Suburbanites' Day

NZ Truth, Issue 1228, 13 June 1929, Page 17

Suburbanites' Day

.(From "N.Z. t ,Truth'.s" "Wellington Rep.) '■■ '; i: Hutt ah&-Y.M.C..A. met .in' a fast ■ '•. • jja'rpe at Karori Park last -Saturdaiy. The suburban boys,won'by 4 goals r" t'b?®:. . ■■■'■;;■*:.■ ' %:■:■'■' *;■ ', "ARNTST" SMITH 'Avas but .playing ■ left-wing for the riversiders, aiir] introduced / plenty, of : short- passing among his forwards. It had the Young Men's defence guessing. Hoare, centre-forward; added ' a COUpIe. .Of goals to the tally, one, m. partfc'uln^- 'boirigr admirably' timed. GwlJliam ami Fos. Lusty were associated fn many dangerous attacks and each scored a goal. The half-line was the backbone of the team. Upton especially shining out. The two. /ujjbacks, played steadil.vv.throughout. | X yfcfys gave. a y very Indifferent display '■■"'and ho doubt the rough nature of the ground had something to do with ih|s., v -v v , ; •„.;.,.' : .;••.• Bennetts. rigM-:wJng, was 'the- only forward to show up. He is the best rightwinger,in the senior grade. .-. • iGodrribes was. the pick v -of jthe halves. Far too-much hardhitting was indulged m and were merely "gifts" to the- opposing rearguard. As a last v line of defence, Munrq and Falconer' saved, well, but their clearing hits were' badly directed and seldom placed to their own forwards. The Wellingtpn-Petone game lacked interest. The former ran out' winners by five goals to one. Petone'have practically no combination and it was a rare thing to see one of their forwards pass the ball to another. • "• •' W. Lindop made several attempts to break through on his own, but G, Lusty, Wellington full-rback, could always manage the one-man attempt. Ken. Francis,.. playing centre-half for the villagers, was easily the best back on the ground. Cochrane, m goal, was bombarded throughout and came ■ through the ordeal with credit. . "Wellington^ forward line combined well on occasions, but on the whole show a tendency towards too much individualism. Bob , Lusty scored three goals for the side. •,'. ;.'" • -' : Arthur: -Mahoney. centre-half, was the outstanding ;p|ayer m the-,, backs. His placing of the ball to the vanguard is a treat'tto; watch- ■;"', . v - '.' . : . JVhat lititle'caniethe way of Lusty and Martis, full-backs, and Goalkeeper Guy was effectively dealt with. •,' ''Contrary to expectations, Varsity B • put; up a good fight against Karorf, . and went down, by 4 goals to 2. It ' was not until well on In the second ■ spell that Karorl asserted their superiority and . Robp (3) >\anti. "Jerry" McGavln put the issue beyond doubt. .Phil Spiers was absent from the blacks' rariks. !The heavy ground at Kilbirnie Reserve iwas-. against good hockey m the Varsity A 1 — Wesley game. The students won by the odd goal m five. •>' 'JMi.e green forward-line, as a whole, combined fairly well, but the half-line was: poor on the day. ■. •-Ferris, inside-right put a. couple of shots into the net and Mac Duff added the deciding one. ' •; T^/^esley's left-wing,. Ray Phlllpotts, •;': put;- In some fine solo runs down the •'••llrie. -i "_;■■•. -; ■ ; • : A.. • , \ , Frethey scored "Wesley's other goal, ipeing presented with an open goal-mouth. Tom O'Callaghan was perhaps the pick ofva-tvery even and hard-working set of toacKs. ...... „-•-... ■...■•■•