HOCKEY.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 16026, 18 September 1915, Page 10

HOCKEY.

NOTES AND COMMENTS.

A few matches will be playad at Remuera grounds this afternoon, including school representative matches and the ladies' junior Sinai. In the men's third grade competition the Areta-Mount Eden match, which was drawn in the second round and ordered to be leplayed on account of a wrong decision by th«» referee, will be played. A win or draw to Mount Eden will give that team the j third grade championship, but success to Areta will place Hobsonville, Areta, and ! Mount Eden all level. . Many of the association's representative jerseys are still out, and players who have them in their possession are requested to hand them in at once, either to the hqn. *f CT etary or to Mr L. W Norton, Security Buildings Figuring in this week's casualty lists, wounded Jos. is H. V. Walton, well known in New Zealand hockey circles, and late selector bf the Wellington Association. • J. Organ, late chairman of the same association, and also one of Wellington's late selectors. ~s in camp at Trentham with the ninth reinforcements. Two Areta teams will visit the Thames today to play local loaraa, and the referees will try their skill with the stick at Hobsonville. PRIMARY SCHOOL NOTES. Three representative teams have been chosen to play matches at Reinuera. this afternoon. The seniors will try their strength against Technical College at two o'clock, and (he second grade representatives will conlost a gams against the senior B representatives, commencing at, three o'clock. Two interesting games should result. ! An attempt is being made to arrange a country trip for the Auckland school representative team, either to Hamilton and Rotorua. or Hamilton and Thames. If successful the team will leave Auckland on the morning of September 29, and return to town | on the Saturday evening. I LADIES" NOTES. The final for the second-grade championship will be played this afternoon at two o'clock, the contesting teams being Omapere and Whakatu. A keenly-fought game should result, and, in the event of the score being equal at the end of 70 minutes' play, the teams will change ends and play tor a further ten minutes. If still equal a second ! ten minutes spell will be played. Unless a i decision is then reached the game will be j drawn. The following table shows the present positions of the second-grade teams: —

The Auckland representative team will journey to Thames to-day to play a return match against the country representatives. This is the first occasion for some years that an Auckland team has travelled, the last being in 1912 when a team was sent to the New Zealand championship tournament at Christchnrch. The following players will represent the Whakatu Ladies' Hockey Club against Omadere to-day: Misses E. Burton, E. Booth, I. S ten berg, R. Helt. J. Smith, M. C-aulderwood. L. Given. W. ' Scott. V. Hawkens. E. Crowe. J. Gee. Reserve, Miss E. Taylor. v -

Chp. P. W. D. L. pts. Whakatu 14 ~ 11 1 2 23 Omapere ... 14 11 1 2 23 Training Colleee 11 7 2 2 16 Henderson ... ... 13 6 0 7 12 Otahuhu 12 o 1 6 11 Technical Col. A ... 14 3 1 10 7 Technical Col. B. ... 13 2 2 9 6 W*item*ta ... 13 3 0 10 6