HOCKEY

Otago Daily Times, Issue 23883, 10 August 1939, Page 5

HOCKEY

By Centre-half

FIXTURES August 26.—Canterbury v. Otago, at Dunedin (Seniors and Juniors) September 15.—Otago v. North Otago, at Dunedin (senior and junior). September 15.—Otago v. Southland, at Dunedin (senior, junior, and primary schools). SECOND GRADE The following are the positions of the teams in the Second Grade Competition:—

THIRD GRADE The positions of the teams in the now completed Third Grade Competition are as follows:

MATCHES AT SOUTHLAND By 3 goals to,. 2, the Southland men's hockey team beat Otago at Queen's Park on Saturday. Otago Won the junior match by 2 goals to 1. The senior game (says the Southland Times) produced-a standard of hockey seldom seen in Southland. The play throughout was fast and fairly even, though the Southland forwards-had an advantage in the . circle. Until ; 10 minutes from the finish of the game it appeared that Otago would not score. Southland by this time had three goals, and was going well. The Otago centreforward, B. O. Ryburn, found a gap in the Southland defence and went through on his own. for Otago's first goal. Within three minutes, A. J. Alldred, inside-right, had brought Otago's total to two goals with a fast, shot from just inside the circle. That was the end of Otago's aggression. The Southland backs marked the' Otago men closely till the end of the game, and gave them no chance to start any movements. The Southland forwards did not play as much as a unit as individually, and at times their attack lacked the sting and penetration it might have had. Individually, however, they managed to score.

The Otago forwards were troublesome, and at times were unlucky.not to score. They played more as a combination than the Southland men. To the Southland backs, however, must go much of the credit for the victory. They played excellent hockey. W. Barraclough, the captain, and K. Lythgoe were right on form and saved the situation many times by quick hitting and good placements. Barraclough, in particular, played a game that contained many flashes of brilliance. He was the mainstay of the back line. He saved what would surely have been a goal right on the goal line. It was a sound piece of work. Lythgoe, too, was at his best He cleared strongly and placed his drives well.

The Otago backs, while good, were not up to the standard of the Southland line. W. S. Wood gave the Southland forwards a lot of trouble and was ably assisted by H. Seelye. The Southland halves were. put. to a good deal of work by the Otago forward line, but they stood up to the test well. W. Semmens, in particular., gave the Otago forwards>a hard time. His passing and tackling were sound, and his defensiveswOfk left little : to : be desired. '"''.•" ffS. A. Botting, the captain, was the best of the Otago halves. . The Southland and the Otago forwards were farily evenly matched, though Southland's work in the circle was a little better. H. Gray played on ; the left wine for the first half and was replaced by L. Ferris in the second. Gray's work was good and Ferris was up to expectations. E. Mullen shot the best goal of the day.. He took the ball on a rebound from the edge of the circle and shot. It was a smart piece of play, and the goalie could not have seen the ball, it was travelling so fast. Perhaps the outstanding player of the day. however, was the Southland goalkeeper, N. Jones. Jones is in his first season as a senior representative—he is only about 17—and after his magnificent display it should not be his last. But for his ability and steady eye Otago must have scored many more times. The two shots that beat him would have beaten any goal-keeper. As a tryout for the Nordon Cup match next Saturday, the senior game must be accounted a success.' The Southland team had plenty of opposition and had to bring out its best play. JUNIOR MATCH The Otago junior team won its match against the Southland juniors by two goals to one. The play was marred by a large number of infringements by both sides. Southland was superior :n the first half and was unlucky not to score. H. Poole had several shots, but they went wide. The score at half time was one al\ and Southland looked as if it might win, but Otago improved in the second half and scored again. C. Gray (Southland) and Gray, the Otago inside right, had scored at hah time. There was some wild hitting by the forwards and backs of both teams. Matheson, the Otago captain, shot his team's goal in the second half. WOMEN'S NOTES FIXTURES August 26.—Otago v. South Otago. at Milton (A .and B Grade). August 26—Otago v. North Otago. at Oama'ru (A and B Grade). COMPETITION TABLE The following table gives the positions of the teams in the A Grade competition:— _ •• Goals.

REPRESENTATIVE FIXTURES The Women's Association has arranged two representative matches for this month A and B Grade teams to meet South Otago at Milton and North Otago at Oamaru. It seems unfortunate that the dates agreed upon should be in the University and Train ing College vacation, as few of the players from these clubs will be available for selection. The selector will consequently have an unenviable task to produce two A.Grade teams of ,representative standard, for College and University more particularly the former—could scarcely fail to fill a number of position's if thev were available. Another aspect of the situation is that, so far as is known at present the selector will have no further opoortunity this season of seeing prog pective tournament players in action against suitable opponents

Goals P. W. L. D. F. A. Pts. Tech. O.B. 8 8 — __ 39 10 16 University C 8 7 1 — 54 11 14 Albany B .. 9 6 3 — 29 17 12 H.S.O.B. .. 8 5 3 — 54 19 10 Y.M.C.A. .". 8 4 4 '. — 27 23 8 High School 8 4 . 4 — 13 22 8 University E 8 3 4 1 22 21 7 Wesley 8 3 4 1 15 20 7 University D 8 2 6 —. 12 32 4 Albany C .. 9. 1 8 — 6 56 2 Training Col. 8 1 7 — 6 46 2

P. W. L. D. F. i!15 A. Pts. Technical A 5 5 — — 42 1 10 H.S. A .. 5 i' 4 ' 1 —. 25 4 8 Primary Schools .. 5 3 2 ' — 43 6 6 Technical B 5 1 4- — 6 43 2 H.S. C 5 1 4 — 8 ,45 2 H.S. B 5 ■ 5 _: 25 -

p. W. L. D. F. A. Pts. 11 1 — 82 11 22 Otago . • .. 12 10 1 1 60 10 21 Train. Col. 12 9 2 1 63 13 19 University A 11 7 4 — 28 23 14 Brighton ..12 3 8 1 13 65 7 Dunedin .. 12 2 7 3 20. 43 7 Momona .. 12 2 9 1 27 57 5 University B 11 — 11 — 4 75 —