opponent not only once but several times. This is ob-, structioni, and means a-free hit .given against the offender, providing, of \ course, that an opponent is hot within striking distance of the ball.

Offside.—Many players seem to think that they must .always have three opponents between themselves and the goal' 4 io be on side. This is not'so. A player may take the.ball on past.all the backs and then overrun the* ball. If another player or players following up takes the hm on they are on side.; but should the player who overran the ball continue in play she would be off-side unless there were three opponents-in front of her, and to met on side she would have to go back till the.player who has the ball passes her. Any'player is on side in her own half of the ground. I have noticed a number of players hooking sticks when not within striking distance of the ball. This is not allowed, and a free hit is given against (be offender.

The bully-off does not appear to be thoroughly understood. Each bully player must strike the ground with her stick on her own side of the ground and her opponent's stick over the ball three times alternately, after which one of these two players must strike the ball before it is in play.

' The Wainui team against Kia Ora will be :-Miases Harris (), Graham (2), Scully, Reeves, Louisson, Vaughan, Parsonage, Bowden} emergency, Miss Saunders.