Girls Exhibit Fair Stickwork

Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 45, 16 May 1927, Page 10

Girls Exhibit Fair Stickwork

SHORTAGE OF PLAYERS KNOWLEDGE OF TACTICS Judging by Auckland exhibitions, girls take hockey more seriously than men. They appear more inclined to use ther heads and rely on tricky stickwork and tactics, while speed and forree for the most part dominate the men’s contests. That is the assumption one is led to adopt as a result of watching the Remuera contests. Rain and collegiate holidays combined to diminish the ranks of the girl teams on Saturday but, while some badly-balanced contests were staged, play generally was clean with many players exhibiting heady and cool stickwork. AGAINST BIG ODDS Two evils confronted St. Cuthbert’s goalie at one stage of the game, either let an opponent score, or engage in a mix-up in a large pool of muddy water in front of the net. She hesitated, and the inevitable happened. That was typical of the handicaps players were up against in the Y.W.C.A.-St. Cuthbert’s match. In addition St. Cuthbert’s fielded only six players. Vacation accounted for the rest. Two good teams met, and on the day’s play it would be interesting to see them meet with all members on the field. Considering the disparity of numbers, the College girls gave a splendid exhibition, and play generally was clean. Aliss Buscke displayed cool stickwork, while Miss Dods, also for St. Cuthbert’s, was formidable in attack. The former accounted for one, and the latter two, goals. For Y.W.C.A. Misses Dickey and McLaugblan were prominent. The Y.W.C.A. scorers were Alisses AlcLaughlan (5), Mason (2), Dickie and Alontgomery. VARSITY WELL BEATEN Varsity couldn’t make much headway against their more-seasoned opponents, Eden. The former team fielded only nine players, while eight were all that turned out for Eden. Varsity put up a good fight, but lost a considerable amount of ground in penalties. Eden displayed creditable combination, and the stickwork of the forward line was good. The work of Miss Lowe in particular was outstanding. Aliss AlcNicol was responsible for the sole Varsity score, while the scorers for Alount Eden were: Alisses Lowe (4), Dawson and Crosby. SOMERVILLE BEAT COLLEGE B Little work of outsanding merit was featured in the Training College BSomerville contest. The teams were fairly evenly matched and the final score, Somerville 4, College 3, were a fair indication of the merits of the teams. College possessed a sound back in Miss Gernhoefer. AGAINST BIG ODDS Considering the fact that Arawa played with only eight girls against a full opposing side, their exhibition

was good. To put a little more into their hitting, and endeavour avoid hesitancy in passing movem the Arawa players will lmpr® 7 ® " of all recognition. The talent is 1 Training College A are clever in J * binatlon, and gave a creditable play of snappy stickwork. JUNIOR GRADE St. Cuthbert, 7. beat SomervMft Training College, B, 2, beat i-»»-C, 1.