HOCKEY.

Timaru Herald, Volume CI, Issue 15455, 18 September 1914, Page 3

HOCKEY.

LADIES' REPRESENTATIVE GAME. NORTH OTAGO V. SOUTH CANTERBURY. Tho return tallies representative hotkey match North Otago v. rS:>nr,ti Canterbury was played yesterday afternoon in the Park, Timaru. Th-i' weather was beautifully line, the, .u-.r.ind hard ami fast, and there was :i goad attendance. During the guue a collection was taken up in aid of the Brita'n and l'e gium Poor Relief Fund. 'I ho game was a splendidly conducted one from start to finish, and the South C.r.iitr.vbury players shewed groat improvement on last week's disp.'av. The home team at the outset had the better of tho rxehiuiges and Troubled the 0:s----maru defenders. They were kept out however for a time but. M"ss T. 'Webster ultimately broke through and scor- j ed. Tiio visitors tried hard to get on level terms with their opponents, but I without success and Miss K. Cocke sc-ored n second goal for South Canterbury. 'J he vis-tors wore greatly lmndi-cc-pped forward, through" :.liss Moss meeting with an accident which r-.e.-cssi- 1 fated Iter r.etiral. Until the imoival the play wa's of a very even >.nd interesting , but no further seeing resulted.

The visitors' eleven was made up hv Miss Moss's sister, who tr»ve': v. as emergency, and the :-icond spell was .splendidly contested. 7he Si t'r.h Can-, tcrbury were again first to mess a raid on the left culminating -,,, Miss T. V. obster bringing South Canterbury's total to three. The- Oamaru rJ-ivvs aJier this reverse had the greater share r.f the play. and tlie home -Jsieve u.;'*' I«-pt busy. The visitors had their revaid in a score by Miss Mav W'iUle.ms. .Alter some mid-field exchanges 'he S. nth C-.mt/rbury forwards got going niv', Miss Quick score'! the fourth "goaf .\ o t to be denied however, Oa.-ii ;ru atta-i-cd dogged!v am! had the most <f tne play for a t'me -As a result, of an attack from tho left. Miss Blyth brought their tot-si to two with a good -.hot. }"icm

this juncture ihe home sn!e coirl<"ried themselves principally with defensive tactics, though the forwards occasionally br.oke away. No further scoring eventuated and the result cf a * ery interesting and we!) contested some was a win for South Canterbury by 4 goals to 2. , " " A JUNIOR GAME. TIMARU COMBINED Y. TEMUKA. A combined Tiniaru junior men's team journeyed to Temuka. yesterday and played the Temuka Ohio junior ekveu (junior champions). The game resulted in a win for tlio Temuka- team by S goals to one. after n very willing game. Play w;v> vatli-jr spoilt b'v roughness on the part of a few plavers who at times evidently thought they were playing football instead "of hoc'kev and ta-.-klecl the players in true" Rugbv style. One player was observed to collar the opposing back low and brin«him clown much to the amusement of the spectators.