AUCKLAND 2, WELLINGTON 0.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume L, Issue 12145, 7 September 1908, Page 8

AUCKLAND 2, WELLINGTON 0.

" _ n AUCKLAND, Sept. 6. r~, n l'o^ aild 4 'ooa Pfe°P^ WitZealand Hockey Association's championship shield at Victoria. Park yesterday between Wellington and Auckland, ihe weather was gloriously fine and the ground played like a billiard table The game resulted in a win for the holders (Auckland) by two goals to nil. In the nrst spell Barry -scored for Auckland -as the result of some clever combined play between himself,' Brooke-Smith Mather'arid Mason, while in the second ( half Brooke-Smith scored from a dashing ~run^ between Barry and Mather Auckland were the better team, a suc(;fssloiV «f hard matches in defending the shieldjhaying put them in splendid lettle. Their forwards showed great pace, while the backs gave a finished exhibition. Like the winners, the Wellington men played a pretty game but they were acting on the defensive for the greater part oC the second spell and would probably have had a bigger total registered against them had the shooting of the opposing forwards been up to the mark, for Wellington, Smythe and Elliott among the forwards, and Campbell, Brewer and Hickson among the backs were the most prominent. Mr W. E. Robinson,-of Auckland, gave satisfaction as refere^.