HOCKEY

Southland Times, Issue 24420, 28 April 1941, Page 3

HOCKEY

OPENING OF SEASON Unfavourable weather affected the standard of hockey in the competitions on Saturday, especially in the women s matches. The afternoon was ° v . erc and cold and rain began to fall in the latter part of the afternoon. In the men’s section the season was officially opened by the beginning of the competition matches. The hockey, considering it was the opening °ay of the season, was very good and play, in most cases was even and keen.

CIVIL SERVICE v. COLLEGIATE

In the game between Civil Service and Collegiate the Civil Service backs demonstrated keen penetrating power and were on their toes for practically the whole of the game. Collegiate displayed good all round combination but, as in the Civil Service team, passing was sometimes ragged. Both _ teams missed several good opportunities and the result was a draw, two goals all.

The teams were:— COLLEGIATE.—N. Poole, S. Checketts, N. Speirs, V. McMillan, M. Richards, R. Verity, A. Hill, S. Mason, D. Davidson, C. Irvine, C. Jennings, McKillop. CIVIL SERVlCE.—Mitchell, Barraclough, Semmens, Campbell, Keane, Sandford, Dawson, C. Gray, Rennick, D. Wilson. Messrs J. D. Gregg and W. R. Curwen were the umpires. CENTRAL v. HIGH SCHOOL The young High School team was completely outclassed by the more experienced Central team, Central winning by six goals to nil. The team work of the Central team was much superior. The game was played at a fast pace. Goals were scored by T. Hennessy (5), R. Lowe, N. Gunn and I. D. Speirs. The teams were: — CENTRAL.—Fredric, Jones, Farley, Smith, Low, Fyffe, Cartwright, Cockroft, Hennessy, Gunn, Speirs. HIGH SCHOOL.— Bainbridge, Bath, Hyndman, Shefflebein, P. Skelt, Anderson, Welsh, Speirs, T. Skelt, Morrison, Pettigrew. Messrs G. J. Hope and H. A. Perrin were the umpires. INTERMEDIATE MATCHES The Central intermediate team beat Collegiate by one goal to nil in a very even game. N. Hinton, centre-forward for Central, played an excellent game and scored a goal. High School was beaten by Technical by six goals to nil. Hannon scored three goals and Robson also scored three. WOMEN’S MATCHES

The first women’s hockey matches of the season were played in •’. seven-a-side tournament, which was won by the Ex-High A team. The standard of play in the tournament was not of the best, there being little or no effective combination. Several good displays of individual play were seen, however, R. Watson and L. Purvis, in particular, distinguishing themselves. Following were the results of the various games:—-Ex-High A beat Technical 4-0; Collegiate beat Invercargill 2-0; Ex-High A beat Ex-High B 3-2; Invercargill beat Technical 5-0: Ex-High B beat Collegiate 3-2; Ex-High A lost to Invercargill 4-0; Collegiate beat Technical 4-0; Ex-High B beat Invercargill 2-1; Ex-High B beat Technical 4-1. Final: Ex-High A beat Ex-High B 2-1.

The teams in the final w;re:— EX-HIGH A.—H. Monk, L. Purvis, H. Eunson, F. and S. Monk, A. Anderson, J. McComish. EX-HIGH 3.—J. Wallace, L. Fraser, L. McDermott, B. Kimble, G. Henderson, M. Frederic. The game between the two teams was very ragged, there being little or no good hockey. The Ex-High A team had the better of the play, L. Purvis penetrating the opposition repeatedly, only to find no supporting players. For the Ex-High B team J. Wallace, L. Fraser and L. McDermott gave good individual performances. For the A team L. Purvis scored 2 goals and J. Wallace scored for the B team.

Messrs H. Kelly and L. Holmes were the umpires.