POLO

New Zealand Times, Volume LXXI, Issue 4315, 26 March 1901, Page 3

POLO

TOURNAMENT AT MIRAMAR. THE FIRST /MV’S PLAV. The annual tournament of the Xew Zea'and Polo A'oxcia'-ion open.-d at Miramar yesterday. Tlio wmitlior was fine, 1 1 ; 1 1 bitterly cold, ;i strong southerly br.-oz- blowing across flic ground I broil'd,out tii<> afternoon. Hie ground wan i;i fair order, lint wa-s sirineubiu bumpy and uneven, and got a -rood deal cut up an the games progressed. The (ir-:t roiin<l of the •.•nett'.' for the Savile ('up ivas decided. UangiluKei defeated VVcilinsrioii A to::in I.'-/ six goals to one. ::n.| Ormi-i. defeated Ihi a era by thirteen err,lie to two. T'k re won a fair altend•ii>c;>. inc’i'dii-'f a trend many ladies. Appe/d'il iviil I ■ found a (le.-ei iptlon of the f,'i: ni“.s ■ VANCITIKKI v. WELLINGTON A. Rang! l ikei -Mcs-sr* W. A. K.dller riptaiu (dt. K. '.V, ;n|)le 1), Noel Widen (bee';), R. Wii-on (3b We Hug on A—C,‘, P. Skerr-t t. <■ i;>taiii (I), C. d. fhawford (2), 11. Johnston (b), I). G. A. Cooper (bock). Wellington wca the and played j with the wind. The visitors .'-.bowed thoir superiority in the first ten mm-i nle.s’ .spell, during which _ Dairy in ole j seored first blood for Kangirikui. X. j "Wilson and Cooper were conspicuous in j good rushing play, the latter saving his side repeatedly. Keillor scored for Ran-1 gitikei shortly afterwards. From the I throw-in Wellington got Oic ball, end j Crawford made a good attempt at goal, j but missed. From the hit out, X. AV d- ■ son got the ball well un against the. wind, but Cooper saved the red goal. A forward rush by Crawford and Skerrett ended in the latter scoring. The spell) ended—Rangitikei, two goals; Wellington, one.

Playing with the wind, a scorn by Rangitikei was cnly saved by Crawford. X. Wilson missed a very easy shot at goal. From the way the players were missing the ball, the strong wind evidently made play very difficult. : Ihe visitors continued to attack the A\el. lington goal, and Cooper repeatedly saved Ids side. Dalrymplo at last got a rather oasv cross shot at goal, and succeeded. From: the throw in, N. Wilson got the ball, and, with some fine play along the lino, nearly scored, Jolinston saved, and Dalrymplo got the hall away, and missed 1 a difficult shot at coni. N. Wilson took the nail up against the wind with a hard' drive, and got it through the posts. From, rhe j throw out, Johnston made a fine attempt at goal, but the hall curved in the ah', and spoilt a somewhat difficult shot. From the throw out “ sticky ” play resulted in the centre. N. Wilson camo through with a run, and got in a good forward drive, which should have been successful. The gong sounded halftime with the score showing Rangitikei four goals, Wellington one goal. Shortly after resuming, Dalrymple score;! again for Rangitikei. Wellington had the wind on the throw out, and the game became -more even.. Crawford 1 nearly scored, but some hard play on the part "of the yellows took the play into the southern goal. A fine hit by Skcrrett took the ball well .down the field. A rush by the yellows w.ify cleverly stopped by Cooper. Johnston got on to the ball, and nearly succeeded - ' in scoring a goal, the ball being carried behind by the wind. More hard work by Rangi- ! tikei saw Crawford return, and this player stopped a , yellow rush in front of the posts. The visitors came on again, and Cooper shvod an almost certain score. Noel ’AAllsoii 'played the ball to Dalrymplo, who’Scored, At the end of the fifth sjVe'll the score was— Rangitikei, six goals*; ’Wellington, one. Shortly after resuming, Cooper put in. some good play, and got well into the Rangitikei ground, where N. Wilson saved. From a. throw in,'Skerrett got away, and all but scored. Rangitikei was awarded a free hit, and took the ball into their opponents” quarters. Cooper met the ball, but' missed, and Dalrymple getting away -again, nearly' scored, the nail hitting the posts. The game ended' with the balUwell up in the Rangitikei quarters. Had ifc not been for the strong wind blowing, the game would have been much more interesting. The final result was—Rangitikei, six goals; Wellington, one. j OROUA v. HAWERA,

Oroua—A. Strang, captain (No. 1), 0. Robinson (back), J. Strang (No. 2), W. Strang (No. 3). Halvera—A. S. Tonks, captain (baok), B. C. Lysaght (No. 1), H. T. Lysaghti (No. 3), A. C. Atkinson (No. 2). The Hawera (yellow and black) team were making their first appearance, and were unfortunate to meet in the first round such redoubtable opponents as the bearers of the maroon and white, which defeated the Victorian visitors last week. Hawera played with the wind in their favour at the start. A few minutes after the first spell began J. Strang got away, and scored without difficulty. Oroua got the ball in front of their opponents' pasts! and Hawera forced. After another behind Touts (tho Hawera full-back') scored a goal for Oroua through making a faulty stroke. Allan Strang missed a travelling stroke when a score seemed certain. For a time play was centred in the Hawera quarters and a. behind resulted. Tho gong sounded with the play in Oroua territory. .JFrom, the throw-off in the •second spell there was some give and take play in the centre. W. Strang got away with tho ball, but missed. The Orouas again threatened the southern goal, bub Atkinson cleverly relieved J. Strang scored shortly afterwards. Oroua 3 goals; Hawera 0. Lysaght was prominent from tho throw-in, but Tonks missed. J. Strang went through with the ball, but hit too hard, and it went wide of the mark. Atkinson saved, and Oroua scored a behind. Tonks thou took the ball right up the ground, and .1. Strang stopped tho rush cleverly. J. Strang carried the ball down the ground, but be missed the nests. A few minutes later he scored easily. The gong was sounded for half time, with tho play in the centre. Oroua. -1; Hawera 0. Play was in tho Hawera quarter shortly after the whistle sounded, and resulted in a force down. The Hawera men got a groat rush on after the ball was thrown in, which tho Orouas failed to stop, and Tonks scored. The champions were again on tho defensive. I.nt stopped any further score. Walter Strang had a shot at goal, but the wind carried the ball wide. The Orouas were awarded a free hit for hooking the stick. A. Strang scored an easy goal shortly afterwards. Robinson got the ball from

the, hit-ont, and ran down against the wind, scoring under the posts. After the ball was thrown in Allan Strang took it down the field, and W. Strang scored with a long shot. Orona 7 goals ; IJ aivera 1. A good bib of play by A. Strang book the ball into liawera territory, a fuice down being recorded. J. Si rang got a ‘'sitter'’ right in front of the posts. Oroua. 8 goals; liawera 1. A few miniile-. later the Orou team ran down the ground. Tonics stopping the ball in front of bis goal. Robinson .scored for Oroua. Shortly after the fifth spelt started. Tonics, who was playing the best game cm his side, took the ball the length of the field, but was unlucky. Robinson broke away, and following up smartly, scored for Oroua. liawera.s were playing well, and kept the Orona team defending their goal until J. Strang helped his side wiin a rush. Allan Strang: ..ad a pot shot, but missed. J. Strang, with a difficult cut. pine: d the ball in front of the goal and scored. Oroua II goads- Unworn 1. The i eat lire ef the sixth spell was a grand rush the full length of the giomul by Tonics, w.. 0 scored the second trv .or TT-'w.'ra. They were playing a good uphill ligbl. end were applaud-vl. J. Strung hit a goal from nearly half I way. with 11 to wind. Shortly before the gong sounded, the same playyr ! scored from a free hit in front of tlie Fgiriaiit post-. The- final scores were Oroua 13 goals; flawera 2. Six spells of ten minutes each were played in caeli game, with two minutes’ spell for changing ponies. In the last spell there seemed some doubt as to bow many spells had been plaved. When the gone sounded for the finish Hie Orona. team maiiitaino dthat only five spells' bad been played, and another was decided. Although more than two minutes was allowed between some of th,e spells, the : full time was played. Captain —aclocks and Mr J. Bradley (Gisborne) were : umpires. Mr T. Cross’ acted as timekeeper. ' i The Oroua team are favourites-for the Cup. having already won it three years : in succession. The Christchurcli-Hawkft’s Bay Match starts at two o’clock this afternoon. The teams are ns follows ; —Christchurch— A. Clark. E. D. O’Rorko R. H. Rhodes, W. 11. P. AVoodroffc. Hawke's Bay— W. Mackenzie, 0. Nelson, J. D. Ormond, H. A. Russell.