HOCKEY

Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume IX, Issue 2571, 7 June 1909, Page 2

HOCKEY

. WAllll V. TAURAN'OA, 'J'lio lepmoiiliitivos of the Wailii Alon's Hocknv Club journeyed lo Tuuiimgii on Saturday last to trr conclii'"MiH with tin- sclwtwl of tW latter lown. Tin- loam set out at 5 o'clock.

lU'ucccdmg by coach to llowontown, .and] llicikv l»y Mr, Ilium's oil Ijniiu'iii " laictetia" to Taiiranga, the capitai of Ihe Hay of Plenlv being reached at' 12..K1 o'clock. At II p.m. the two teams took Ihe lield. The weather bore a threatening aspect, but nolhwilh-taiiding there was a lair al tendance, which included many ladies. Waihi were considerably handicapped. as they were able to place only ■ ten men in position, and later on hail the misfortune to Tim.' the services of their skipper. who was forced to retire owing to an injury to bis right knee. The game resulted in a victory fur Taiiranga by live goals to nil. but il i- only laic In sii.v here thai the scores cannot

he regarded as a fair criterion of Ihe dilleroncc between the two combination, as \Yaihi had hard luck in not scoring on so vera I occasions. The match wat* fought out iu a most friendly spirit, and both dubn are looking l«>iward to the return to he played at Wailii. orobably mo;! month, when follower of the sport anticipate a close ■mil. exciting contest, I'or the winners Ales, Dnvics placed i-liroe goals anil S. Semndeni the other 'wo, Mr, T.'ll. Ilall. ol Tauranga, bad charge.ol the whistle, and his rulings gave entire satihfaction to both sides. The following were the respective tonus:— Waihi. -Goal, J. Whitehead (caplniiil: fulllj.'icKt. A. Borni'll nud T. Ilaber: halve,., A. Anderson, L. Harding, 0. Evans; forwards. X. Kongo. Clifford. 1,. Shaw (centre), and S. Darby. Talirnnna.—Goal. P. Western; fullbacks. 11. Stewart and C. Ilawell: halve-, L. Clark,'P. Burton, and Itobo'l Dickey: forwards, J, fenplain). I l '. Doilson. S. Semadcni (centre). Hoy Dickey, and A. Da vies. Knr Tnuranga tlir forwards all played well. Dodson being tliV most brilliant •if a clever i|uintette, llurlon stood out a- the best half on the eiouiiil iu allaeking. whilst Robert. Dickey proved his worth iu defensive laclic.-. 11l the Waihi team Darby was Ihe •lick of the vanguard division, and promises In develop into a brilliant player. ■Shaw, in the centre, is one of ihe solid ■Hid active soli, and got .through a tremendous amount of work. Harding and Anderson shaped.well in Ihe half division. while ltiirnell wir.i Ihe pick of the hacks, and pul in a lot of line work. Ruber, a young player, gives promise of being more than ordinarly useful. 11l the evening the visitors wen l tendered 'a coinpliiiienlarv social iu Ihe Theatre Roval; which was largely attended and proved a must I'll,jovahle function. During Sunday the \Yajhj, boys spent their lime in viewing n.aiiy of the historic spots around Taoraugii. and left on their return journey at 4 p.m.. alter om' of the nio-t nleasanf and enjoyable excursions which has yet-been undertaken bv the hockey players of Wailii.