HOCKEY.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 13194, 4 June 1906, Page 3

HOCKEY.

. SATURDAY'S CHAMPIONSHIP, MATCHED. THE first round of the Championship matches, ' under the auspice* of the Auckland Hockey, Association, was concluded on Saturday afternoon. ' -* " ' AUCKLAND A V. AUCKLAND B. The match, Auckland A v. Auckland B wai' played on the Domain. s The B'b for the fir#t> three minutes had the beet of the play,• Young and Good finishing a pood ran in the A's 25. Hill checked the onslaught, and Mason ' and Horspool nulled thel ball into the B'» .quarters. The game veered round, mainly ' through the-efforts Of-field and Wbyman, and. " the reds were placed on the defensive, bub Kavanagh relieved with a big hit. The B'« '■ were playing a very determined game, Raid and Lepine doing a great deal of stopping. The B'B broke away from their own 25, and Young ran clean through the A'* defence and scored first goal—Auckland B's, 1 goal ; Auckland A'*. 0. The A's rallied. Whitley setting: the forwards in motion they advanced along ■ the left. Jessup scoring it difficult goal — Auckland A's, 1: Auckland B's, 1. The A'*, kept up the attack, and Eastgate intercept- ; ing West's hit passed to Mason, who registered for the reds—Auckland A'*. 2; Auckland B's, 1. The B's started a good rush, Donovan. Calpan, and Sarah, carrying play into their opponents' 25, but S. Sarah foiled the* attack and sent the leather back. A smart piece of passing between Mason, Lawless, and' " Lepine looked dangerous, but Reid hit to mid- : held. The Teds were not to be denied, and accurate centring: by Eastgate enabled Mason; to befit the goalkeeper with a, treat shotAuckland A's, 3: Auckland B's, 1. The B'» ; ■;■.:.* were again first away when the game restart- .- ed, but a powerful hit of Hill's relieved' the pressure. Cirro and Reid were instrumental in removing play to the A's goal, and the, forwards culled upon Allen to save. Sarah. r and Jessui* transferred play to the B's 25. and! ., Mason gaining )K>«ses?ion notched his third! goal—Auckland A, 4; Auckland B. 1. From, the bully the reds immediately broke away, and a fast centre by .lessup gave Lawless an opportunity, which he made use of—Auckland A, 5; Auckland B, 1. An attack by the) A's was repulsed by Benjamin and Lepine. the latter hittiue to midfield. The B's not to be> ~ outdone, commenced a, determined rush, and. , Young receiving a pass just put one betweeni the posts— Auckland A. 5; Auckland B. 2- • Time was called shortly after with no further " addition to the score. For the winners Whitley, Kavanagh. and Sarah, were the best of ■■_ the backs, and Mason. Lepine. and Jes*nn> played well among the forwards. The B'» were host represented by Lepine. Whyman. and Reid, in the backs, and Donovan and* - Young in the front rank; / : I

JUNIOR DIVISION. '»• ', College Rifles A v St. George's B: After a very one-sided same the College team won by 17 goals to nil, their combination proving too good for .St. George's. For the winner* goals were scored by King: (5). Heeketh (5). ft. Alexander '4). Steele. Taylor, and Price (one* - each). For St. George's Laird and Westbury - played well anions the backs, and Woods and Laird <2) were the pick of the forward*. ■-.' \'\- St. George's A v. College Rifle* B: This { match was won by St. George'* by 13 goal* to " 2. The winners had the best of tb« game ' throughout.

AUCKLAND CLUB TEAM VISITS THE THAMES. The following team left for the Thame* by ' the s.s. Waimarie, at half-past nine o'olook <i last night, to play a match with the Hauraki Club to-day:— A. Sarah. H. W. Whyman, F. Lepine. R. Wateon-Brown, V. C. Kavanagh, 8. Sarah, 0. S. Donovan, H. C. Culpan, A. Lawless, H. Young

THAMES MATCHES. [BV telegraph.— OWN correspondent.] ... Thames, Sunday. : The Thames Hockey Association matcheswere continued on Saturday afternoon, when. * the Hauraki team met the Young - Men's team. The game was won by the Young Men's team by two goals to one, after gome fast and interesting , play throughout the L : ; whole game. The game was not up to the ,'■».: "■'■■ usual standard. The Hauraiia played one - : ' man short. Sommerville. Price, and B. Hosk- *; ing played good back games for the winners,* - and A. Hosking, Paull, and Watson proved , the be*t, of the forwards. , For the loser*. - Lowe. Griffin, and Whitehead played well in the forward division, but the backe, who. a« a rale, played good games, were not seen to advantage. L. Comer and S. Driver were th« best of them. „ , - -, '■■■'■ ■■'

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