HOCKEY

Waikato Times, Volume 117, Issue 19586, 27 May 1935, Page 13

HOCKEY

GAMES AT STEELE PARK. OLD BOYS LEAD KAIPAKI. WIN FOR II IN EM O A 'Under ideal ground and _ weather conditions the Kiilip Memorial Shield conipetition of the Waikato Hockey Association was continued at Steele Park on Saturday. The play, although willing, did not reach the standard of the'prevlous week and there were feu of those sparkling forward movements which has earned hockey the claim to he the fastest oT all soprts. Old Boys showed superiority in the second spell in leading Kaipakl 'by three goals to -nil after a scoreless first half, while Ilincmoa piled up a safe lead in the early stages of their game with Old Technicals and were content to maintain the advantage over the closing spell. The second series of games In the junior cup competition were also played. Details of all games are to be found below.

OLD BOYS* WIN.

HARD GAME WITH KAIPAKL In a keenly-contested match, which was characterised by more close play than any other game this season, Old Boys defeated Kaipakl by . three goals to nil. It was largely a duel between the halves and hacks of the opposins teams,-with the victors wearing down the Kaipaki defence in 'the latter stages of the game. The teams were:—

Old Boys.—'Carr,' Pountney, Ewan, Goodall, Storry, Ross, Innes, Hammond, West, Davies, Power. Kaipaki:—Smillle, Cowley, F. Boyd, Dunwoody, C. Bones, R. Bones, Graham, Goodwin, Burrows, A. Boyd, G. Boyd.

Old Boys had the better of the opening sallies, but lack of penetration aborted the movements and the' home van rarely entered the circle. Goodall led the Old Boys’ halves to a useful position only to have 'Boyd return play with a nice flank movement, which brought the hall to neutral territoryGoodwin broke away from the ruck and showed a clean pair of heels to the opposing halves, only to lose possession at a critical juncture and enabling Pounlney to relieve. Offside play by Hammond, following a corner, spoilt a great chance for Old Boys to goal.

Burrows had a shot for the net when Kaipaki took up the running, but it was wide of the posts and Ewan went through to half-way. Play hovered in midfield until Dunwoody worked the right flank to advantage and offered A. Boyd a neglected chance. Smillic gave "sticks" when' Kaipaki ' pressed but the Old Boys disregarded the opportunity given by the penalty. Davies got tho ball away from the ruck in good style, running 20 yards before transferring to West. However, the centre was cramped and 'the ball was again In neutral territory, when the whistle sounded for the interval— Old Boys 0; Kaipaki 0.

On the resumption Goodall worked hard to give Old Boys tho advantage and Power took the hall down the side line, putting a shot a yard wide. Dunwoody and Cowly-repulsed a strong sortie led by Davies and West, and play continued In the central area, with both teams striving hard for the advantage. Boyd, on the left wing, was seen in action 1 down the (lank, but Pountney checked the movement with a fine tackle. Carr was having a quiet time in goal for Old Boys,, both Pountney and Ewan keeping the ball from the danger area, fn a melee in front of Old Boys’ goal, Burrows swung wildly and the shot went wied. Power had a chance to open the tallies but Smillie came out and kicked the ball well down.

Old ‘Boys continued to have the advantage, hut a hard shot from Davies went wide. However, a moment later West centred a nice ground shot and Davies snicked an easy one into the goal, giving Smillie no chance. Following a corner shot, Ewan hit truly for the goal, hut Smillie saved brilliantly. The ’keeper again had a hectic time of it when a shot from Davies hit the corner post. West nearly had the hall in, hut Smillie was too fast. However, West was in the picture again and ho sent a fast shot Into the goal from far out. Old Boys continued a brisk onslaught in Kaipakl’s circle, Davies being near to when he hit another poster. This player, however, was rewarded a few minutes later, ivhen he put a clean shot past Smillie. Much of the sting had been taken out of Kalpald’s attack and Old Boys’ continued to hold the advantage until the whistle, .with the score— Old Boys 3; ICaipaki 0. Tiie umpires were Messrs W. GFabling and R. W. BennettSNAPPY OPENING. IIINEMOA PILE UP POINTS. Opening with a rattle which astounded an Inexperienced Technical defence, llinemoa defeated Old Technicals by four goals to two. Neither teams were at full strength, but Old Technicals put out a complete eleven for the second half, when Hinemoa’s usual failure lo hold out almost cost them a victory. The teams were:—■

llinemoa. —Clarke, Monleith, Cummings, Radcliffe, McAdam, Gee, Taylor, Powdrill, Morris, Dc Lacey. Old Technicals. —Snell, R. Kiliiam, Jenkins, Brailhwaite, Pcrrow, J. Kiliiam, Forster, McKenzie, Clough, Maluschka.

llinemoa were llio first to attack, but Snell got his bool to Hie bait anil cleared. Offside play spoilt a good opportunity when Morris notched a disallowed goal, old Tcehineals look a turn at attack, but they did not hold I lie advantage for long and Morris and Taylor made Ihe best nf rebounds off Snell's pads to score easy goals. McKenzie led a strong Technical rally, Forster sustaining Hie pressure will: a brilliant solo effort along Hie right Hank. When play relurncd. hanging on 100 long cost. Morris a nice goaling opportunity. Snell again used his pads to advantage. Jenkins was very mueti in the pietnre in repelling ,Ger'> Hank sorties. Powdrill put an angle shot wide of lli« "osls in tlie ensuing pla*.

Matuschka and Clough combined to force the ball Into Hinemoa territory and the ensuing play saw the advantage with the Old Technical’s van. McKenzie put In a tricky run to the circle before transferring to 'Forster, who was held up on the goal line. The movement was repeated and ’Clough was at fault In putting a shot wide of an open goal. Snell was lucky to clear when Powdrill led a useful van movement to the Technicals’ circle and the interval saw the score— Hinemoa 3, Technicals 0.

Dowling took the field as full-back io bring the Old Technicals team to full strength on the resumption. Hinemoa had the belter of the opening exchanges, but the Old Technicals’ forwards changed the tide of fortune with a bright concerted movement which culminated in R. Clougii fielding very neatly and goaling from a difficult angle. RadelilTe was seen In a neat session of close piay, handling and fielding with consummate ease, hut McKenzie and Forster fought him stroke for stroke. Gee was offside when he received a pass from Morris in a handy position and McKenzie and Clough got the hall away from the resultant penalty for the latter to obtain a well-earned goal The Technicals’ van was encouraged by the 'trend of the play and went briskly to the attack—only to be stemmed by the solid hitting of 'Clarke and Monteith. The Hinemoa van again took charge and, despite good work by Snell in a period of close play, Powdrill snicked the - ball Inside the posts. The Technicals’ 'halves did yeoman work in maintaining a slight territorial advantage, hut the Hinemoa van again assumed aggression* Taylor hitting a poster which rebounded out of play. Snell cleared with his boots when Morris essayed a shot, but it was only temporary and the Whistle saw 'the Technical backs again defending stolidly—

Hinemoa 4; Old Technicals 2. The umpires were Messrs R. W Bennett and AV. G„ Fabling.

JUNIOR GAMES.

Junior games in the Birch Cup series resulted.—Old Boys 5, Kaipaki 2; Old Technicals B 5, Hinemoa 1. DAZZLING DISPLAY. INDIANS EXCEL AT WANGANUI. VICTORY BY IS to 0. WANGANUI, Saturday. Ideal weather prevailed for the hockey match Indians v. Wanganui, on Saturday, and the attendance was estimated at about 4500. The tourists were not represented by their strongest team, hut gave a brilliant display, especially in the second spell, when they completely overwhelmed Wanganui. In the early stages of .the game'the locals defended well, the goalie repeatedly. saving splendidly. Then Wanganui attacked, but Husain saved well, and some wonderful stick work ended In Dhyan Chand .scoring. Stewart and Tlzard, for the locals, took play to the other end, but Husain made a good save. The Wanganui backs were playing well, and the game was fast. The visitors rushed play to the other end, Davidson scoring. The locals attacked on resuming, but Tlzard's shot hit the side of the goal. The visitors thrilled the crowd with their speed and wonderful control, and Rup Singh and Chand added further goals before the spell ended. In the second spell the visitors hat] much the best of the play, the locals appearing tired and slow in comparison, added to which they had to play short-handed, as the inside left, R. Hughes, was injured and had to leave (he held. The clever play of the visitors had the locals completely puzzled, goals being scored by Chand (6), Wells (4), and Singh (4), The Indians won by IS to 0.

GAME AT CAMBRIDGE. The Cambridge association’s competition was advanced a further round on Saturday at Leamington, when City met Leamington. From the opening- bully Leamington attacked but good play by A. McKinnon and Humphries, City full-backs, repulsed several attacks. City forwards and halves were playing with much more understanding than on the previous Saturday. and from a' nice movement Drew gained for Ills side. Give-and-take playing ensued until hay-time. The second spell saw Leamington attacking strongly, and the City backs staved them off, but only temporarily for Leamington were soon back and a combined effort saw D. McKinnon net a goal for his side. Leamington 1, City 1. City now livened up again and Mueller, who was playing a sound game, sent his forwards away only to meet the staunch defence or the Leamington backs, L. McKinnon, A. McKinnon and T. Morse, who worked hard and by splendid stopping fended oIT repeated City attacks, a further movement by Leamington, forwards resulted In D. McKinnon again scoring for his side.

With one goal against them City were striving hard to even matters, but promising opportunities were spoilt by overkeenness and oll'-slde play. After a period of end-to-end play with players and ball both travelling fast, Leamington went into City’s circle with a rush and D. McKinnon performed the hat-trick for his side. The game ended shortly afterwards with final scores: Leamington :i, City 1. Messrs. T. Kiely and A. Finch were referees.

Trial Game.

With a view to selecting a representative team to represent the Cambridge Association in Auckland, at the White Horse Cup Competition, next month, a trial game followed the club match at Leamington on Saturday. The match was keenly played, and a good exhibition of the game was given. Tlie sole selector, Mr C. A. Finch, has notified the following sixteen players to train: M. Uilion, J. Hoff, 11. Dillon, M. Dillon, D. Kusso, W. Kiely, and P. Gargen (Uotorangi), A'., 1.)., A., and L. McKinnon, T. Morse (Leamington), K. Mullor. 1). Humphries, J. Drew, and A. Clayton (City). This season will see the Cambridge Association competing in the White Horse Clip tourney for the first time since 1014. In 1012 when the Auckland Country tourney was started Cambridge was one of the competitors.