HOCKEY

New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12507, 24 July 1926, Page 17

HOCKEY

SENIOR B COMPETITION

The executive of the Wellington Hockey Association has decided that tho competitions will be continued until the finish of the third round of tlie senior A competition, on condition that this arrangement does not take the games past the first week in September. *.* * * “Ono 'thing we should learn from the Indians, is the strict attention they give to their position in the field, and carefully observing it throughout their games,’’ says a writer in the “Otago Daily Times.” Very often a pass was given without looking to see whether jiis colleague was there to receive it, ■This pass was very rarely neglected. The sticks used are lighter than those in common use in New Zealand, prov; ing that weight is not necessary whena wrist action is introduced. The . sticks were made of mulberry wood, and the average weight was 20joz. They were specially made for tho New Zealand tour.”

tion of calling a .conference of: delegates from . tho different Dominions was mooted last week, and it is likely tlmt pome definite scheme towards this end .will shortly ■ be placed before . the council. Tho cost of getting teams from the Old Country is very heavy for any of the Dominions, more so to New Zealand than the others, and the council has taken on a big responsibility in trying to secure the .visit of a Scottish team in 1927. Tho affiliated associations, however, will stand solidly behind tho parent bpd-y in this matter, and as a Scottish team would represent all that is-best in the game, the public would pay to see. them. • * . # Show the public that you can give them a first-class game and they will support it readily. This was instanced in the visit of the Indian hockey team. 1 Hockey has not been the; mofct popular of games in New Zealand but it is gaining adherents every year, and representative team's are very good exponents of it. But the Indians soon proved themselves superior, and their speed and combination were dazzling. Consequently tho record crowd at the !bl.sirl Begervo's was followed by record 'crowds . at Auckland and elsewhere. So far as the tests go it is to the credit of the New Zealand teams that they divided the honours, one win and one draw each.

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