HOBSON PARK GAMES

Auckland Star, Volume LXXIII, Issue 121, 25 May 1942, Page 7

HOBSON PARK GAMES

The position in the Davis Cup hotkey championship is now interesting, as there is only one point difference between the leading team and the following four on tlie table. Lniversity—last year's champion team—by scoring the only goal in its match with Wesley now takes the cad. Ihe three bracketed too teams of last week failed to Improve their positions*. Owai Rovers had the bye, while J^ ui > e . s suffered defeat at the hands ?.niJ Colle K e (3—o), and Somercre beaten by Grammar Old Bovs " 1 1 the closing stages of an evenly contested game. A.S.C. stepped up the ladder by gaining a decisive win (5 3) over Mount Eden. '

Galaxy of Veteran "Stars."—Never '?mhhe' e , ' lGre been, in one match, such a collection of "stsrs" with , imposing "fep." records as turned out . tne match between teams representing the Past Players' Association and the n U i' Ve committee of the Auckland Hockey Association. The oldest was f Court, who played for Auckland against Canterbury (lost I—2) in the , ?f, e £ P, ? V i nc,al h<xkey in ': Johns—captain of the first io9? ha, I 0 3? a f> a 'nst Australia in ' Auckland "rep." of 1914-19-20-21-vl' i Wa n as wily as ever - Another New Zealand captain was H. B. ("Mick") ? ho is also entitled to tl! ioi? h es , of ever y X'ear from 1907 to 1914 and also 1921-22 on his "rep." !?l aze r,- £ a, P h England (1919 to 1922) and Tim Sloman (1913-14 and 1919-20) were 2 s - the full-backs—positions me> had filled in numerous representative ?iniO S ?^i th 9 e -> yCarS indicated. Ces Jarman ; - 'Z ) seemed to revel in his old position in the half line. Coming to some ?i x- ou "Rer "veterans," there were three New Zealand representatives in ') l/.? I '' a , nd Auckland 1928-29-31-»3«-oo), T. Clark (1932 and Auckland every V7^7 fr 3 1 ? 29 I t ,° 1 i )35) - a "d L- Monteith (1937 and Auckland 1930 31-36-37 Manawatui 1933-34-35). As was to be expected. youth carried the day, for the executive won by three goals to two.

9 „ S , o,,ad —With the score at 2 all and only a short time to play, Somerville s 118 series of determined attacks 5 s T c . verly tested the Grammar Old Boys' detv,o i c- WaS at this sta ee that J. Buchan— *"9 School boy—rose to the occasion and gave a masterly display of stonoine ♦ onslaughts His well-directed clearances raised the siege and enabled the h rw A T> to launeh a sharp sortie, during which D. Drower snapped up a chance to give his ride the deciding goal.

, Teachers T©« Good.—ln every department of H^ y c ° n ?S® proved a better combinan n V L . uke 3 an <* thoroughly deserved the three-goal win. The main weakness of St. s was the lack of understanding between the half and forward lines. This enabled the opposing defence to easily clear all danger. Dawson 5 if °* the teachers' full-backs. At times Yorke brought of! some clever work -he should check giving "sticks" so much. Birkett, centre-half, was safe, and his aggressive work was of a high order. Giles and Mayhill claim first mention of the forwards. Robertson was the outstanding back for St. Luke's, and he repeatedly extricated his side from difficult situations. The Pearson brothers and Appleby were responsible for many good attacks, but could not press home their efforts through lack of support by the halves.