HOCKEY.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19721, 22 August 1927, Page 13

HOCKEY.

RANKIN MEMORIAL CUP. GRAMMAR RETAINS TROPHY, DEVONPORT SHIELD MATCHES. The hockey match on Saturday for the Rankin Memorial Cup resulted in Auckland Grammar School, the holders, easily defeating Hamilton High School, the score being 6 goals to 1. The Grammar team displayed excellent combination, team work and tactics, and its forwards continually over-ran the opposition in pretty concerted attacking movements. Hamilton attacked from the bully, but Hill returned to the centre and the Grammar forwards headed for the opposing goal, where a penalty corner was gained. The hit was well cleared by Hamilton and close midfield play resulted until Lamb led the Grammar forwards in a fast assault on the goal. A shot which found the net was disallowed. Grammar continued aggressive tactics and Lamb put the ball into an open goal. A sortie by Hamilton was spoiled through offside play. A hard hit changed the scene of operations and Burnett raced through and goaled for Grammar. High School broke through and play went to the Grammar circle where an infringement gave the visitors a penalty-comer. This was brilliantly converted by Pratt Hamilton attacked again and the Grammar goal had a close shave. Half-time sounded with Hamilton on the attack. Auckland Grammar School, 2; Hamilton High School, 1. Hamilton was first away, but Fulton stopped cleverly and transferred to the opposite end. Grammar gained a corner and from close play Munro scored. Hamilton made a strong central attack which was well stopped by the Grammar backs. A sortie by Grammar resulted in a corner wnicb was improved by Lamb goaling. The Hamilton forwards gained the circle, but poor positional play spoiled several promising openings. Crawley, the Grammar goal custodian, did some splendid stopping and successfully prevented the visitors from scoring. A spirited assault by Grammar terminated in Lamb goaling. Grammar returned with another offensive movement from which Munro scored, making the final score Auckland Grammar School, 6; Hamilton High School, 1. Messrs. H. B. Speight and G. Waddingham were the referees. PLAY FOR DEVONPORT SHIELD. The Devonport Shield competition, played under the jurisdiction of the Auckland Hockey Association, was continued a further stage at the Reinuera grounds on Saturday afternoon. Recent heavy rains had made the playing areas soft and slippery, the conditions militating against high-class displays. Nevertheless the games were keenly fought out and in several cases the scoring waa very even. Results are as follows: University, 10, beat Wesley, 0. St. Luke's 4, beat University Colts. 0. Somerville. 2, beat Epiphany, 0. Training College defaulted to Areta. The following table shows the positions of the teams in the Devonport Shield competition ; Goals.

UNIVERSITY HAS AN EASY WIN. The early play in the match between University and Wesley was in favour of the former. The forwards displayed very fair combination in a series of strong offensive movements. Hamilton led a fine central attack, from which Miller scored with a well-placed shot. University returned with another spirited rush and Seelen goaled easily. A sortie by Wesley was repulsed by Hume and from the clearing hit Philpottß gained ground with a nice flanking run. University's forwards took play into the circle and Barrett and Seelen had skot3 without success. A concerted offensive by University saw Seelen score. Hamilton was the next University player to' score, the result of a good centring hit by Philpotts. From a further forward movement Philpotts sent across a beautiful centre which Hamilton turned to account. An attack by Wesley resulted in a cornerhit which waß cleared by Greenbank intercepting Greenbank put University in a good position, which was improved when Hamilton sent across to Philpotts, who found the net with a good shot. After a brief attack by Wesley's vanguard had been repulsed, Seelen made a good breakaway and, reaching the circle, he scored with a hard shot. Burton led the Wesley forwards into University's territory, only to find Radclifie the stumbling block. Play was at midfield when half-time sounded, the score being: University, 7; Wesley. 0. Wesley came away in good formation but poor shooting nullified a likely opening. University broke through and after fine concerted play Seelen goaled. University continued aggressive tactics and Wesley gave two corners. A sharp attack by Wesley was held up by Leonard, and University counterattacked in the centre. The ball went out to Philpott3 who goaled with a brilliant angle shot. The Wesley defence was very poor and University continually over-ran the opposition. From a corner RadcliSe scored with a hot shot. Burton, for Wesley, made a splendid breakaway, but Hume got back and stopped the shot. The game ended: —Uni versity, 10; Wesley, 0. SOMERVILLE BEATS EPIPHANY. Somerville and Epiphany provided a fast game in which the former gained an early advantage through good concerted play. Cohen spoiled a promising position by offside play. With a flanking effort Epiphany reached the Somerville twenty-five where Cooper cleared. A sharp assault on Epiphany's goal was well stopped by Rankm. Taw intercepted a corner-hit and took play to midfield. Baildon initiated a strong attack and the Somerville forwards confined play to the Epiphany circle where a penalty corner was gained. A hard shot from Baildon was turned outside the goal by Rankin. Epiphany, with Hewitt and Mills prominent, gained a penalty corner, but the shot was stopped by Chiplin. E. Watts broke away and Epipnany was kept on the defensive. From a further oSensive E. Watts had little difficulty in scoring. Somerville continued on the attack and Baildon converted a corner-hit. Hewitt led the Epiphany forwards into Somerville's territory, the attack failing on the circle's edge. The spell ended: Somerville, 2: Epiphany,, 0. The second spell was in favour of Somerville. but although the forwards,.were often well placed they failed to penetrate the fine defence of Mills and Rankin. The final score was:—Somerville, 2; Epiphany, 0.

ST. LUKE'S DOMINATES GAME. St. Luke's gained an early advantage in the match against University Colts and after several attacks'had failed Giles made the most of an opening and scored with a welldirected hit. Mills and Steele stopped an attack by the students and from close play in the circle Darvell scored. St. Lukes continued to dominate the play and the University backs had a strenuous time on defence. With a strong central movement St. Luke's reached the circle and Bay goaled. The spell ended with St. Luke's holding a three goals' lead. Upon changing round Bay and Duncan made a fine breakaway for St. Luke's. Leonard brilliantly stopped a hard attack and ho sent his forwards away, but the St. Luke's defence whs too sound. St. Luke s retaliated and after pood concerted play Giles found the net with a hot shot. The students made a good effort and Hubble sent across a nice centre which the inside forwards failed to intercept. St. Luke's was monopolising the play m the concluding stages, the game ending 4 —o in its favour. JUNIOR GRADE RESULTS. Second Grade.—Otahuhu, 15. beat Epiphany, 0; University, 2, drew with Wesley. 2; Areta, 7. beat St. Luke's, 1. Third Grade.—University A, 2, best University B, 1. Fourth Grade. —Mount Eden, 4, beat Mount Albert, 0. Secondary Schools.—Seddon, 4, beat Grammar, 1. LADIES' MATCHES. The Auckland Ladies' Hockey Association continued its competitions at Eemuera on Saturday afternoon under very adverse playing conditions Results are as. follows: Senior Grade.—Y.W.C.A., 4, beat Arawa, 3; Mount Eden, 6. beat Somerville, 0. Junior Grade.—Wesley, 6, beat Papakura, 0; Mount Eden, 2, beat Y.W.C.A., C, 1; St. Cuthbert's, 10, beat Y.W.C.A. B. 0. THE GAME IN WELLINGTON. [BY TELEGRAPH. —PRESS ASSOCIATION. J WELLINGTON. Sunday. Men's hockey matches played at Wellington yesterday resulted:—Wesley, l t v. Wellington, 2; Karori B defeated Training College. Mr. H. Hatch, sole selector, announces the following senior Wellington men's team to play against the Taracaki representatives on Saturday:—Goal, C. Moore; backs, K. Perrin and P. Spiers; halfbacks, McArthur. E. McDoed and Chantrell; forwards, Roberts, Sykes, Freethey Frazer and Brown. Emergencies' O'Callagnan, Jobin and Erwin. , The selectors announce the following players for the ladies' senior team to represent Wellington at tournament at Palmerston North, commencing on August 31: —Misses L. Dick, A. Smith, F. Martin. A. Yorston. A. Lucena, M. Shaw, D. Judd. S. Swinburne. M. Fraser M. Williams. J. Harper, M. Wilkins, 6. Wapp.

NEW ZEALAND LADIES' TOURNEY.

' THE DRAW FOR SECTIONS. The New Zealand ladies* hockey tourney commences at Palmerston North on Wednesday, August 31, and will continue for eight or nine days. Eighteen entries were received and they were drawn in three sections as follows; A Section.—Canterbury, Eastern, Manawatu B, Ruahine-Dannevirke A, Taranaki, W airarapa. B Section.—Bubli Union B, King Country, Manawatu A, Poverty Bay, Southland, Wellington. C Section.—Auckland, Bush Union A, Feilding. Otago, Ruahine-Dannevirke B, South Canterbury, It is hoped to reach the semi-final by the seventh day (Wednesday), September 8. The Millie Cup competition this year will take the form of a relay race, four runners from each team. The Auckland team ha 3 been drawn to play as follows:—First day, v. Otago; second day, v. Feilding; third day. v. South Canterbury; fifth day, v. Ruahine-Dannevirke B; sixth day, v. Bush Union A. The inter-island match will be played on the fourth day. WAIPA DEFEATS WAIKATO. [BY TELEGRAPH. —OWN CORRESPONDENT. ] TE AWAMUTU. Sunday. The Waipa v. Waikato representative hockey match, played at Albert Park yesterday. resulted in a win for Waipa by A goals for 2. For Waipa goals were scored by Civil (2) and H. Andrew (2). O'Regan and Bradley scored for Waikato. The match was keenly contested, but Waipa had the advantage in team play. The Waipa ladies' and men's representative teams will play Taumarunui at Te Awamutu on Wednesday. OPOTIKI LADIES' MATCH. [BY TELEGRAPH. —OWN CORRESPONDENT.] OPOTIKI. Sunday. In a ladies' hockey match at Opotiki yesterday the City team defeated Te Huia by i goal to 0, KING COUNTRY LADIES. [BY TELEGRAPH. —OWN CORRESPONDENT.] TAUMARUNUI, Sunday. The following ladies have been chosen to represent the King Country in a hockey match against Waipa at Te Awamutu' next Wednesday;— Goal. F. Watkins; backs. X. Morris, V. Tate; halves, G. Thornton. P. Firman, J. Bellamy; forwards, W. Stevenson, K. Carlson. L. Turton, M. Yvoodmass. E. Marshall, CANTERBURY V. BULLER, [BY TELEGRAPH. —PRESS ASSOCIATION.] CHRISTCHURCH, Sunday. In a representative hockey match at Christchurch yesterday Canterbury drew with Buller, 3 goals each. The game was played in steady rain.

P. W. L. D. F. A. Pts. Areta 4 4 0 0 11 3 a Somerville 3 3 0 0 16 2 6 University 3 3 0 0 24 2 6 St. Luke's 4 2 1 1 9 7 5 Somerville Colts . 3 2 1 0 3 2 4 Training College 4 1 3 0 1 1 2 Epiphany 4 1 3 0 3 13 2 Wesley 4 1 3 0 4 18 2 Mount Eden 4 0 4 0 3 18 0 University Colts 3 0 3 0 2 10 0