HOCKEY.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 20, 8 September 1911, Page 6

HOCKEY.

V) y., . %S-r~. -^-- T. . TARA&nw AGAIN : SUCCESSFUL. ii’or Press Association.) Wellington, September 7. The! Now Zealand ladies’ hockey touniament was continued to-day in lino weather. ."Wellington A beat Duller by one goal to nil. As a result of their win Wellington A are now qualified to compete ih the semi-finals, and this is the lirlt year at any tournament in which a local team has appeared so high on the list. Hawke’s Bay defeated Marlborough by 2to 1. It was a very keen and exejiting struggle. Auckland beat Canterbury B by 4 to 1. The hard and bumpy nature of the ground made good play out of the question 1 htlf' both teams fought out a keih istifuggle. ’ Wairarapa boat West Coast by 2 to nil. It was a very even but monotonous game. Manawatu defeated Wellington B by Bto nil. It was a very one-sided gatne. - Wanganui beat Southland by 2 to 1, From the'initial bully the former team wore the invaders, their forward play being good, while Southland’s defence was solid." ( Taranaki boat Manawatu B by 1 to d; It was a good display of hockey, Ijllt inclined to bo monotonous. Both teams were‘evenly matched, and both lo§t several chances to score. Miss Voting scored the only goal after TaranHki’s best forward rush of the day. / Wellington, September 8. ( The semi-final was to have been played to-day, but a difficulty has arisen. IP Section 'B three teams tied, and in Section C two. The executive proposed that ties should be played off this morning, and the semi-final in t£o afternoon, but the managers of the team flatly refused to play two matches in one day, and drew up another programme, under which it is necessary that preliminary matches should be played to-day and to-mor-tow, and the final on Monday. The executive committee now have to decide what they will do, and arc threatened with the withdrawal of a numbet 'bf teams if they adhere to their own proposal.