HOCKEY.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 21020, 8 May 1930, Page 5

HOCKEY.

By Centre Half. The following table shows.the positions ot .ph e tea ms engaged in the senior competition after Saturday’s matches:— ■ Goals. All P ' W> L ' D ‘ P - A - Pts - Albany ..2 2 Technical Old Boys ..21 1 City .... 2 1 1 University A2 1 I—9 4 2 University Bl I —.— o H. 5.0.8. .. 22 2 23 Training College .. I—l ALBANY v. HIGH SCHOOL OLD BOYS. Although the game between- Albany and the High School Old Boys resulted in a crushing defeat for the latter team, Albany did not show a great deal of combination. The backs played a great game, but the forwards did not seem to be able to get one another’s measure. High School Old Boys played a very poor game, showing absolutely no combination at all. Of the forwards Fiedler and M'Clatchy played fair games, but did not see much of the ball. The inside forwards were decidedly weak, and were nearly always out of position, and Smith and Clark, the halves, worked hard all afternoon on a hopeless task. Tyrrell and Barnett, the full-backs, were inclined to take too many risks, and Duckworth, in goal, was also very weak. High School Old Boys must learn to keep their places, and this applies especially to the, halves. In the Albany team, the halves played a great game, but they should remember that there are two wings in every team. The full-backs, Whitburn and Frost, played good games, although not called on very often. Frost is a newcomer to First Grade games, having played Second Grade last season, when he gained representative honours. At times the .forwards showed flashes of combination, but ' the ball was confined the left-wing 100 much, and although The result showed that they made good use of the ball, that sort of play does not make a team. Brown, the left-wing, hung on to the ball too long when trying to take it down the line, but Baxter, the inside-left, again showed improvement. This position suits him better than on the wing. Renwick. at centre, played his usual game, and took advantage of every opportunity. Morris and Dey, on the right, were given very few chances at all. - High School Old Boys will have to put. in some solid team work before "the season goes very far if they wish to have a good position on the ladder. A COMPREHENSIVE TOUR. In addition to the thrill of playing, matches against the world’s best hockey teams, the New Zealand team,' had the tour Of South Africa been undertaken, would have had a wonderful programme of sightseeing ahead of it.’ To give an idea of what the New Zealand representatives missed,. I will quote the arrangements made for the Australian women’s hockey team which is going to the tournament in South Africa, and will later tour England. The itinerary, ■ a copy of which is to hand./is as follows: Team assembles early in May.- and sails from Melbourne on the Themistocles on May 24. A match will be played against Victoria prior to sailing. Team arrives South Africa about June 23, and plays against England. Scotland, and various South African teams at Port Elizabeth. Grahanistown, Queenstown,. East London, Durban, Bulawayo, " Gwelo, Salisbury. Benoni, Pretoria, Johannesburg, Maritzburg, Bloemfontein, Kimberley, Wellington, or Paarl, and Capetown. July 12 to 19 will be devoted to a - visit .to the Victoria Falls. 1 On September 3 a farewell dinner will be given to the> visiting teams at Capetown,. and on September 5. England, Scotland, and 'Australia will leave for Europe. They will arrive at Southampton on October 6. and the Australians .will play in the’West of England, Ireland, North of [ England. Scotland, South of England, Midlands, and East, and on November 27 leave for the Continent, where matches will be played in, Holland, Belgium, Germany, and possibly France, The team will sail for Australia on December, 6. ■INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION. Plans are well forward for tlie’’conference of the International Federation of Women’s Hockey Associations at Geneva in July. This will be the first conference the federation has undertaken, and it is hoped that it will" be attended by representatives from all over the world.