LADIES' HOCKEY.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 114, 19 June 1914, Page 2

LADIES' HOCKEY.

NOTES OF THE WEEK. r Hockey f was. treated- to anothei* wet, 4 s the jrain mi ;the; moriing was/not heavy it; was. cided to plEty,, iu the hope that the weather would not get worse, arid that it might improve. However, as the day advanced the rain advanced too, and fell very steadily nearly all the afternoon. ■./ < > ■■ ( - ■_•■ ~.; '•.. !:

The majority of the teams turned out in the wet—a few players evidently allowed their enthusiasm to become dampened by the rain, and failed to put in an appearance. These girls were lucky not to have" lost their match by default, as their opponents, who turned out in almost full force,-agreed to play the match at the end of the season. As the season has started, so it will in all probability continue, and it is quite possible that there will be iriany more wet' so girls who object r tq getting wet may have plenty of opportunities of overcoming objection, or else retire, from the* hockey, field arid indulge in: croquet or, some; other less pastime.. Hockey is a winter game; and theref ore. the : players should be prepared to play in *ny kind of weather. The-- /senior. ; .match, .Hinemoa v, Digby's, played at Kaiappi, created-the greatest interest last Saturday,.as ; both .teams ;had , : so far , been., unbeaten. played such a good game against Hinemoa in- the Six-a-side Tourneys ifr&ty 'considered a, gop& .change. Perhaps' the,-weathei; accounted.for,/Uigbyfs display. Wliat,ev,er it was,; ; it was decidedly, disap-pointing,-and-the home teakt had/a very easy win; . iThe town forwards were very lifeless, especially in the first half,' and. gambolled, round the field iquite serenely while Miss M. Pearce scored fouT goals against them. Their halves and three-quarters did all tjie work, and, considering:,the disadvantages under which they laboured, got on very creditably.: In the; second, half the forwards brightened,, and: put in some ofthe. energy they had fceeA, saying. This made the game much faster, and if Digby's had only roused earlier the score might not have been so one-sided.' Hinemoa played well, and if they keep up their present form "will probably go through the'season unbeaten. : Of ' course the other teams are iriiprbving all the while, and there is still a long way to go- before the season ends. The new rule which does not allow the hooking of stick wits. brought into force on Saturday, and no doubt accounted for the prominence of the whistle. This "rule may be very acceptable to the visitors when they arrive, but it will be extremely tantalising and aggravating to the local players, who are in the habit of indulging frequently in this practice, an,d they will 116 doubt feel absolutely help--less when they ire not allowed to do it» The Special Committee in Wellington set 1 up to control 1 the English tour..in the: Dominion 'is' settlirig down to woi;k in real earnest, and are talking •: seriously of cancelling matches with asso-. ciations "who ha;ve not fulfilled thejur promises by sending the necessary guarantees within the allotted time. It, is understood that the itinerary of, the team willsoon be available. . .

It is rather surprising that Wairar rapa, the pfeserit holders 'of the, New Zealand Championship Crip, can only boast of one team in the district. There must be' something radically wrorig with the Wair'arapa girls for them to choose this year of all years to give up the game.