HOCKEY.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LII, Issue 17059, 14 June 1926, Page 8

HOCKEY.

! A 11'ARD KO'l'tillT MATCH. ! INDIANS; NARROWLY BEAT CANTERBURY.

(Per Press Association.)

CHRISTCHURCPi, last night

A crowd of fnliy 12.000 persons witnessed tho hockey match between the Indian Army team and Canterbury, and at times they were moved to a high P't.h of excitement. Canterbury! gr.?. ; e the visitors the hardest fight ri'l the tour, and were un-livi-ky nol to draw. Early in tlie second spell S. Re!l scored- Canterbury's only goal with a shot which left Ghn-l-iiii Aii standing.

Immediately sifter the bully-off the forwards eanie back to the Indian circle, where Tcagtie netted with a shot that the Indian gcaiie had no hope of .snr-

;im. Thvs, the second spectacular »t..»l within two miiiiltcs 01 the ill it, reused the crowd to a high pit'-)) of enthusiasm, but when rho roars of cheering died down, it was Found that Tongue had been pcrnl'ked tor sticks. India's lirst goal came late in the iir.it spei'l. From a roll-in India set otf down the line oil tho left, wing, and a scramble in Canterbury's circle ended in Dian CJiimkl finding the net. Their second goal followed Canterbury's /wo effort?., the same player scoring with a great .shot. after a last forward attack. Canterbury'ij solid defence did not allow the Indian team to .shine .so brilliantly us in the Northern matches. They were always last and ►lover with the .sticks. but Iv.'illiant intercepting .and stopping by the Canterbury team broke up their combined play.

SATURDAY'S HOCKEV

There was a fair attendance at the Reserve on (Saturday afternoon, vthon three games were played in the ladies' senior hockey competition', and one match in the junior competition. Excellent weather prevailed, and the grounds were in better playing order*.

The match between Tukura I' and High School Old (lifts resulted in a draw, each side scoring one goal. Old Girls gave a rather disappointing exhibition, and were nor up to their usual standard of play. They had the best of it in the first half, however, but in the second the defence was too strong for them, and. although for the major portion of the time play centred round the Tukura goal-mouth, Old Girls did not succeed in finding the net. Miss McDinrmid scored for Old Girls and Mrs. Horsfall Cor Tukura. Messrs (Ireig and Duncan were the referees.

An even, interesting game resulted when High School B met and defeated Tukura A by one goal to nil. The losers owed their defeat, however, to Ihe fact that they could muster only seyen players, but even with their depleted ranks they put up n fair performance. School/ on the other hand, were not very brilliant, and should hate won by a wider margin. The biggest share of the work for school fell on the shoulders of Misses .f. Weils, \V. Fararu and P. Miller, the one goal being secured by the fii's'tmentioned player. Mr. A. Cassin -Was the referee.

Mahaki defeated High School A by three goals to ail, in a fairly interest-, ing match. The country team had slightly the best of it, the players being older and more experienced, but the schoolgirls were superior in their knowledge of the science of the game. Misses L. Kingi, M. Nikora, and \V. Knpuarou each scored goals for the winners, and Miss B. Harris made one score for High School. Messrs. .Henderson and Greig controlled the game. Manutukc defeated High School by eight goals to nil in the junior competition, the game being distinctly onesided. Miss N. Jones scrfrod five goals and Miss P. Ruru three for the winners. Mr. Cassin was referee.