HOCKEY

Timaru Herald, Volume CXLV, Issue 21091, 18 July 1938, Page 5

HOCKEY

TEST AT WANGANUI ENGLISH TEAM A GOAL TO THE GOOD By Telegraph —Press Association WANGANUI. July 16. I The English ladies’ team won the I second hockey Test this afternoon by four goals to three in beautiful wea- | ther and before a large crowd. It was 1 a good game and from a spectator's ■ point of view even better than the j match against the Indian team. The i ground broke up half way through the j game, causing misjudgment in hitting I and consequently the passing and comi bination suffered in the second spell. I The teams were evenly matched on the day and all the players played well. I Perhaps the two to shine were Miss ; Dowling for England and Miss Mci Kenzie for New Zealand, although I every player did all that was asked of her. The combination of both teams was good, although the positional play of the English eleven was slightly better. Occasionally clever tactics by the English team were seen. The English full-backs were stronger than the New Zealand, and Miss Huggins was hard to beat in the English goal. New Zealand attacked strongly throughout, and the silver fern halves fed the forwards well, not allowing the English defence a chance to let up. Miss Mackie was always prominent in the New Zealand half-line. The full time score was 4-3 and the half time score 3-1 in favour of England. The scorers for England were Miss O’Donoghue (2) and West <2). The New Zealand scorers were Miss Aldridge, Sheriff, ■and McKenzie. INDIANS’ TOUR VICTORY OVER SOUTHLAND By Telegraph—Press Association INVERCARGILL, July 16. The Indian hockey team defeated Southland at Rugby Park to-day by eight goals to nil. The match was played in bright sunshine and there was no wind. After a hard frost last night the ground was greasy on top. The Indians were fast on attack, had wonderful control of the ball and almost uncanny anticipation. Time after time they caught the ball in midair on their sticks and deflected i' to one of their own players. They played as a team and no member stuck e:l--fishly to the ball. They exploited the back pass and even sold the dummy as a variant to the play. The way they controlled the ball was more like j'.ggling than hockey, and the crowd called to Fernandez to repeat the movem .it after he had weaved his way down the wing with the ball dancing in the air on the end of his stick. Though they used the flick shot, the Indians showed that they could put powc behind their shots when necessary. Abdul Latif had a field day, scoring six of the r'ght goals. The right inner was well supported by Shahabuddin on the wing, and the pair were responsible to- a good deal of the attacking movements. Feroz Khan and Ahmed Khan also scored for the Indians. The Southland team fought a losing fight all the way through but never I t up, though they were hemmed in their own territory for much of the game. N. Poole was frequently applauded for his many fine saves, and he deserved it for his goalkeeping was outstanding. Barraclough and Lythgoe were the hardest worked pair on the field, end to them much of the credit of keeping the score down is due. Both these full-backs tried to turn the tide in favour of Southland by rushing through to halfway, but the opposition was too strong. The Southland forward line never got properly settled, though each member showed up briefly in several rushes which promised well but faded | away before really becomin. dangerous. CHALLENGE SHIELD By Telegraph—Press Assoclst’on AUCKLAND, July 17. I The first New Zealand Challenge Shield hockey match of the season between Auckland and Poverty Bay reI suited in a win for the former by 9 | goals to one. It was Auckland's nineteenth successive win since it took the shield from Canterbury in 1931. GAMES IN TIMARU The following are the results in the I South Canterbury Women’s Hockey Association’s games on Saturday:— Stafford 4, Bruce's 3. I Albury beat Rata by default. CONVALESCENTS NEED THYRODONE Harley Street medical specialists affirm the wonderful tonic effects of Thyrodone in convalescence. Chemists sell Thyrodone at 4/6