HOCKEY.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 19205, 23 June 1924, Page 9

HOCKEY.

ALBANY v. GYMNASTIC. The match between Albany and Gym- - - nalstio was played on Oval No. 2 ground, which was in fair condition. Albany won the bully, and rushed play to their opponents’ goal, but the opposing full-backs cleared. Fine combined play by the Albany forwards ended in Kush sending in a hot shot, which was well saved by Patterson (Gymnastic goalkeeper). Gymnastic rushed play to Albany’s twenty-five, where they recieved a free hit; but after a scramble in the circle Albany cleared, and carried play to the other end. Up-and- , down play ensued, until a good 'rush : by Gymnastic forwards ended in Mills scoring. Gymnastic 1, Albany 0. Gymnastic forwards again took possession, and from a • corner Fenrose scored with a good shot. Gymnastic 2, Albany C. Shortly afterwards' half-time was sounded. From the bully Albany pressed and Patterson was called upon to save. -Gymnastic conceded a comer, from which L. Gardiner scored. From the bully Albany attacked, and had Gymnastic busy on the defensive. U Both teams took a hand in attack, and I after a scramble in Gymnastic circle L. Gardiner sent in a hot shot. Shortly j, afterwards time Was called. Albany —2 goals. Gymnastic 2 goals. Mr Johnston and Mr Wallace ably controlled the game. CITY v. UNIVERSITY B. Oral No. 3 ground, the scene of the CityUniversity B match, was in fairly heavy , condition, especially at the pavilion end. The game presented no features of special interest, being rather one sided, particularly the second spell, when the Bkicks scored 9 goals. _ , Tho play of University B, confining nearly the whole gome to their own half of the field, consisted of individual effort, Dunning b. nt centre forward doing yeoman service, ■; Smyth, in goal, was kept quite busy; while ..... Randall, of City, was called upon only once , during the game. , The City forwards and halves were vastly superior to the Blue defence, and combined :, ‘ very well, at times taking almost entire con- ' trol. City’s van was led by Woodfiold, aWy ’ assisted by Duncan and MTvor. The work : ' of the wing, Mayston, was of a good order, ' * it being noticeable that he worked much better with his inner partner. The final scores were: ~ City - « . • ’Varsity B 0 •-?; Woodfield was in fine scoring form, notching 9, while Mayston scored 2, Duncan 2, and MTvor 1. UNIVERSITY A v. TECHNICAL OLD BOYS, The game between University A and Technical Old Boys was a decidedly last one. In the first quarter of an hour it looked as if things were going to ho onesided. By some neat play by the Unu Versity forwards they compiled three goals in fairly quick succession. The first two were netted by Watson, the second being from a quick centre by Edson, which Bridgman missed, and Watson secured with only the goalie to beat. By good comlined efforts, in which Bastion (left wing) „ was prominent Technical made several in- J roads on the Blue twenty-five. Though • temporarily held up, thev eventually scored - ■ from a good shot by Jory, who received f a smart centre from the right. Univor- ; ; sity 3, Old Boys 1. Old Boys were playing . better, but after coming away with some ~ good forward rushes were several tones penalised for off-side. Half-time was called , without further addition to the score. The pace was undiminished in the second half, and for a long time things went very evenly. Good play on the patt of the fullbacks of both sides .prevented manythreatened .goals. Eventually, however. Old Boys penetrated the Blues 1 defence, and *, had the misfortune to miss the net by inches. Tho resulting comer was without . effect, their forwards failing to secure the ball. Having cleared, the Blues burned up the field and attacked till Harris gave . relief by a long hit. They returned -again and Edson took the ball up his line ana centred well, but the other forwards over- .1 ran the ball and lost a golden chance. Still hemming Old Boys in their circle, Watson eventually scored again from a scramble. / University 4, Old Boys 1. Old Boys again made several strenuous efforts to score. Sew Hoy, on tlie right wing, and Bastion, on tho left, both frequently gained much ground by making use of their pace in runs down the line. From one of those, the ball having beaten Hetherington and North, Bastion nipped in and scored with a pretty shot at an angle from, the left edge of the circle. The ball travelled fast, and rose shoulder-high. University 4. Old Boys 2. University continued ’ aggressive tactics after this, and Swann saved once or twice very neatly. Towards the end of the spell Munro cleared once, but tailed to hit quite hard enough. The * ball was lifted into the circle, and Watson . quickly netted. The final score was:— Universitv S goals Old Boys 2 goals Messrs Starr and Northey were referees, and controlled the game very efficiently. SECOND GRADE. Albany 9, University DO. University C 2, City 2.-. . Technical Old Boys B 2, Technical Old Boys C 1 1. LADIES’ MATCHES. TRAINING COLLEGE Iv. MOMONA. , Training College No. 1 and Momona met on No. 1 ground at the Oval, which was in fair order. Training College were oh 1 their mettie, and pressed strongly from the initial bully. After some give-and-take play: ■ Miss Potts scored for the College. College ■ ; 1, Momona 0. Momona. then took a, hand in the game, and wore unfortunate in not scoring during the next 10 minutes. A free hit relieved the pressure against Training College, and a well-judged hit was carried to Momona’s circle. Miss Potts again netting the ball. College 2, Momona 0. On resuming after hah-timo Momona made their presence felt, and from a brilliant run Miss Guest scored for Momona, College 2, Momona 1. College retaliated, Miss Spittle scoring with a hot shot. College 5, Mbmona 1. Miss Guest shortly afterwards scored a second goal for Momona, which was followed bv Miss Schmidt netting for the College. Even play resulted for the remainder of Hie game, with the exception that Miss Spittle scored a lucky goal for „ the College. The gam© ended:College Momona ... 2 Mr J. Gray was an efficient referee. GIRLS’ HIGH SCHOOL v. UNIVERSITY. , ■ Girls’ High School had their first win on Saturday, when they defeated Univer- , sity. The game from, tho commencement was hard. University were the first to score, hut towards the latter end _of the spell High School, who were having the better of the game, scored twice. University attacked strongly in tho second spell, ■ but cor.ld net penetrate tho solid school defence. Both sides were attacking and defending in turn until just before time, when a misunderstanding by tho University backs gave Miss Gray a chance, which was accepted. High School University - ... 1 Mr H. J. Smith controlled the game. , OTAGO v TRAINING COLLEGE. Otago pressed hard from the start of their gr.mo against Training College, and netted in the first five minutes. Training College tried hard to score, but several ■ chances were lost. At half-time the score was 3 to 0 in favour of second spell Otago pressed hard from tho start, and the play was mostly in the Training College half, when, after some struggling in the circle. Miss Pickering , netted again for Otago. Then Miss Lawson look a pass from bully, and after a good solo run scored again for Otago. Play moved up and down the field; but Otago proved themselves superior. The game ended: Otago , m w. 7 Training College No 2 0 ; Mr L. Fogo controlled the game.