HOCKEY IN WANGANUI

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 81, 6 April 1938, Page 8

HOCKEY IN WANGANUI

PROMISING SEASON TWO OVERSEAS TEAMS The sport of hockey should experience a considerable fillip in Wanganui in the coming season with the visits of two overseas teams, the English ladies and the team from India. The past tours of Indian teams have been marked by success in the Dominion, and it is expected that the fixture for this season should be just as popular as on previous occasions. At last night’s annual meeting of the Wanganui Hockey Association gratification was expressed that the two games were to be played in the centre, and arrangements for the fixtures were discussed. The English ladies’ team is to play at Wanganui on July 16, but the date of the match with the Indians is not known. The visits were discussed, and a cint’iar was received from the New Zea | nd Hockey Association in respeef to the Indian team. This letter stated, inter alia: “It is with pleasure that we confirm the announcement that His Highness, the Nawab of Manavadar, who is the ruling Prince of that State, will accompany the team as captain. His Highness is an All-India representative, and has played in the left wing position foi India in the Asiatic section of the Olympic Games. He is bringing with him on this tour a private secretary, who may be a player, and two personal attendants. Two other definite members of the team who havb represented India in Olympic Games are M. Hussein, who was the left back of the 1935 Indian team which toured New Zealand, and Shahabuddin, who was the right wing forward of that. team. In addition to the host players in the Manavadar State, other leading players in India have been invited to join the team, and an early announcement of the remaining players is expected. It. is anticipated that this 1938 team will be up to the high standard of the 1935 team, which had a remarkably successful tour in New Zealand.”