HOCKEY

Otago Witness, Issue 3830, 9 August 1927, Page 58

HOCKEY

MANUREWE SHIELD GAME. ~,, _ WAIROA, August 3. , chal ‘enge game of the season tor the M-anurewe Shield was played here to-day between Hastings (challengers) and VVanoa (holders). The game resulted in a the scores being three goals each. l “e visitors had the better of the play in the first spell, but Wairoa evened up towards the close of the game- and retained the trophy. CHALLENGE SHIELD FINAL. AUCKLAND, August 3. ™ ln ll tho flnal of the Ncw Zealand Hookey Challenge Shield competition, Auckland beat Waikato by 6 goals to nil. SENIORS. A seven-a-side tournament was played on Saturday for the Hayward Cup. University A winning the trophy for the 1927 season :— FINAL POSITION OF TEAMS.

RESULTS. First Round.—Technical Old Boys 2, Training College 1; University A 1, University B nil; Albany nil, City nil. Second Round.—Technical Old Boys 1, Albany 11; City nil, University A 3 ; University B nil, Training College 1. Third Aound.—Technical Old Boys 4, University B 1 ; Albany 1, University A 1 ; City 2, Training College nil. Fourth Round.—Technical Old Boys 1, University A 4; Albany nil, Training College nil; City 2, University B nil. Fifth Round.—Technical Old Boys nil, City 3: University A 4, Training College 2 ; Albany 5, University B nil. Messrs E. Calder. G. Hewitt, A. Chapman, and C. Osborne controlled the matches, which were supervised by Mr 11. Sew Hoy. JUNIORS. High School Old Boys A 7, Albany B 1 ; Technical Old Boys B 3, Technical Old Boys C 1; University C 5 University D 1. The following players have been selected to play a trial game on Saturday :— Colours.—Goalkeeper, T. Green (University) ; full backs—W. Munro (Technical), S. Morris (University); halves—H. Mayston (City). Gurr (City), W. Gibson (Training College ; forwards—C. Mayston (City), L. Silver (Technical), J. Watson (University), E. Brown (Albany), L. Souncss (University). Blues.—Goalkeeper, H. Penn (City); full backs—Les Ireland (City), G. Petherick (Technical) ; halves—E. Jory (Technical), J. Harris (Technical), Withel City) ; forwards—G. Walker (Training College),. R. Johnston (Technical), A. Hinton (Technical). Emergencies—E. Wilson (University), R. Hanning (Training College), L. Smith (City). THIRD GRADE. Technical College drew with Albany C. JUNIOR REPRESENTATIVE MATCH. Auckland retained the cup, defeating Canterbury by 3 goals to 2. LADIES’ GAMES. A GRADE. University A 3, Momona 3 : Technical Old Girls 4, Triangle 2; Girls’ High School 3, ex-Girls’ High 2; Otago 2, Training College nil. B Grade. Otago B I 9, Momona B II nil; Technical 1, Otago B II nil; Kaikorai I 1, Taieri nil.

PUKETOI BEATS BUSH UNION. PAHIATUA, August 6. The representative hockey match Puketoi Sub-Union v. Bush Union, played here, was won by Puketoi by 1 to nil. Good even game : visitors deserved win; score made last 10 minutes. . WIN FOR NEW ZEALAND. SYDNEY, August 7. At Goulburn New Zealand defeated Goulburn by 4 goals to nil. The visitors gave a finished display, their combination and stick work being excellent. Goulburn lacked combination, but their individual play was at times brilliant

p. W. Goals L. D. For Agst Pts university A 5 4 0 1 13 4 9 City 5 3 1 1 7 3 7 Albany 5 1 0 4 7 2 6 Technical Old Boys 5 2 2 1 8 10 5 Training College ... 5 1 3 1 4 8 i> University B 5 0 5 0 1 13 0