Hockey Great goals on good grounds

Press, 23 April 1979, Page 19

Hockey Great goals on good grounds

Senior hockey players were ap- . preciative of the much improved ground conditions at Porritt Park on Saturday, and as if in salute there was *ome excellent play!' and spectacular goals, in th*e! inter-district competition University, the team most, likel.s to appreciate the shortei . grass and faster pace of the Oval' was an exception. It had a dread ful da\ Selw\r.-ilii. • morion and struggled for its 2-1 : win. A feature of the day were the: number of excellent field goals'.

scored, and the see-saw result in .the Harewood-High School Old ;Buys game before Harewood 'drew ahead with only two min lutes remaining. I This was the best game of the day Both teams were willing to I throw all they had into attack and as a result the match was, 'played at a hectic pave. Hare wood did particularly well to I score two goals in the last 10 minutes to snatch victory . I Pegasus left it until the last 30 I seconds to score its winning goal' I against an efficient South,

Canterbury country team which ( ; throughout showed more imagi : nation and control on attack. Sydenham had a 2-1 ead against Woolston W.M < at halt .time and seemed determined to’ ‘hold it. Its main aim ;n the see ond-half was to keep forcing tin (ball deep into Woolston’s halt iThe tactic worked At Grey mouth Redvliffs had a , narrow win against a tenacious West Coast team. ’ Results and scorers were University 2 tC. G. Maister, B.

Carte:). Selu\n-Hillmortuu 1 A ’ Jurx Pegasus 2 <J Bailex. P Gai diner'. Timaru Coumrx 1 G Hall. Harewoud 4 <1 Hill. B. McLean 1 Steel 2 . High Schn< Old H<»\* 3 (M. Tillman 3i S bier. M. Peacock* Woo.mod W.Mi ! G Chalkhn* Redcliffs 2 B Beaumont. I C Munt . West Coast 1 A Schafer» GOAL FEAST In the last quarter Hareuood - overcame trapping horrors that had affected it for much of the game. It was torlunate it did because it came from 2 3 down to win 4-3. Uld Bovs started in typical fashion — at speed and had the Harewood defence struggl mg. Mike Tillman at centre-tor ward was running hard and straight and with enough conlro. to beat defenders He had good support from Geoft Deakins at inside-right and Phillip Crisp on the right-wing made several use ful runs. Al half time both teams had two goals. Harewood's were both [the result of penaltx-cornets I struck by lan Steel and Old Bovs' were scored by Tillman. i Tillman put Old Boss ahead earls in the second-half with a ■ spectacular goal that started at half-wax. The ball was switched torn the left-wing in a quick I series ot passes to Crisp He took . the ball just outside the circle and snapped a pass to Tillman • who swept on to the ball in front !of the goal and pushed it past a helpless goal-keeper.

Harewood equalised with an equally spectacular goal < hum Bhikha received the bal from the left and slipped a superb pass to the right-wing lan Hill who ran on to the ball in the circle and hit across the goalkeeper Graeme Sligo into the goal. The winning goal came just two minutes from full-time when Hill again was left unmarked His cross fourd Bruce McLean, in front-of the goal and he slipped the ball past Sligo. UNIVERSITY'S OFF DAY University was expected to waltz to an easy win against .sei wyn but nothing could have been further from the truth. The final score of 2-1 was the half time score, and was indicative of the amount of scrappy and error-rid-den play, mainly from University, in the second-half. Chris Maister put the maroons ahead after 13 minutes from a penalty-corner, but the champion side could not find top gear and as the game wore on Selwyn became more confident and harpassed University into many errors. After 25 minutes Tony Jury equalised. He trapped a clearing hit at the top of the circle and dribbled his way towards the goal. The umpire's whistle blew for an infringement as Jury pul the ball in the net but the goal was awarded. The University forwards were upset by the close marking of the Selwyn players, but fixe minutes from half-time Brian Carter, took the ball on, the 25 yard line and dribbled past player after player before poking the ball into the goal with a despairing dive from two metres out. After the change it was Selwyn who made the initial play and a penalty-coiner in the first minute was well saved by Rodger Mcllarg in goal. University tried desperately to lift its play throughout the half but its ci forts were futile. The forwards in particular had great difficulty trapping cleanly and as a result

i lost much possession tv Selw.'H Rarrv Maister. usually a pi.’a: oi strength in the furward me haC a dreadful second-half His tr.is ping was below Mandatd and was robbed of the ball sevetq times Jury at centre half was Bairj Master s shadow 4■' mg him n< room lu mow Hr was the out standing Selwxn pla.vei (?a | Burtt at left-half lacked little i| compai ison He (tapped an| tackled splendidlx iu the taee • the strong I nix visit v 1 ight-flar.k. SYDENHAM DOMINANT Sydenham nc'et looked it great danger ot losing aguu * Woolstun although in tti< 10 min utes betol e the interval Wool stun attacked strongly ant scored its only goal With a Int i lui k it might have scored a sec ond but well marshalled by deb ham defence coped with tin pressure Sydenham was without its at tacking inspiration Steve Am bier, but the remaining torwardi made good use of the bad thq received Mid had the wini .Woolbion defence on the dcicn sice for much of the match Hat lit not been for the steadiness <1 -the one veteran in the WoulsUi defence. Tom Brennan, the acoii might have been three 01 luui goals greater

Sydenham's goals tame from 1 penalty-s 1 tukv by Murray Peg , cock and a penalty -cornel b| Ross Ambler, while Woulshl |missed a chance to be on lexq , terms at half time alter SteM Barrow missed a penalty-«trok<

1 Just minutes before half-111m Jeff Chalklm scored Woulston) 1 goal and it was a superb effort A hit from the right lifted a 1 waist height across the goal 1 Chalkiin diving forward got hi 1 stick to the ball and guided I > past a flat-footed Marty Fill l simons in goal In the second-half Svdenh.ni kept thumping the ball to its fur • wards and Woolston seemed at 1 loss to counter these tactic*. PEGASUS FORTUNATE Pegasus was the luckiest tea 1 • to take the field on Saturday ( [ struggled to hold a South Canter bury side full of vitality ant ! then in the last minute manage Jto grab the winning goal thank •to a snap reverse stick shot hi the right-wing. Jeff Bailey Pegasus scored first when Paq 'Gardiner picked up an unclear r» 'shot after a penalty-cornet Thi ; South Canterbury side mountet 'some telling attacks through it! ■ right flank Chris Leslie, on th< 1 wing, and Ross Smith at inside right, were especially dangerous Eventually it was the centre-for ward. Graeme Hall who equal hsed after a penalty-corner. Both sides fought hard for till winning in the second-hall ’ The Pegasus attacks were led b| Bailey, but he lacked suppor 'until the team coach. Bob Bed appeared as a substitute and s was a break by the latter thd led to the eleventh hour goal h| Bailey. South Canterbury lost nothini in comparison to the PegasU forwards Its weakness VM 1 defence where the cover w;i . slow and the trapping was sum pect at vital times EVEN GAME Redcliffs was a little fortunaq [to beat the West Coast in a clotq sand interesting game. Each sic'i J scored a first-half goal Redd jiffs a field goal, and the < oast ( 1J from a penalty-corner struck bj Alan Schafer.

I Redcliffs took the lead thre| • minutes into the second-half bii I'spent a good deal of the remain der of the match on defence The West Coast attacked xigoa Jously for much of the half bui could not score the equalising goal.