HOCKEY RESULTS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume IV, Issue 155, 12 June 1936, Page 3

HOCKEY RESULTS.

AM Stratford Teams Successful. • ■ : t / ■ DECISIVE MARGINS. i All the Stratford /teams were : successful in the "[Thursday hoc- .. key played yesterday. The Strat- ! ford senior men's team and [the Stratford Old Girls' senior wo- ' men's team had comfortable wins over Inglewood and Tariki respectively. The Stratford junior men's team, after a hard fought game with Mahoe, emerged victorious by one goal to nil. Results were; — . ;•'' SENIOR MEN. Stratford 4 v. Inglewood 1. Elthara 5 v. Tariki 1. JUNIOR MEN. Stratford l v. Mahoe 0. lliverlea G v. School 1. WOMEN.

Stratford O-G. S v. Tarlki 0. Inglewood 10 v. Eltham ,1, School 5 v. Kaponga 4. • STRATFORD v. MAHOE, In the Stratford v. Mahoe junior game Mahoe played well but were unable .to cope with the Stratford fuV/-back£V R. Ross, the representative trial centre forward, was in good form and Bone/ and Brocklebank played solid hockey. McLean, on the wing, is one of the most promising players in the junior hockey competition .tlii&> year and he showed up well yesterday, although opportunities did not come to him too frequently. The only goal scored in the m:.U:h was a perfect shot combining true hitting and combination between R. Ross and C. Bradshaw. The Mahoe goalie, a player above the average junior standard, was left standing.

Womens* Representative Hockey Matches Arranged.

Arrangements' for the forthcoming (our of Taranaki by a representative team from the Rush Association were made at a meeting of the executive of the Taranaki Women's Hockey Association at Stratford last night. Two fixtures were arranged to be played at Pihama on Wednesday, July 1, and at New Plymouth on Thursday, July 2. The teams in each case will be chosen by' the sole selector, Mr Priest, from nominations submitted by the divisional .selectors.

Women Players Dissatisfied With Refereeing System. Dissatisfaction with the prevailing conditions of refereeing at women's hockey matches was communicated to the meeting of tlhe executive of the Taranaki Women's Hockey Association held at Siratfsrd last night. The chairman, Mr 11. C. Johnson, expressed complete agreement with the complaints and members agreed on immediate action. Complaints were received from .the Kaponga and Eltham Club's that referees had failed to put in an appearance at their matches. On behalf of the New Plymouth Club, Mrs R. Eagles stated that the standard of refereeing at the New Plymouth women's matches was unsatisfactory and was adversely affecting the popularity of the sport of hockey there.

The Op.unake Club forwarded a complaint that on Wednesday lad they' had journeyed to Otakeho to play Katua only to be told by the referee that they would only be able to play a very short game. They had played only 29 minutes' and the referee had then gone on to a junior men's match.

It was decided to send copies of the Kaponga, and Ellham letters to the Umpires' Association asking them to forward them to the right sowce- and to protest to the Northern Board Bbartl against the practice of appointing non-members of (lie Umpires' Association to women's matches in New Plymouth, and to notify the Southern Appointment Board of the rules of the association, which said that a senior women's match took preference over a junior men's and was played second nv (he main ■ atch.