HOCKEY.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20301, 8 July 1929, Page 13

HOCKEY.

LEADING TEAM DEFEATEiD. UNIVERSITY'S SURPRISE WIN. AN INTERESTING COMPETITION. 'J lie biggest surprise of (ho present liookey sear-on was provided at Item jora ori Saturday when University clefcater) Somerville, the, leading learn and rlub champion for several seasons past, l:y 3 goals to 1. University added its last two goals in the, closing stages of the game. Mount Eden failed to fulfil its early promise against St. Luke's, and was outplayed in the latter part of the game. St. Luke's victory makes it a point anead of Mouni, Eden, and equal in the lead with Somerville in championship points. .North Shore defeated Epiphany liy u single goal. The matches resulted a; follows : University, 3; Somerville, 1. St. Luke's, 3; Mount Eden, 1. North Shore, J ; Epiphany, 0. The following tabic shows the positions of the senior teams:— (.J oa Is. P. W. L. D. r. A. i'ts. Somei vilV> .. 0 3 }■; St. Luke's .. 0 C> 3 Mount Eden .. U 5 3 1 17 lb U North Shore ..9 o 4 lb • 10 University -.0 4 4 1 22 21 0 Epiphany ..0 ST. LUKE'S SUCCESSFUL. After the first quarter of an hour St. Luke's had definitely the better of the game with Mount Eden, and won fairly comfort- , abiv. Mount Edeu was the first to pet 1 moving, and Chaplin missed what looked ;j prettv pood chance in the circle. r" re< ; bits helped St. Luke's, but Hughes blocked an attempt, by the forwards to get fioing. Chaplin managed to shoot into tho net, but was given offside. Highfield catue out to meet the Mount Edeu forwards, and kicked safely to the line. W. Williams curried tho ball, putting his side in a good position, and sharp exchanges took place in the Mount Eden circle. From a narrow uncle tlrace sent in a pretty shot to register the first goal of the match. Wolherspoou initialed to get in some good centring shots when St. Luke's was attacking, but, theso movements were successfully smothered. A Mount Eden sortie was driven back by 11. Williams, and Wothcrspoon, getting a pass from T. Giles, drovo into a, clear goal. St. Luke's quickly returned, and a strong com- i bincd move ended in Bay breaking through to score. J. Giles came near adding a fourth goal just before half-time. St. Luke's attacked from the bully-off, but Mount Erl?n was quickly bsrk again. Its forwards took charge and tbe St. Luke's goal had some hairbreadth escapes. After two corners, Hodges made a number of chances for his forward?, and from one of the;"? Chaplin nipped in to score. Greatly j enrourased. Mount Eden returned to the attack, and a shot just trickled past the post. The same was stopped for an injury ( to Robertson's leg, but he continued play- I ir.g. Horspool had an unsuccessful shot. , and then Grace came away down the wing and gave Vail a shot to deal with. F' a V was in inidfield when the final whistle 1 sounded with the scores:—St.. Lukes. 3; Mount 'Edci). 1. UNIVERSITY WINS WELL Considering the roughness of the ground play in the. Univorsity-Souierville match was .of n creditable standard. A University assault was repelled by C'. Smith, and when the Somerville forwards reached the other circle Crawlev had to savo a shot from E. Watts. A shot by C. Watts from a corner went close outside. A penalty hit gave Somerville the initiative again, but the students did a full shore of attacking, and several chances that came to them nu tbe circle were let slip. C. "Walts led an assault on the University goal, but the defence was equal to the occasion. He returned. and this time passed to E. VYa.lts. • who put a shot over the bar. Hunter stopped a dangerous advance by Don. .lust : before tho interval Meiklejobn received a ; long pass, and .scored with a reverse stroke • that sent the ball between Chiplin's feet. The Walls brothers initiated a prolonged attack, and combined play on their part ultimately resulted in E. Watts bringing tho scores even. Passing between Thomson and Meiklejobn led Somerville into difficulties. Don penetrated to the circle, and irom a corner Eadclifle missed a chance: Taylor, however, scored shortly afterwards as the result, of combined work by the forwards. Meiklejohn scored again, and in the few minutes that remained Somerville was unable to effect any alteration. The fmnl scores were:—University, 3; Somerville. 1. AN UNEVENTFUL GAME North Shore, with only ten men, gave a : good exhibition of tho game against Epiphany, but found itself facing u very stubborn last line -of defence. Early ill the game Monteith showed clever stick work, and niado several nice runs down the lino. Reid and he went very near scoring, but. were beaten i'.<r possession in the circle. North Shore showed marked superiority in stick work and in combination, and continued to dominate t,h<; play. A prolonged siege of the Epiphany goal at, length ended . in Lucas getting in a successful shot. Dunn broke away down tho line and reached the North Shore circle, but Rankin drove powerfully to safety. Early in iho second spell Monteith shot into the net. but lie had given Epiphany took a brief turn, when Nicholson got. through to tho circle, but the defence was sound. From a corner hit in front of Epiphuny's goal Reid delivered a likely shot that Baxter smartly stopped. Noith j Shore continued to attack, but could make very little of the advantage it gained. Toward the close Epiphany asserted itself, and North Shore had to concede a corner. Epiphany was still attacking at tho call of fin.e, the final scores being:—North Shore, . 1 ; Epiphany, 0. j MATCHES IN LOWER GRADES. | Following are the results of matches j pin red in the lower grades:— Second Grade.--Wesley. :■!. University A, I 3: Somerville, 2. I'apatoetoe, 1. Third Grade.—Somerville. 7. Trnininc College. 1: St. Luke's. University B. 2; Auckland Grammar. 5; University A, 0. 1 Fourth Grade.— Otahuhu, 2. Auckland Grammar. 1: I'nnatoetoe. 7. St. Luke's, 1. I Fifth Grade—Mount Albert Grammar R.I I. Auckland Grammar 1). 1: Somerville, 2, Mount Albert Grammar A, 2; Mount, Eden, j. Auckland Grammar A, 0. j