SCRAMBLES IN THE MUD

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIX, Issue 8783, 13 July 1914, Page 9

SCRAMBLES IN THE MUD

THE REPRESENTATIVE TEAMS CHOSEN. SENIOR RESULTS. United 7 Karori 2 University .... 4 Insurance .... 0 Metropolitan .. 5 M.Y.M.I 2 Wellington, a bye. AVith all the promise of a fine afternoon, hockey enthusiasts turned out in large numbers at Karori on Saturday, but the rain came down in torrents when the games began, and continued unceasingly till the end. As a consequence, it was not to be wondered at that the matches developed into scrambles —and fairly uninteresting scrambles pt. that. Saturday ended tho first round of both the ladies’ and tho meii’s competitions. United are at the top of the ladder an the men’s section, while University and Ramblers lead tho ladies’ vanguard. Representative teams were chosen at tho conclusion of tho games. Tho following championship table shows tlie relative position of the senior men’s teams:—

The clash between University and Insurance did not provide, anything in the nature of . decent hookey. As a matter of fact, it was a tiresome mud scramble from the initial bully to the final whistle. University, whose forte is smart commued forward work, had much the better of the game, and but for Hunter, in goal for the policy men, would have left the field victors by at least double the points they, actually secured. Hunter’s . display in goal was the feature of the match, some of the shots he stopped being really hot ones. Salek, who has been playing consistently well lately, was the first to open the greens’ scoring .account, netting the leather with a nicely-judged hit. Uninteresting give-and-take play followed, there being no further score till just on halftime, when Hostiok, who worked conspicuously throughout the afternoon, goaled. The second spell was a draib replica of the first —with University having all the best of things. Occasionally Coy relieved the monotony, with a touch of spectacular work, and Con Struck —always a heady player—did his best to lift the game from the rut of monotony. He incidentally added two more goals to the greens’ tally—both hard shots and true, which Hunter had no hope of blocking. The final score was: University 4, Insurance 0. Mr R. Marshall had control of the game. METROPOLITAN v. M.Y.M.I. , Anyone who witnessed the display of M.Y.M.I. on Saturday must have justly come to the conclusion that this plucky team, at the bottom of the ladder, show improved form each week. They were certainly “unlucky in being three goals to the bad at; the close of' the day, and with a little more ponfidonco in the circle ~ should ' have made a -draw of it, at least. They will be good for a surprise before tb(i end of the season. Taplin, Oavill, Sheeran, and Pullyn played prominently for the winners, while Martin, Jones, fwid Ballahtyne were conspicuous for M.Y.M.I. Considering the day, the match was a pretty good one —in fact the best of the afternoon. Sheeran (4) and Gavill compiled “Mot’s” tally, while Jones netted for the losers. Mr C. P. McKenzie Was referee. UNITED v. KARORI.

In the first spell of this argument ivurori gave United some moments of hard thinking. But for McEidowney and Jacobsen, not forgetting Dwyer in goal, the blacks migiit have effected a surprise, but the trio mentioned were invulnerable on- the defence, and saved the situation time and again. Right from the jump Karori adopted offensive tactics, and keeping up the pressure, delighted their barrackers by notching a goal. Brooker sent to Loa~ der in a nice position, the latter player 'hitting in a skyward one which Dwyer just failed to reach. United—with their position at the top of the championship I'ad-dber to maintain — struggled hard to equalise. Getting the leather on the outside, Andrews, who was doing a lot of good work, passed to Richards, who scored. The tally was one all at half-time. For the first half of the second spell play wais fairly strenuous and’ exciting, both sides striving hard to get ahead. Then Emery scored, and United were in the lead. This seemed to dishearten Jvarori, who suddenly went to pieces. United quickly added a quintette of points, Emery, Thompson, Lyons, and Boyd (2) being the scorers. Karori, per medium of Heaphy, secured another, and tbe game ended: United 7, Karori 2. Mr J. W. Gendall was referee. JUNIOR. United A (3) defeated College B (0). N. Wright played well for tho losers. Kilbirnie A (5) beat Insurance (1). Wellington (6) had a win over United B (I). . j, 1 T Kilbirnie Anglican defeated Insurance by 3 goals to 1. Wetherall (3) ' and Ogden (2) were tho scorers for the winners. Mr Cunningham was the referee. THIRD CLASS. One of the best games seen in this grade was the match between United and Wellington B. Tho losers, although hopelessly outclassed,- put up a plucky defence, which resulted in some fine plav. The final score was United 8, Wellington 1. A feature of the game was the back play of, Reg Lush for United. Freeman andLevetl also shone conspicuously for the winners. Aston (4), Freeman (2), T. Levott, and Lowe compiled United’s tally. Mr W. G. Morpeth was referee. Wellington A (9) beat Pirates (3). SCHOOL GAME. Technical College had a runaway victory over Terraco by 14 goals to nil.

Team. 'P W L D Goals Ch. for agstpts. United (i 8 0 0 9 12 Metropolliita.ii G !>. 1 0 n 11 10 University ... G -i 0 15 8 Karori 6 3 3 0 31 21 6 Wellington ... 6 2 4 0 10 18 1 Insurance ... 8 1 5 0 9 18 2 M.y.M.1. ... 6 0 6 0 5 29 0 UNIVERSITY V. INSURANCE.