HOCKEY

Waikato Independent, Volume XXVI, Issue 2644, 6 July 1926, Page 5

HOCKEY

CAMBRIDGE DEFEATS HAMILTON f TEAM. FIVE GOALS TO ONE. A combined team of Cambridge piaers met and defeated a Hamilton Y.M.C.A. team on Saturday at Leamington Domain, after having all the best of the gamo. .■■,/■

From the opening bully Y.M.C.A. went away, setting up a hot attack, which Cambridge eventually broke up. Taking play to their opponents' end it was not long before Keeley scored Cambridge's opening goal. 'Again from the bully Y.M.C.A. got away, but were pulled up for sticks, and from the resultant free hit Cambridge were goal-hunting again. After some good combined play in. which all the forwards took part D. McKinnon scored a good goal.

Cambridge were not yet done with, as from the re-start they went straight to the attack. After a scramble in the circle and although he was on the ground I. McKinnon put the! ball through the goal posts, scoring the third goal. '■.":.',.

Y.M.C.A. werej prominent for a time, but'breaches of the rules, mostly sticks, pulled them .up,.and from one of these resultant free hits Keeley scored his second goal just "on half time.

Upon opening, for the second spell play was more even. Y.M.C.A. had a greater share of the game, although the Cambridge backs put up a good defence, especially' Oliver, Glanville arid Joyce, and kept the Y.M.C.A. from scoring. They kept hammering away for a while till the Cambridge, forwards, who were playing a good combined game, got another chance and Watson scored a good goal. * From the bully off Y.M.C.A. set up a', hot attack and from a scramble scored their»only goal. f . - ■ From this on to the end Cambridge had all the best of the game, but there was no further score.

Cambridge thus won by five goals to one, which margin showed the difference between the two. teams. Messrs Crowther and Hamlcy were the referees. • \ ■ ' INDIANS DEFEAT AUCKLAND. The- Indian Army team defeated Auckland's representatives before 14,000 people on the Domain on Saturday by eleven goalstto one.