MEN’S HOCKEY

Southland Times, Issue 23255, 19 July 1937, Page 9

MEN’S HOCKEY

SENIOR AND JUNIOR COMPETITIONS STANDARD OF PLAY POOR The weather was ideal on Saturday when the men’s hockey competitions were continued, the senior games being played at Doon street and the junior matches at Queen’s Park. The standard of hockey, especially in the senior’ matches, was far from high and the play was very ragged. Collegiate beat Civil Service by three goals to nil and Central A defeated High School by five goals to two. . In the junior competition Technical College A scored a good win against Murihiku by eight goals to two, and High School B beat Technical College B by one goal to nil. SENIOR GAMES ' COLLEGIATE 3 v. CIVIL SERVICE 0

The match between Collegiate and Civil Service was exceedingly ragged and many promising movements broke down through lack of combination. Territorially, Civil Service had a distinct advantage through the game and should have won, but the forwards lacked cohesion. The Collegiate defence was very solid and checked Services penetration. N. Poole (Collegiate) ana Jones (Civil Service) were in good form in goal.

The teams were: — Civil Service.—Jones, Jenkins, Butler, Oram, Sharp, Elliotte, Brown, McMillan, Dakin, Mason, Murray. Collegiate.—N. Poole, Fenton, Dixon, Hunt, Pankhurst, Melrose, Donaldson, Waddell, V. Poole, Shields, Trewick. When the game began, there was little between the two teams and exchanges were fairly even. Collegiate had its chance when Shields made a good run and netted the ball iron l close in to open the scoring for Collegiate. Collegiate 1, Civil Service nil. Civil Service renewed the attack and a good shot by Sharp just missed the goal. However, Civil Service’s . chance came again when Brown sent across an excellent pass right to the front of Collegiate’s goal. There was no one there to take the pass, however, and an opportunity was lost. McMillan took a shot at goal, but the ball was cleared. Another attack by the Service forwards looked promising, but their advances were checked by the Collegiate halves who were in great form. A few minutes before the end of the first half V. Poole came up the centre of the field and netted the ball with a quick shot, making the score two—nil in favour of Collegiate. Half-time sounded immediately after. _ From the next bully-off, Civil Service invaded Collegiate’s territory and McMillan sent in a fast shot which N. Poole stopped with his pads. The Collegiate forwards took up the offensive and play swung up and down the held for some time. Again Civil Service succeeded in getting into the Collegiate circle, but failed to finish off its movements. Dakin and then Sharp managed to beat the Collegiate defence, but their shots went wide. Trewick on the left wing sent in a pass to Shields, who sent on to V. Poole. The latter took the pass and goaled with a good shot, Jones being Caught out of position. Collegiate 3; Civil Service nil. Civil Service rallied, but against the Collegiate defence its efforts, were abortive and N. Poole was safe in goal when the Service forwards did get through. Time sounded soon after with the scores unchanged. Messrs F. Hinton and W. R. Curwin were the referees.

CENTRAL A 5 v. HIGH SCHOOL 2

Against the more experienced Central A team, High School put up a good display, and while the exhibition of hockey generally was not very good, some bright play was seen. The School forwards played well, and Aitken and Campbell played steadily in the halves. Cooke, in goal, was not up to his usual form. Chisnall acquitted himself well in Central’s goal and Lythgoe and Tisbury formed a strong back line.

The teams were:— Central.—Chisnall, Tisbury, Lythgoe, Hamilton, Semmens, McLean, Dickson, Speirs, Kennedy, Mayston, Mullen. High School.—Cooke, Stewart, Keane, Aitken, Campbell, Gunn, Webb, L. Anderson, Poole, Ritchie, Clapp. Five minutes from the start of play Kennedy made a good solo run down the centre of the field and opened up the scoring for Central with a fast shot. Central A 1, High School nil. High School went straight into the attack and Webb, Anderson and Poole combined in a good movement that took play into Central’s circle. A good shot by H. Poole was cleared by Lythgoe, but Anderson came back and beat Chisnall with a fast shot to score the equalizing goal. Central A 1; High School 1. A few minutes later H. Poole put School in the lead when he ran up the middle of the field and scored from close in with a fast shot. High School 2; Central A 1. Central took up the attack and the inside forwards combined in a likely movement that carried play well into School’s half. Mullen (left wing) centred to Kennedy who made a burst down the middle of the field and passed out to Speirs who goaled. Halftime sounded with the scores at twoall.

Central A proved too strong for the High School team in the second half and lost no time in asserting its superiority. Central showed up in a series of swift attacks and Dickson scored the first goal of the second half with a quick shot from the edge of the circle. High School failed to overcome the renewed determination of Central and the latter team was given a good lead when Kennedy and then Speirs each added a goal, making the final scores: Central A 5; High School 2. Messrs G. Hope and W. Stirling were the referees.

JUNIOR COMPETITION TECHNICAL COLLEGE A (8) v. MURIHIKU (2) Tlie young Murihiku team put up a good showing against the more experienced Technical team. Technical A. won by eight goals to two and the half-time score was 4—2 in Technical’s favour. Murihiku started well and in the early stages of the game was leading by two goals to one. Technical then asserted its superiority and built up a solid lead. Fairweather, the Murihiku goalie, played an excellent game. The scorers for Technical were L. Mason (3), S. Mason (3), McKillop and Douche. For Murihiku Cockroft and Kelman each scored a goal. Mr V. C. Poole was the referee. HIGH SCHOOL B (1) v. TECHNICAL COLLEGE B (0) In a somewhat ragged game, High School B defeated Technical College B by one goal to nil. While School had most of the advantage Technical had some good moments on attack and put up a good display, Potts and Sycamore being most prominent. McKenzie and Watson played well for School, the

former scoring the only goal ' of the game. Messrs W. Curwin and S. Campbell were the referees. REPRESENTATIVE MATCH TEAMS TO PLAY OTAGO The sole selector for Southland (Mr J. D. Gregg) has selected the following teams to play Otago at Dunedin on Saturday:— SENIORS N. Poole (Collegiate), Hanning (Gore), Jenkins (Civil Service), Field (Central), Sharp (Civil Service), McAra (Gore), Mortimer (Gore), Mayston (Central), V. Poole (Collegiate), Speirs (Central), Hurley (Gore). Emergencies: Dakin and Dixon. JUNIORS Jones (Civil Service), Stewart (High School), Keane (High School), Elliotte (Civil Service), Campbell (High School), Elder ,(Gore), Webb (High School), Anderson (High School), H. Poole (High School), Davidson (Gore), Watt (Gore). Emergencies: Aitken (High School), Gray (Civil Service), Martin (Collegiate), Trewick (Collegiate). Any player unable to make the trip is requested to notify the selector immediately. Practices will be held during the week at Doon street on Tuesday and Thursday evenings. NEW ZEALAND BEAT NEWCASTLE SPLENDID DEFENCE BY CLARK (Received July 18, 6.30 p.m.) SYDNEY, July 18. At Newcastle yesterday the New Zealand hockey team defeated Newcastle by 3 goals to 2. In view of the visitors’ indifferent showing in previous games it was expected that Newcastle would win, but New Zealand, although below international standard, recorded a victory by one goal. Newcastle was fast and scientific and could press any of the state teams, but New Zealand, thanks to Clark and Mahoney, repulsed dangerous attacks. The New Zealand forwards were weak on defence, and Duffield and Monteith were the only men to break Newcastle’s defence. Clark, the New Zealand fullback, was the outstanding man on the field. At half-time New Zealand led by 2 goals to nil. Newcastle was dangerous after the interval, and Smellie, the New Zealand goal-keeper, repelled six shots, kicking with rare judgment. Newcastle scored twice in an exciting finish For New Zealand goals were scored by Duffield (2) and Monteith. Reid and Gunn scored for Newcastle