HOCKEY

New Zealand Times, Volume XL, Issue 9045, 17 May 1915, Page 10

HOCKEY

GAMES IN THE MUD N TALL SCORNG IN LADIES’ MATCH. Karori 4 University 4 St. Augustine’s 2 insurance 1 United 3 Wellington 1 Close contests and myd. principally mud, were the main feature of Saturday's hockey at Kaiori. , The conditions were anything but ideal; a drizzly rain ,o;. ked players and spectators impartiallj and a raw southerly made matters unpleasant. The grounds wore slippery and muudy. and players round it difficult to retain their foothold. Despite all these difficulties, however, all tho loams fulfilled their engagements, and some good ■'ame« were witnessed. Karon and University juad a dmg-aong baxtlo which ended in a draw, whilst United and St. Augustine's just scrambled home from Wellington and- lusiuance respectively. The ladies also got alljbeu- matches off, their competition bcafg reinafkabio for cho very big.score^compiled by the exceptionally w’eil-trained Uirls' College eleven over tne new team Huatahi. who had made such , u good showing tho previous Saturday. KARORI v. UNIVERSITY. As was anticipated, university aud Karori had an exceedingly foot and funeuo struggle, which ended in a draw, the-elevens being very, evenly matched. Karori got tho bedb of theropeuing bully, and witmn a minute or «so’ of commencuig sent a surprisedi green teapuback to hallway, Whittaker having scored with a crisp shot from just inside the elide, in retaliation Uuiveisity set up a slashing . attack initiated by balek, but the black backs were safe, and Karori were soon back at it'again, hammering at the green citadel, and Davies and McGregor scored. This shook the greens up properly, and with such' good effect that when ; half-time came they ‘ had got to within a point Of their opponents’ score, G. Struck—who had leave from camp and was, making his initial a-ppearanco this season—and Fodem scoring. Tho second spell, was most exciting; the game bc■oaoio very fast and: extremely interesting. - When time was called the score was four. all. (Stratton scoring for the blacks, and G. Struck contributing ’Varsity’s goals- . ’ ■ • Mr J. C. Cusack was referee.. UNITED v.. WELLINGTON.

United and Wellington had a friendly set-to. in the mud,; with the former always just a, little too eood for their oppoilemk. AL half-time U mted were two to oiie good, Lyons and Emeny scoring. The second halt was very even, but owing principally to the heavy ground the game was not so interesting as the score might indicate. Wellington, however, woke up in ' this half. and at times were doing quite as good as anything of last year’s champions. Both sides scored one goal each. Lyons again finding l the net for the red and whites, whilst Shearau contributed Wellington’s only point. Mr .A. W- Manning was referee. ST. AUGUSTINE’S .y."INSURANCE.

St, Augustine’s,- a team of promise yet unfulfilled, and Insurance, a plucky but weak team who, however, showed considerable improvement, on their play of the previous Saturday, had - a happy 'scramble Which eventually ended in Saints just getting home with a point, to spare. Both teams played a mojo scientific game than on the previous - week, but thq heavy ground militated to a large ex-’ tent against any effort in the direction of combined work. For the Saints A. Wcbley and Taylor scored, and F. Struck put the ball through for insurance. Mr, G. Carver; was referee. JUNIOR.

Some interesting games were witnessed in the-, junior Competition... A

Despite the fact that they wore playing four men short, United A were nearly successful against University B (ope man short). The greens scored live goals, to which United replied with four, all of which were obtained by Richards, who played a sterling game throughout. sStowart also played’ well for the losers. 'Varsity A nad an easy ’ win over United B by 9 goals to nil. Tho losers played well individually, especially^'Lovettand McEldowney, but were without combination. For that matter, combinatioii was not a predominating of ’Varsity cither, but they have two excellent players in Ewart and Let i’etit. both of whom are on tfie scoring bat every Kaluiday. : Le I’etil (5), Ewart (2), Grey, and Hawkins compiled ’Varsity’s tally. The losers were playing two men short: V/ollingtou B have yet a lot to learn in the sticks game. They are a willing eleven, however, with first-class prospects of becoming a hue team if someone ■ with more than an. elementary knowledge of the game would take them in hand aud give them some needful coaching. , Flaying against Hurt- V’alldy, they struggleu gamely to the end, but tho superior tactics... of. the suburban eleven held them under always. The winners were particularly good on the defence, and played well together. MiVV. H. Sims was the referee. In the game between. Wellesly and Karori B, m the last tea . minutes of the match the score stood at; the interesting stago of 7—6 in favour of the blacks. Up to the call of time there was a ding-dong battle. It was evident that both teams wore in good fettle, in much better condition, in fact, than a good many of their

seniors. The Karori team, in particular, appeared to have been well coached in the art of combination, and evidence o£ this was also seen in their opponents. Although they were one down to within three minutes of the end, Wellesly made two slashing attacks, both of which reached their objective and pulled the game out of the fire. Per tho winners the following stood out prominently:—■ Stokes, Murray, Bate, Gardiner, Huffam, and Taylor, whilst Kilrainster, Yournie, Moore, Miller, and A. Richards played well for tho losers. The latter, in particular, is a hefty lad with a hockey future. Mr A. E. Hutchison was the referee. To Aro Schoolboys defaulted to Karori RADIES' COMPETITION. . SOME SPECTACULAR PLAY. A most spectacular game of ladies' hockey played at Karon' the match between the Girls' College cloven and Huatihi. Girls’ College, a light eleven, were making their first appearance, and they made it to such good effect that when they had finished they had compiled against a startled Huatihi team the stupendous tally (for hockey) of 111 goals. Huatihi are no weak team by any means. They were, however, playing three girls short. Added interest was given to the game by the appearance in College ranks of Miss Smith, the English international player who was a member of the All-England eleven that toured Now Eealand last season. Miss Smith is sports mistress at the College, and every credit must bo ,given her tor training Hie College eleven. to snoh a pitch of perfect combination. Details of the game are unnecessary. It W'aa one long, successive bombardment of the Huatihi goal-mouth. : Tho young lady in goal for; College had absolutely nothing to do, and after awhile put on her macintosh and became an interested spectator. Cojlege are the lightest' team in the competition—with one possible exception—and it .will■ ha interesting to watch results when they meet Ramblers and University, both heavy teams, including representative players in their ranks. Misses, Smith, McEndoe, H. Laurenson. and E. Geddis compiled the win. ners' score.- Mr G■ Carver had control of the gameUniyersily, thanks to the efforts of Miss Hobbyn, who did all the . scoring, put it all over Rambler B by 5 goals to 1. Mr >G- Ivcalls refereed. JUNIOR. Te Aro (1) drew with College A (1). Miss Butts scored for To, Aro. Girls' College B drew with Ramblers, two goals eacu. Misses Holder and Gorman. were the scorors for Ramblers.