Australian Hockey Team Beats Buller
WESTPORT, Aug. 11. In a fairlv even displav of hockey t\l:ieh dcliglited the Iarge crowd at lb -tport today, tlie touring Australian Te-uu defeatcd Buller by two goals to f 11 .e, Tlie visitors scored in the lirst te;> minnles when Buller were unsettled, but for the rest of the ganif, the vivitors, although plaving more . spei-t aeular hockey, had iiothing over | the loeals. Actually the Buller forward Hue was most iinpressive with the i former Canterbury represeutative, E. Hadidilfe, L. Barry aud .T. Euart outDanding. In the Buller half line, N. Dillovie and T. Eggleton were in great 1m m. Onlv for the great goal-keeping of J. Pointon, who was ealled on to save more than the, Buller man, Australia must, liave lost. D. Siggs also played a brilliaat game at fuli-baek, while F. Biowne and D. Wise were in line form in the Australian lTont line. Por Australia, Browne and P. Kennedy seored goals and B. Norgate netted for Buller,
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Chronicle (Levin), 12 August 1948, Page 5
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