HOCKEY.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 17907, 24 July 1926, Page 10

HOCKEY.

SENIOR GAMES. St Albans v. Selwyn. St Albans playeS Selwyn at Lancaster Park. Selwyn attacked early, and Morris opened the scoring with a good shot. Selwyn pressed St Albans in the circle, but Hales cleared riicelj". Morris secured and netted again for Selwyn from a hard angle. Selwyn foreed a cor- ! ner, and Buxton saved two hot shots ! brilliantly. Play ranged up and down field for a time, mostly in Selwyn’s favour. S. Bell then put Selwyn three «head with a shot from close in. Franklin put in a good run for St Albans. h corner resulting. Off-side relieved for Selwyn. Selwyn secured a corner, and .Morris goaled with a clinking shot. Half-time came with the score:— Selwyn 4. StAlbans 0. Selwyn were dangerous after resuming. but Buxton saved nicely. Two raids by St. Albans were unsuccessful. Selwyn pinned St. Albans in the circle for a time, several shots missing by small margins. Selwyn forced a corner. but St. Albans cleared through Hales. A long clearing hit by Soper put St. Albans on the attack, a corner resulting which Selwyn cleared. • Right on the call of time C. Hore scored an easy goal for Selwyn, the game ending with the score: — SELWYN 5 ST ALBANS 0 SYDENHAM v. TECHNICALTeague scored twice for Technical and Grade added a. third. Then Gillespie opened Sydenham’s account and the half-time score was: 3-1. In the second spell Gracie scored in 1 a scramble, and then Hahn added a. i fifth- Teague notched his third, and ! Gillespie did the same for Sydenham. ! Final: — I TECHNICAL 8 SYDENHAM . . 2