Carlton Narrowly Leads Women’s Hockey

Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31096, 27 June 1966, Page 10

Carlton Narrowly Leads Women’s Hockey

The ninth round of the senior women’s' played in fine weather on heavy, bumpy grounds, which maue Trapping difficult. *•- 4ft ft* ftft*A ft* ■■ i 1

Carlton retained its narrow half-point lead by beating West and Aranui’s defeat of Digbys gave it second place in the competition. Results: Carlton 3, West 0; Aranui 3, Digbys 0; Harewood 2, Rawhiti 0; University 9, Hornby 1. Points are.—Carlton 7L Aranui 7 , Harewood 6}, Digbys 6, Rawhiti 4L University 2i, Hornby 1, West 1. ARANUI v. DIGOYS Aranui’s superior experience and speed enabled it to beat Digbys. whose Torm was rather disappointing. Aranui was more successful in building attacks on Its right flank, which Digbys had great difficulty in countering. J. Hart, in goal for Aranui. made some good saves, and F. Musson and J. Morris showed good combination, which enabled them to break up many Digbys attacks. Aranui’s best defender was .A. Ruston, at right-half. All Aranui’s forwards were lively on attack and backtackled assiduously on defence. F. Thompson took advantage of a liberal supply of ball to make some dangerous breaks on the right wing, and J. Davies hunted the ball relentlessly in the centre of the Held. S. Cowles used her speed and anticipation to advantage at left-inner and was a constant threat to the Digbys defence. Digbys was under much pressure. particularly in the second half, and the tendency of the backs to rush their tackles contributed to that. S. Riches played another sound game at centre-half, her good positional play, trapping and passing enabling her to make many midfield interceptions. Of the forwards, B. Turbott and M. Morris back-tackled well and made every attempt to breach the Aranui defence by quick passing, but they lacked support. Aranui’s goals were scored by S. Cowles (2) and J. Davies. HAREWOOD v. RAWHITI Harewood's victory in this game was largely because of its superior defence. Quick covering and accurate passing

provided its forwards with a liberal supply of the ball. Rawhitl’s forwards were unable to penetrate the defensive barrier. and lack of close marking by the Rawhill defence enabled Harewood to maintain Pr j’ Murray and G. Saunders tackled resolutely and made manv interceptions. The halves. S. Lynch, J. Capstick, and M. Poulsen, provided good support on attack. . The forwards were not as impressive because they were slow to the ball and lacked anticipation. Inaccurate passing led to the breakdown of attacking movements. L. Rutledge back-tackled well and her accurate passing sorely tested the Rawhiti defence. Rawhiti’s poor positional plav on defence and Inaccurate clearances meant that its forwards had limited chances on attack. A. Rouse worked hard at centre-half, and H. back-tackled well and provided useful support on deep defence. Her passing to the right enabled J. Haves, on the rightwing, to make some strong runs. J. Murray and L. Rutledge scored Harewood’s goals. CARLTON V. WIST Olthough Carlton was never in danger of defeat, Its win was not particularly impressive because of faulty trapping and passing, and slow covering by the defence. . . , Both backs. M. Bruhns and L. Drummond, made some good interceptions and cleared strongly, and S. Comer was sound at centre-half t providing her forwards with close support on attack. G. Phillips, at centre-forward, made some quick solo breaks and A. Howman hunted the ball effectively at left-inner. West showed improved form by relying more on passing and combination than usual. The team also showed more determination and at times had Carlton badly bustled. K. Wilkinson. at left-back, trapped well and passed constructively, and D. Donaldson, on the rightwing. was West’s best forward, with her speed and ball control. R. Kuskis (2) and A. Howman scored Carlton's goals. UNIVERSITY V. HORNBY In spite of predictions to the contrary, University defeated Hornby decisively and in doing so ran up the biggest score of any team so far this season. In the first half, particularly, the University forwards gave a fine display of short passing

In conjunction with the buildup of attacks down the right Bank. J Paget was always a threat because of her speed nad stickwork. J. Fisher, at centre-for-ward, distributed the ball well and was prominent In the circle, and J. Timms, at left wing, was responsible for returning play to the right with quick accurate passes. G. Palloon trapped well at rightback. and P. Marshall mads some good saves in goal. Hornby’s lack of covering and marking on defence was clearly exposed by University's short-passing game and this limited the chances of its forwards on attack. However, they hunted the ball with determln atlon and In the second half they bustled the University defence Into errors at times. J. Flnnie was Hornby’s best player. University's goals ver. scored by J. Fisher (s>. T. Minehan <2>. J. Timms and T. Paget. M. Bennett scored Hornby’s goal.

Lower Grade Results

Lower-grade results were: Senior Reserve.—Shirley a, Rawhiti 3; Teachers’ College 4. Harewood 2: Burnside 2. Dlgbys 1; University 3, Cranmer 1. Second Grade.—Aranut 5. Digbys 0: Hlnemoa 1. Btirnside 0: Teachers’ College 2. Christchurch West 2: Linwood rtgh School 2. Harewood 0. Third Grade.—Belfast 1. Carlton 0: Burnside 16. Dlgbys 1: llagley High School 1, Shirley 0; Hornbv 5, Pacific 0. Fifth Grade.—Shirley 3. Digbys 1; Rangiora 3. Harewood 0. Sixth Grade.—Hinemoa 3. West 1; RaWhiti 4, Shirley 1; Dlgbys 4, School for Deaf 2. Seventh Grade.—Dlgbys 2. Rawhiti 1: Hornby 3. Belfast 1.

Revaluations. — The Valuation Department has begun revaluing the Rangiora borough and the Hornby riding of the Paparua county. The branch manager of the department (Mr V. R. Aitken) said that the valuations would not be completed before October, 1967.