HOCKEY.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 14667, 26 July 1918, Page 2

HOCKEY.

The commencement of the seeondl' round- of the! ladies' competition wast .■resumed yesterday afternoon with- two; very interesting- games. On No. 1' ground- -'Allies and Kia -Toa met. As was expected tho game was fought, out with hardi, fast, and exciting play. Then ■first half of tho game was fairly even,* " 'both sides .striving hard to penetrate J each other's -goal,; but ;. the : defence ' proved 'too good, find when the whistle^ Bounded for half -\ime there was little! 1 , between, either side.' Tho second halfM opened with .forward rushes by botht* sides m turn, and when after a quarter;'! of an hour' play a. fine' centre , byj Allies' . wing saw R. Malcolm, score a, ; goal. From then on Allies kept Kia 1 Toa busy, and when V. Johnstone . .se-:,; cured the ball this young car-;'/ ried it right down to Kia, Toa's QircleJ: whore she scored the second goal, amidst-? applause. Kia. Toa again made siren-.!': nous efforts to score, and it looked- 1 'as if they would be rewarded, but;; F. Hill overan the ball when attempt-$ ing to shoot, and allowed Allies to! ? clear. Even play followed from then}'; on. The whistle sounded, leaving Allies; ? the winners after a hard-fought, game.| f For Allies, M. Ferguson, Pe'arce) .Mal-I-colm, and Johnstone, m the forwards,! played well, whilst L. and G. Fanning,;? m the backs, were defending well; For - : J the Kia Toa team M. Fairlic, F. Hill, j , and C. Trotter played well" m the for-' 'i ward line, and m the backs A. Joties^ R. Solvander, and Z. Bates were de- :- fending well. . Messrs. Gracie and :Gel- '■) hor were referees. . .. ' On No. .2 ground High School A met ! and defeated Huia A by 3 to 1. The , ; came was much m favor of Huia. m the ■ first half, and they lost many oppor- : tariities ;of scoring. The school tejam.. , by good all-round playing,, carried the, r: ball down to the circle, where E. Hei ■shot a fine goal. The whistle sounded half^-time shortly, afterwards. The sec- / ond hal f opened with. School carrying the ball right and E. Hei sent her second goal into the net. This : reverse enlivened Huia, and they played up well, with .the, result that a fine goal was shot by ' M. Hookey. They were not able to keep th_e attack up , for tlie School came away with a rush, .-and M. Pinken shot the ball m. From jthen on Huia- made attempts tb score, ■ jbut were unsuccessful, and tlie gartie ended m a win for the School -team. K. and E. Hei and M. Picken,. played well for the forwards m the. School team, and A Bilham, j.. Robb, and K. Douglas, in ' the backs, were defending well.' In the Huia team R. ■ ,She Watt, and S. Jex Blake played well for iHe defence, and I. Parker. M. Hookey, and -R. BuAo were playimr well m the forwards. Messrs. McLachlan and "Atkinson controlled the, game. v