ST. LUKE’S GOES UP

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1011, 30 June 1930, Page 7

ST. LUKE’S GOES UP

DEFEAT OF SOMERVILLE IN HOCKEY The position of the hocsev club competition us the result of Saturday's play is that University and St. Luke's are equal at the top' with 1- points. Mount Kden with a match to go has 10 points and Somerville lies fourth , and now probably out of the running with 0.

SOMERVILLE DETHRONED j By suffering defeat on Saturday at tho sticks of St. Luke’s, it appears that i Somerville has met its Waterloo in the battle for the championship as far as this season is concerned. The teams were conjoint champions last winter, but there is no doubt that the kites are not in St. Luke's class this time. Somerville’s old reputation of being able to tight a losing battle was well demonstrated. St. Luke’s superior Lot ward combination ran through the defence in the tirst half, which ended 3 —l to tile lleds. Lor Lhe next quarter the iSomervilians strove desperately but against odds. The defence of the fullbacks. Smith and Uardiner, was very stubborn, and. aided bv Wilkie between the posts, they managed to keep the leather out. Lighting all the way, Somerville then began to penetiate, and the lust quarter was this way and that. s tllls Although Somerville’s rearguard impressed as being quite up to requirements, the forward and half lines were ail out of gear. The same 010 wehKness was apparent in tile halves, hesitancy, mushy hitting, and lack ol understanding. The new man, uluu gave the impression of being- worth 4n of n nii°T lUrther u ' iai ’ tear. ou ul nib lon o travelling to get to and S Oianvni UlUel ' VVas ua ''iously'“tired, S-one seem" . dev ' ’ UJ ' quietly. .- .iii t have much command m I ‘ Ctltin ’ = f iots being coniined to , “ 01 lWu ui ’ ttlrv:e - ttulineide'“an ’ ‘ eil hung, lias not so fur uO- - eloped as liau been hoped, and was 0,1 uie I •,,.L. , 'hoiket, but not up to grade one. m, A ? co-operation characterised the tin tt inside men, Seccombe, Col u-res ton and Clive Watts. The inside left Z !i J eileU 011 uis own resources Ul an effort to get through, and harried the opposition ail the way ta ! snaritlm“ k w S ‘orwarus p/Jvided some rou^ u S y G?L Ty ties takc-m °n “ W,wtun ‘- with i„s centres, and ‘sent airofl mo 116 SOO<:i ° neS| but atill could 11 out more often with benent to the inside men. Uin-nmt . u IlcLL > though not specditto u l ' wui feood ill short passing and dribbling. lue staunch haif-linc, Williams, ltobertson, and T. dark were very keen, and supplied the front division generally with discrimination one noted, however, that the right forwards, Lon and Torbet, were not getting their share of the bail during the last quarter, and had to drop back and get it more often than was desirable included Clarrie Mills, late of Lpiphuny, and recently elevated from iSt. Luke’s seconds, in place of ff. Williams, who now works at To Luke. The newcomer was favourably commented on, and in no wise weakens the division. MOUNI EDEN TOO CLEVER A lead of three goals to one at the end of the first halt gave Mount Eden a lead which Wesley found it impossible to pass in tho senior grade game at Walker Park, Point Chevalier. The greens made up a considerable amount of lost ground, however, the final score being 4—l>, with a draw seeming imminent during the final few minutes of play. Mount Eden showed good combination, and was undoubtedly the better team when allowed to pick its own style of play. Wesley’s method during the second half of staving off attacks by Jong hitting down the centre of the field gave its opponents much to think about, and frequently led to the Orecns turning the tables completely in the space of a few seconds. A weakness m Mount Eden’s goal, Vaile being unable to face a determined rusn, saw Wesley’s score mount considerably faster than had been expected. However, the fullbacks were up to the scratch, Mainland especially ueing a Lower of strength. clearing with long, well-timed hits. Of the forwards, M. Jones was most prominent, himseif gaining two of tne Lour Mount Oden goals. llorspool, a new player in this grade, showed himseil worthy of his piace, netting once, r letcher noteued the other point. Many promising openings were spoiled by vVeiioourne playing sticKs. Eor Wesley, xv. p. purion wielded a good stick. liis first goal was the result oi it wen-pianned move in winch ifooerts tuoK tile bad to the circle lor ourton to net. on tne second occasion Purton gained a goal by u last snot iroin a scramble at the* cage ol i.lu- circie. Uooerts added the third

VARSITY DOWNS WHIPPETS 111 accounting 'fur Whippets to the tigme 01 v-i vai-sny oeuiuia did muo. vwiai was expected. J-'lie junior section is not up 10 nrst grade standard out will benefit from meeting exper.enced teams. The fixture was remarkable in tliat at half-time tne senioruuy iiad a one-nn ieuu, though 11 was tp parent that the Whippets were 'ucKy in not ii,g at least three mere against them. nut disaster came iu tne seeoiiu spell, when the Varsitv torwarus going like clockwork pul ou another si.\ goals. All irnportcii.it and reproductive niov*uy the v arsity skipper was to pul irevor Huy m centre-forward from light-wing Here he was in nis element, proved a fine pivot and demonstrated ins value by shooting a brace j Handling nis usn wim Cleverness ’-e brought on some spienuid cricketer ; strokes, nice ones mm plenty ot wrist I V nl twlMt - Bumb, WHO cuine on vw„ sA;:;"' wliu " aa ~uil “■« ; NLtuiuay, was conspicuously coinpe- ! Lent on lhe "Tight wing. Elusive and i speedy be piuyed u sound line game | and centred well. lie was one ol th-' {Coalers, Don also getting one and Tavj lor l wo. Bestie s centring from left j w us pleasant to watch, j Kudu lift e, captain of the Blues, was back at centre-h*lf after being out lor . -mine weeks with a broken finger. H* , uus nursing the hurt and consequently was not the former RadclilTe. Hi-.-supports*. £4 Lorry and Noakes were bustlers and reliable. Brown and ivllisdon, and Crawley at their back, were strong and qualified to deal wii • what came along. „ f ,ie yVhippets sole goal came from a piece ol nippy work by Dunne. Tlu-m is not much to be said at present about the capabilities of the team. Imek of experience is the simple explanation .if its lack of success. Leonard, inside’ left was a toller and sot along voi r a .f,. a .? ol ° exponent, but was maiked by Brown, who intercepted and thwarted two or three near goals Gune.v and Burnett, fullbacks, had an unenviable time. finding the short hkin<‘-‘“ ° f the opposition not to their University seniors have suffered a loss m the transfer of "Buster” Don to Hamilton. The forward, who habeen very successful, will be hard to | replace.

The position follows: — .Pts. W. L. IK f. A. pis; Si. Luke's . Mt. Eden 7 4 12 7k 7 10 Somerville . North Shore . W esley L'. Whippets . 3 — S — 5 41 -