HOCKEY

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22517, 7 September 1936, Page 16

HOCKEY

DAVIS CUP MATCHES VICTORY TO ST. LUKE'S DISAPPOINTING DISPLAYS Hockey of a mediocre standard was seen in the Auckland Asocsiation's Davis Cup competition, which was continued at Papatoetoe on Saturday afternoon. The grounds were heavy, although the surface was good. The sticlcwork generally was poor and several games were marred by hard hitting. In the principal match, that between the leading teams, St. Luke's and Grammar, St. Luke's registered a decisive win, and now loads in tlie coinpetition by one point. Mount Eden and Papatoetoe drew after a hard struggle, but the play was marred by rough tactics. University maintained a fast pace and beat Somerville by 5 goals to Y.M.C.A. had little difficulty in beating Training College by a four-goal margin. Following were the results: — St. Luke's, 7; Grammar Old Boys, 2. Papatoetoe, 2; Mount Eden, 2. University, 5; Somerville, 13. Y.M.C.A., 5; Training College, 1.

ST. LUKE'S SUPERIOR GRAMMAR FADES AWAY After a disappointing exhibition, Grammar Old Boys was decisively beaten by St. Luke's on No. 1 ground nt PapaUietoe on Saturday afternoon. St. Luke's scored the only goal in the first half, but in thfc second spell Grammar faded away and the St. Luke's forwards netted from all angles to make the final score:—St. Luke's, 7; Grammar, Although there was no doubt as to St. Luke's superiority on the day's play, it was fortunate to win by such a wide margin. Grammar met with much bad luck, especially in the first spell, when it attacked with some brilliant movements. With a few goals in hand St. Luke's forced the pace and Grammar weakened. The latter lost its combination and there was much mishitting and overdriving. Grammar had the hotter of the early exchanges and, varying the attack, kept St. Luke's busy on defence for some time. Mishitting by Jerram caused Grammar to lose several fine opportunities, but tho St. Luke's defence was rugged and determined. From "sticks" Grammar secured a penalty corner and the shot narrowly missed the g6al. Soon after King pushed the ball forward in stopping a high shot to the net, but from the penalty bully he cleared and Grammar lost another chance.

St. Luke's rallied and Rood work by Fenton and Alexander secured a corner. Vipond took the hit and sent in a powerful shot, which ricocheted off a defender's stick and shot high into the corner of the net. Gramniar was attacking at the interval. St. Luke's resumed stronsrer than ever. From a loose rush, which was temporarily checked by Jones, Anderson stopped the ball, but Vipond stcured the rebound and broke in to score. Soon after Fenton, in' a nice run down the left, sent in an angle shot to increase St. Luke's lead. St. Lnko's maintained the pressure and from a melee in the eoalmouth Alexander netted. Vipond brought St. Luke's total to five goals soon after. From a penalty bully Roughton beat Wattam to give Grammar its first goal. Vipond secured another goal shortly afterwards when ■he rushed in and drew Anderson from the net. From a clearing shot to the line by Clark tho ball hit the boot of tho umpire and Twigden snapped it up, passed in to Roughton, who scored with a fast shot at close ranste. F«nton scored again for St. Luke s shortly before the final whistle. It,was a fine shot from an acute angle. Wattam played exceptionally well- in goal for St. Luke's. Of the two backs Clark was far superior, although King, who was mishitting badly in the first, spell, • settled down in the latter stages. Robertson did well in the halves, especially on the defence, and he received good support from his wing men. The forwards did not . impr.css, although Fenton and Alexander combined well on the right. Vipond played a good game at centre, while Corin and Grace both were prominent at times. Of Grammar's forwards Roughton was outstanding. He is a Sine player and. with plenty of dash and good stickwork, he invariably led the attack. Twigden also was good, while 1. Ross was seen in some clever efforts. Armstrong was much the better of the two wings. Grammar's weakness lay in its halves. Lawry failed to mark his wing men. W. Ross was only fair, while Herriot was never prominent. Jones played a great game at fullback and saved his side on numerous occasions. Robinson also was good. Anderson was not seen at his best. Messrs. H. Watts and H. McQuarrio were umpires. POINTS DIVIDED PAPATOETOE AND MOUNT EDEN Although the play, was never of a high standard the match Ketween Papatoctoo and Mount Eden was always interesting, and there was little between the two sides. In tho first spell first one' line of forwards and then the other hammered away in the circle. Poor stickwork and Jack of understanding was apparent, however, and the score was one goal each at half-time. The Papatoetoe forwards were the better, bnt Bowden and Smith played well and the defence was solid. Early in the second spell Papatoetoe forced a series of corners, but there was no score. It waSi not until the defence was caught out of position that Torbet ran in to not for the second time. During the closing stages Mount Eden attacked strongly and C'.ark, who also scored Mount Eden's first goal, netted again. The play in the second half was poor. There was too much body play and wild hitting. Several players were cautioned for adopting rough tactics. Messrs, C. Preston and H. Williams were umpires. , .

WIN FOR UNIVERSITY SOMERVILLE OUTCLASSED The match in which University defeated Somerville- by .five goals to three proved scrappy and uninteresting. The Somerville defence was not up to standard, and its forward line had several faults. The first half was fairly even, but after the interval University gradually drew ahead, breaking through the Somerville backs with little difficulty. Toward the end the University shooting improved, but on the whole the circle work of both teams was poor. Although the University forwards combined bettor than usual, several of their goals came from individual efforts. Lawry was the outstanding forward, and was the most consistent goal-getter. On tho right wing, l-'r«oor made several lino runs, but his work in tho circlo lacked precision. Tho halves were t-eiter than those of Somerville, Watson being Use most" prominent. Both Hogbcn and Jloiliwell tacked well at fullback, but some of their clearances were not good. The principal fault in the Somorville forwards was that of bunching, many opportunities being lost in tnis manner. Tho strength of the lino lay down the left, where Wellbourne and Braithwaite combined well, but ground was often gained by Houghton and Pickup on the other wing, although they wore inclined to crowd together. The halves were not impressive, while the fullbacks, Garlick and Smith, were sometimes slow in tackling. Goals were scored for the winners by Lawry (four), arid Eraser, while Hedges, Braithwaite and Wellbourne scored for Somerville. . Messrs. G. Wells and A. E. Playle were umi#ires. A POOR DISPLAY TRAINING COLLEGE BEATEN Played on a soft, muddy ground, the match between Y.M.O.A. and Training Collego was almost farcical, as Training College, the weaker team, fielded only eight men. The disparity was lessened slightly when Holmes retired injured shortly before half-time, but Y.M.O.A. eventually won by five goals to one. The Training College defence was poor, and tho Y.M.C.A. forwards went through fairly easily. Y.M C.A.'s score would have been higher if shooting had been more accurate. Goals were scored for Y.M.C.A. by Kiff (four) and Browne Messrs. R. S. Donaldson and Ilay were umpires. . , WOMEN'S TOURNEY CONCLUDED [by TELEGRAM —press association] BLENHIEM, Sunday The final in tho Dominion women's hockey tournament at Blenheim resulted in a win for Eastern (Southland), 5, over Otago, 1. Eastern thus holds the Championship and K Cnp for the third year in succession. A large crowd witnessed a fairly even game, in which Eastern's superior combination soon placed the issue beyond doubt. Otago attacked frequently, but lacked sting in the circle and failed to finish off its movements. LOWER GRADE RESULTS Senior Grade.—St. Luke's, 7, Grammar Old ■Boys, 2; Mount Eden, i2,"Papafoetoe, 2; University, 5, Somerville, 3; Y.M.C.A. 5, Training College 1. Second grade: Knock-out final: St.

Luko's, 2, Waitemnta, 1. B section: Y.M.C.A., 2, Air Huso, 0. Third grade: Auckland Grammar, 5, Waitemnta, 2. Fourth grade: University, 4, St. Luke's, 3. Fifth grade: St. Luke's. 1, Papatoetoe, 1; Somerville, 5, Auckland Grammar B, 4. MATCHES IN HAMILTON [from OUll OWN correspondent] HAMILTON, Sunday Games for the Hooper Cup and the Killip Memorial Shield were continued yesterday. The game between Colls and Kaipaki proved exciting and resulted in Colts defeating Kaipaki by 2 goals to 1. At half-time neither side had scored, but within the first five minutes of the second half Kaipaki took the ball the length of the field to score. Colts evened the score and later in the gamo were lucky in scoring another goal. In the second game Old Boys defeated Technical Old Roys by 4 goals to 0. Ladies' Hockey: Leamington, 1, v. Technical Old Girls B, I; Nurses defaulted to Technical Old Girls A. PLAY AT THAMES * fBY TEf/K(JllAl'U —OWN .CORRESPONDENT] THAMES, Sunday In a ladies' hockey match yesterday Thames defeated Franklin by 4 goals to 1.. The scorers for the winners were Misses M. Heaver (11) and S. Stirling. Miss N. Stone scored for the visitors. The Franklin men's team defeated Thames by 10 goals to 2. The scorers for the winners wero Mc.Kenny (a), Gilmour (2), ; S. Hunter (2), Williams, Hardy and Collum. For Thames Lang and Thornton scored. Thames B defeated Hamilton by r> f?oals to 1. F.Jensen (2), McLeish (2) and Woods scored for Thames and Bowler for Hamilton.