HOCKEY REP. GAME

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19398, 9 August 1937, Page 11

HOCKEY REP. GAME

SINGLE CUP RETAINED WAIROA BEATEN 7—o HOME TEAM GOES WELL The Poverty Bay men's representative hockey team retained the Single Cup and badges on Saturday afternoon, by defeating Wairoa by seven goals to nil. Wairoa had a well balanced team, with strong forwards and defence, and the home side was given a good tryout in preparation for the New Zealand Shield game in Auckland in a fortnight. Poverty Bay impressed critics when the players settled down after a scratchy start, and a pleasing feature was the team work, forwards and halves co-operating nicely with each other, making a team which should do better than any which has yet visited Auckland from Poverty Bay. The teams were:— Poverty Bay.—Goal, Oxbrow; fullbacks. Scholium and Huston; halfbacks, Nicol, Lowe and Douglas; forwards, Richardson. Jim Harrison, Watchman. Slade and McLean. Wairoa.—-Goal, Fahey; fullbacks, Duley and Awarangi; half-backs, Lawton, Prior, captain, and McAlpine; forwards, Temu, King, Edwards, Ball and Carrington. The umpires were Messrs. 11. A. 'Armstrong and G. Graham. The Players Reviewed The game was more even than the score of seven-nil indicated, for Wairoa was frequently on the attack, though seldom dangerously so, leaving Oxbrow not a great deal of work in goal. The fullbacks were frequently busy, Huston taking the brunt of the Wairoa attack, both he and Scholium going very well together. The halves made a particularly sound line, keeping well up behind the forwards, Nicol being slightly the best, varying his play well to suit the run of the game. Watchman was the most prominent of the forwards, senaing the ball about among the others and being quick to seize the opportunity to break through on his own. Jim Harrison was one of the most consistent of the others, with Slade also playing with good judgment and splendid stickwork. These three made a fine j set of inside forwards, who were given every opportunity by strongcentring wings. Wairoa's goalkeeper, Fahey, had a lot to do, and although seven goals got past him he did very well, saving many difficult shots. Duley made a splendid fullback, being well supported by Awarangi, this pair making a fine stand against clever Poverty Bay forwards. The halves were not so strong as the remainder of the team, but they got through some good work, with Prior, centre, the best. The forwards made a good line, and against a defence not quite so strong would have done a lot of damage. Edwards, centre, was very fast, and controlled his line well, with Ball, inside left, the most prominent of the others. A Quiet Start The game opened very quietly, even scratchily. Poverty Bay kept on the attack for some minutes, the only thing of note in the opening being splendid clearing by Duley. One of the long clearing hits was stopped by Huston, and Watchman went away on a fast run, followed by Harrison, who put the finishing touches to the movement by taking the ball into the net, opening the score five minutes after the start. Poverty Bay attacked again c'< win the left wing, McLean sending in a long. hard centre which went right across to Richardson on the other wing. The ball was returned to the centre, passing to Harrison and on lo Watchman and Slade, who sent in a good shot, which was well «aved by Fahey. Wairoa soon broke away \sith a long clearing hit, and for a short time had Poverty Bay defending i rtil Watchman secured in his own twentyfive, and, taking tl»> ball through the defence, made a final dive f< r it at the goal mouth, sprawling fuil-lor.gth to send the ball into the net. Harrison added the third a few minutes later, taking the ball from the circle edge into the net. Awarangi instituted an attack for Wairoa, Edwards, Ball and Carrington working into the home circle in a nice passing movement, Ball having two shots ano Edwards one shot before a free hit relieved the pressure on Poverty Bay's goal. Awarangi returned play to the Poverty Bay end, Temu getting into a shooting position, after Carrington had sent across a long pass, but the shot was blocked. Plav was now a good deal faster than at the opening, with Wairoa settling down better to their vi-rk and making the (home team r'->> their best. Poverty Bay's halves supported tin; forwards well, and I'.icol sent the vanguard away on a movej ment down the left wing. McLean ' put across a hard centre to Harrison,

who participated with Richardson in a passing movement near the goal mouth, Richardson eventually netting, making the score four-nil. Poverty Bay crowded into the Wairoa circle again, and Fahey saved several times. Ball and Edwards broke past the Poverty Bay defence, the latter showing great speed, leaving his other forwards well behind, and getting into the circle. Just as he was steadying himself for the shot, and with only the goalie to brat, Douglas came fast from behind ar.d tapped the ball away. Half-time came with Wairoa on the attack and the score four-nil. The Second Spell Wairoa opened the second half by making an attack on the Poverty Bay goal, and when repulse!, came back again. Ball beating both fullbacks but losing touch on the circle edge. Poverty Bay did most of the attacking from then on, but the Wairoa defence held good despite splendid team work by the Poverty Bay forwards and solid support from the halves. Huston repeatedly sent back attempts by Wairoa to break away. About a quarter of an hour after the interval Nicol tapped the ball on i to Watchman, who took it to near the back line, pasing across the goal mouth. Slade stopped and scored from point blank range. The sixth goal came a few minutes later. Lowe tapping the ball lo Harrison, who gave it to Watchman with a short pass, Watchman running through from the twenty-five to beat the goalie. The next score came from a penalty corner, McLean netting ;fur Slade had stopped. Play continued in Wairoa territory and a penalty bully was awarded Watchman, against Awarangi, who. however, managed to clear. The final whistle blew with Poverty Bay si ill on the attack. LADIES' GAMES WAITUHI BEAT KIA TOA Ladies' hockey games played in Gisborne on Saturday resulted as follows:—Waituhi two goals beat Kia Toa A nil; Old Girls two goals beat Kia Toa B nil; Coronation beat Y.M.P. by default. In the game between Waituhi and Kia Toa B, Waituhi ban the more penetrating forwards and a sounder defence. The Kia Toa forwards did not display such good positional play as usual. Mrs. Watene was the best of the Waituhi forward line, with Misses Ruru and Tomoana also doing very well. Miss Ruru was the most prominent of the halves, and Mrs. Tuhoe played her usual solid game at fullback, On the Kia Toa side, Mesdames Le Bas and Sangwell were the most prominent of the forwards, Miss Tuhoe the best half, and Miss Allen the better fullback. SCHOOLBOY COMPETITION RESULTS ON SATURDAY Results of matches in the Gisborne schoolboys' hockey competition on Saturday were: —Turanganui three goals beat Rovers one goal; Marist llvo tfoals beat Combined nil. The positions of the teams in I his competition now are:

WAIROA HOCKEY BRANDON CUP COMPETITION (Herald Correspondent.) In the hockey competition for the Brandon Cup only one game was played in Wairoa on Saturday, when in the ladies' section Whakaki defeated Old Girls by three goals to two. In the men's section, Nuhaka defaulted to Rauhina.

FOUR GOALS TO TWO SOUTH CANTERBURY WING (Per Fross Associßlion.) TIMARU, last night. In a representative women's hockey match on Saturday, South Canterbury beat Ashburton by 4 goals to 2.

THREE GOALS TO ONE NEW SOUTH WALES VICTORY FIRST IN FOURTEEN YEARS (Elco. Tel. Copyright—" United Press Assn.) SYDNEY, Aug. 8. There was perfect weather for the hockey match between New Zealand and New South Wales at the Sydney Sports Ground yesterday, New Zealand being beaten by three goals to one. It was the first Australian victory for 14 years. New Zealand commenced at a terrific pace, the forwards rushing the ball into the New South Wales' circle. Polished stickwork was absent, but Duflield opened the New Zealand account with a flick shot within 10 minutes of the commencement. New South Wales equalised five minutes later, Bates netting from a scrimmage in the goal mouth. George Hurrell then increased the New South Wales tally with a shot sent in after a run down the wing. The New Zealand custodian, Smellie. slopped the ball, which, however, slowly trickled past him into the net. Just before half time New Zealand lost a penalty bully in front of the New South Wales goal. Pointon, the New South Wales goalie, clearing safely. The home loam's third goal came when Jack Hurrell, a brother of the previous scorer, with a hard shot, hit Smellie, the ball going slowly into the net. Strenuous New Zealand attacks were all repulsed by the New South Wales backs. The New Zealand forwards, Duffieid, Monteith, and Roughton, brokethrough often, but could not score. The New South Wales goalkeepei was outstanding, playing magnificently, sometimes kicking the ball to halfway. For New Zealand Duflield, Monteith and Roughton showed to the best advantage, while Pearce, the centre-half for New South Wales, was the outstanding player on the field.

I '. W. L. Goals Ch. D. For AK. l)ts. Marist .. r> 5 (i o :sr, i! 10 Turanganui r« 2 :: i n 13 r. Rovers .. r> 1 3 1 7 13 3 Combined 5 I •l i) 3 27 a