HOCKEY

New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12471, 12 June 1926, Page 17

HOCKEY

As a compliment to the New Zealand Rugby Union, who postponed the North v. South Island match in favour of the hockey match between the Indian Army team and Wellington, the management committee of the Wellington Hockey Association has decided that, on account of the fact that the postponed match will be played today, all hockev gameS for to-day have been cancelled Dame Rumour hath it that an extra test match is to be played in New Zealand against, the Indian Army team, and *liat it is to be played in Wellington. The “powers that be” in this 'city have heard the rumour, but say that so far as they are concerned, they know about as much as does the outside public, which of course, may mean anything, or nothing. * • ■; .. With a profit of £414 to its credit, the W.H.A. is now in a sound financial position. Now that they have this amount, there is a question which: ha* arisen in several minds—why does not hookey have its own grounds Hookey always seems to he made to take second place to the other sports, and gets pushed from pillar to poet. When this season opened the association did not know'till the. last minute what grounds it was going to be given. 6 • • • • If the association could purchase its own ground, a good deal of trouble might be sawed/ Of course, there is, always the question of upkeep -no small item at any time. If nothing else, having its own ground would make hookey independent . of the other sports grounds. It might also make a little extra by letting the ground on occasions. • * • * The following are the . Wellington nominations for players in. the test matches against the Indian Army team; Goat,' T. Brennan, available for both tests; full-back or half, K. Perrin. available for both tests; left fullback, P. Spiers, available for Auckland test; right half, E. McLeod, available for Auckland test; forwards, inside right or inswle loft, R. Lusky, available for both tests; right wing or left wing, N. Jacobsen, available for both tests. •-• • • It was stated at Monday’s meeting of the W.H.A. that schoolboy hookey teams sol'd £SO worth of tickets for the Indian Army match. Out of this sum, £25 was collected by hockey players of Newtown school. • • • • . Mr W, Hatch, who had decided to present a stick to the first man to score in the match on June 3rd, has now decided, on the suggestion of the management committee,; to present it to the best all round man in the team. Tire fortunate player has not. been chosen as yet, and the stick will be presented later.

Sixteen players and a manager were not always considered necessary for an Australian tour of England. W. Murdoch’s Tfest team which visited England in 1884 had only 12 plbyers and a manager. All 13 lent a: hand during the tour and the manager. George Alexander, wasksegqnd t 6 Blackhnm, tho famous wicketkeeper, in .the bowling averages, with two wickets for 24 Tuns. This was the team that made the then unprecedented score of 551 against. England in a drawn game at tho Oral. Murdoch contributed 211. which is still the record individual innings tor an . Australian in Test cricket. England tried its whole team wit l ’ the ball and when the regular tnmdlers had failed Alfred Lvttolton nulWI off his wiekelfrconor’s cloves and pads and took four wickets for 10 ruus, ,