The DUNEDIN – CHRISTCHURCH Hockey Match. HEN & WOM.

ATC Observer, 1 September 1942, Page 6

The DUNEDIN - CHRISTCHURCH Hockey Match. HEN & WOM.

A party comprising 11 Dunedin .Hockey players left .■Dunedin on the night of Friday Bth with every hope of being able to show- the hardenei and weathered Cadets -of. -the .. Christchurch Wing how to play, the .-.ancient game’ of- hockey c ; •■ Heartrending' was', the scene :on ; the Christ church, ■ Stati on ; -the ’ morn of Saturday . 20th .when: 11 cold and sleepy figures . almost, fell out 'of ’at ‘carriage onto the Christchurch platform? ~ and a mighty cold platform at that • : h ■ a , - , '■They were paired off and our Christchurch boys took them home and gave them some horrible coffee which Just about finished them off In the afternoon before they had a chance to recover the boys' fed them on a huge meal and brought them to the scene of battle* My gosh.—-r--—— the wind was. COLD* ’ \ , Play commenced at 1-500 hrs* Christchurch immediately took the offensive and 'within the first minute of the duel had ’drawn blood* “ .With the score at 1-nil they were spurred on and before another < ; two minutes had elapsed a beautiful goal from one of the- players went straight- through the posts* - ‘ .- . ■ . ’ '/v Dunedin?'who by this time were beginning to get over the effects of the coffee? woke up- to the fact that they had come up to show US how to play? and, away they went up the field in a blind rush*. Dixon the Christchurch full-back - stemmed the onslaught just in time and sent the ammunition to the Christchurch inside right who netted a welldeserved goal* ’ . • r

Dunedin* foaming at the mouth and very wild that the teaching principals would no doubt have to be revised, came on with 'the ferocity of /a bulldog after a dear old village Vicar, and broke y ‘through to score a beautiful goal almost as the whistle blew for half- ' time, with the score at 5-1* v ' Scrappy play marked the beginning of the second half with neither side doing much but air shots* As a result' of one of these shots Disk mmn went off the field with '.bruised'phalanges (finger to those . who have not done first-aid)# - He' was replaced by Sergeant Henderson* / • About a quarter of an hour before the finish of play another two trie's were chalked up to Christchurch* A series of 25yd* bullies followed and Dunedin kept close on our goal line* . Shortly after Corporal Thomas had gone off, having played an excellent game, the referee■ blew his whistle with the final score at Christchurch 7 to Dunedin 1* A grand afternoon tea provided by Pilot Officer Taylor (No* 17 Squadron) and : served by Mr* E# Ward, WOM and. company made a grand, finale to a great day/ ' Speeches were given on .the premises-of Taylor T s Ltd* t ny MrACduglin, (Dunedin) and a reply was given by the C*o* Christchurch Wing, Flight Lieutenant Stedman who thanked Dunedin for coming- and who said that he hoped that this would mark the beginning of many inter-wing competitions* The , u conquered”, went home, having forgotten about the coffee, and the fact’ that they didn’t teach us as much as they might have# There’s one thing that they did show us, and that is the fact that they could take their beating admirably* ; v \ De 1 re looking, forward to your next visit, Dunedin*... ***.««•