HOCKEY.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 527, 7 June 1909, Page 9

HOCKEY.

CHAMPIONSHIP MATCHES;

H:Z United vwesley.) ''. • -The:ohampionship.hockey matches.wore con* itinued -at Day's ,Bny on Saturday afternoon. IhVall tho matches, .there was record scoring, -The- most important, event .was that between. United, and AVesley.'.. Had' United lost, this they-.would; have'been ■ altogether.' out of., this .'year's championship, hut they inflicted a crush: lhg.'defeat upon:-thoir opponents—an entirely nnexpc-cted; : denouement.y.■"';'; ~, .-',' ,-:'■: ■The. following tabla shows / the.. position of the teams to "date:— '■• ■ ''"•'•

' : r~y ;: ■■'■'■'' "■'■'■■'■"':" : ; ! '-a T ..' : ' , 'v ' , -g ': jj A.^-;::->r : -v^..R;:--:>- ; '--»Sv p * -Wesley ,y,-....V ; 4 : ;. -2 ;, ■'- 1': ■.'....:■} '.■•.■s :Karoriv>^;;-.r;..v : ' r-;l . v S •Vivian;"; i...V:;.„ 4 7 ' 2-: 2 ,-■""•: 0 i 'Victoria Collega ,i i M :3 0 '. 2 ■» Wellington... "■■■"...■' 4 ■': 1- 3 . 0, ,2. United-....- ';... : -4 < 3 1 .:" ,0 ■"■■•"'6 ■•T.M.C.A. '"'.;.• : ... i 4 0 '0 8 ■■', Thorndon ...- ! ;;'•■■;.. r i : .•'. .0 : : ;', 4; ;'0 : 0 '.'-. UNITE!) (9) V.HwESLEY: (2^.:• V y , ' ii In soiu« respects, the match between .United .and Wesley (deoided on No.: 1/ground, Day's '- Bay), resembled the representative ;matoh on for, in both cases, the losers showed ■"• oil. their.dash -and brilliance in the first, spell, ' but,' after that, the vira died out ef Rood deal, ■■": and; the winners ro'niped home. Froin tho bully-off, Wesley's ripsht wing swept all before "them, and .woro enabled ■ to, draw first blood. ffhey centred well, and a. shot would have Rone over .the line, but Dwyer, in goal,, instead of ; ; Jotting it go ;over, ; hit tho ball to the .Wesley . forwards, and'allowed. CDrgsnvren- to - -score. . .The' play that ensued for a while : was slightly in favour of Wesley, hut\presently.'.tho Reds •/oainoiaway witha swift passing rush. Smytha v.eent bri'to Elliott, who prissed to Day, the lat. • ter's attempt, at:goal'missing the, post. 'Aftei- . twenty.-,'minutes- play, > however, . tho Bods equalised. .Mills took a corner'"hit, and Elliott, assuming possession just.Jn. tho -circle,..shot a '..goal bright -through v the /defenders, the.'ball gliding in ' off Mnldoon's boots.-. A moment .later, Wesley replied with a spirited effort, and Smith'scored, but:scarcely.had this .been.done when Holis'(Cnited) took a shot at goal. Mul■■■■'dbon saved, but'Elliott.came up quickly, arid "'. 'registered the goal..'. An instant later, from a rush from the bully, Elliott .made, the scores ; ,-B-2.;.;'•;,. •:..;.'-'■•",.

'.From the bully in tho second spell Wesley attacked,- but .it ~wasi not long before United wero .once more on the attack, and Smythe on the' wing centred to Organ, who scored. ■ 4—2. •■■..This wa'&-followed by a fine passing rush by Wesley, but from a penalty corner, United extricated, themselves.;; The spell had only progressed". 6ome •'minutes' when ■■' - the United tcbre was further, increased—Mollis, passing to Elliott;' who';scored.; : .fr-2-?. United maintained tho. aggressive, and, in \ the circle, Organ'tran6ferred to iMills;.. who'dTd what was wanted. 6--2.'• Soon afterwards, Ronaldsbn made an 'excellent'pafs.to^Ellibtt,:who notched Uhifed's .seventh goal.- .."Very.;fast play ensued at this stage, evenness: being: the principal rcharactor-istic..-Elliott again;notohed another goal,' after {receiving the ball from Hollis. Wesley then became aggressive, .and.a aorainble ensued at the posts, but a shot at goal just missed. After further;evon play, Eonaldson centred to Hollis, .who was : again' successful. - There : was ■no further score, up to Mr. Morpeth's calling timei ;..It..is only,fair.to Wesley to say that the scere. hardly indicates the merits of the two teams. : True, United showed much superior scoring '.powers, 'But the. light; .blues- played a Using game .with;rare'.spirit, and vigour. Thev were,'-.rtioreoTer,' minus .the ' services of Uaeobsen; and, ■in consesquence; : Brown played full-back : and Mnldoon was goalkeeper. Each member of .the- -United .team ;wasin tip-top form, and- thete 'was no weak link anywhere lin the, team s machinery. ■ Special mention is due Smythe and/Elliott; who clayed their usually brilliant game, King and Day, halves, and the full-backs, Ashbelt, and- Hickson.' ;: For Wesley, the, most conspicuous player was' Christie, centre-half,-'He,-was-, in fine- form, -and was reliable in. :: both . defence and attack. ; : The wings, Dixohiand Birch, were .very.sonnd.-.but the back'division;was faulty. ' ' ■"■•■ "' i

: -;/;; Y.M.CA, (S)..V.,AVELLINGTON"(2). • ; ••; If ; any,team in the contests is "fit" and well .;.;■■ trained, Jt is; Y.M.CA.,'and,'.from> the pace 1 :[\- they set in the second spell .of.-.'.their match gainst Wellington,, ,ohe-would have thought ~:■■■ .that it could ;not. have been sustained. "How-" , ~ ever; TJifcC.A: .kept (tying- right up" 'to time, . .and, although Wellington kept np well also, " tney, tired Ter/.'percoptiblr towards the finish;" ;■•-.. In;the first spell Wellington were soon aroused - "'ths^osition.- of affairs/ and staved off .i.M.O.A.Si-first rush, in a determined way, . Smythe, centre-half for Wellington, hit hard : . (full-back) showed that he did not hold a stick for -.;._,-, nothing,'and-ioon sent Wellington half-backs ,'.y speedily to their own quarter to break up the' /..: (.passing . which .the ,tri-coloured .forwards had ' ,-.-. not taken : Jong... in .instituting. -The''first :score.;came'.:,to- Wellington, 'through a , ~; m eTO ~of.,fine t passing,,, which ..-.enabled ~■ Hollis... to .shoot. Wellington followed - this up by .nearly scoring .another, but. the 'goalA -. keeper saved well and found" the line. Y.M.CA. -then laid,siege to the 'Blue-and-White goal, ~■-. and only .a short ;timo elapsed " before -they -':- •. ,1 ! M ?.; i ™B ;to. call 1 , evens. '-. Wheatloy made the .-•-.■> .shot.. Wellington, however,"were determined to , : jpset the balance; and they appointed Walton ~.to; doithe -hitting; through.; The second spell -:....,soon -proved ■.:that; Wellington-.had .'no-time to ~, rest ;on their pars if they, wished to .-beat their ~■■- -"-.oßue- opponents,, for "tlio. pace now'.'.was- fast. t. As .the. spfK progressed, the-Wellington backs,.. ." , who had.played up to the mark, went to pieces, ~, ;, and, instead pf. "laying-the. wood on" they :, tapped feebly,: with. the, result that their-for- : w .^ s were starved. Y.M.C.A.'s backs, on the ; -..■■otherhand, were hitting hard, and accurately, ?w£ a ,w., wa ? P/esentaly able-to again send tne ball, home," leaving '"Wellington in Hin y. Wellington's forwards although- tir- ■'■■- "l 0 ?;* 11 discreditably"when they got tho •^ X- M -C.A. missed a. certain score ..by not charging;the goalkeeper, but thov ob- ;; tamed a .'corner" later, and .Ei H. Parton " ■■" altuotb daX .-.- .. ;■'? !f' iO VS\ they,mannged■ to■ keep ■'Y.M.CA. out Stow lhnKton 2-: Mr.'J.,C/Pope was.

KARORI (5) V; VIVIAN (1). -^ ■'" ?3 d * WM - ™y iim'w-imd ' fit order for a senior game, Rarori set 0ut.,0 redeem some their lost-laurel" J} . the previous. Saturday; 'Vivian were thsvlr , turn and were: defeased rath™ Sy by X S^l 10 *• ;The spell waa faiHy ior -Davis secured the second - On-changing round Murphy achieved IS' SJivira ml. Donovan,-Vivian's right-wW now narrowly missed :the ball § trikin K ™ hi' post ' IhroWhSir 8 ? 1110 -papt,:H».--Daii- ■ - Els ol and e, |S iT ■~-.:■ must have been very, much off fnrm *l , ,? todefeat ./eianlton°tte o ™ek be 'S' and were.expected'to keep Karori busy. M?' Dewdney was. referee. . : _

X yiCTORIAiCOLLEGE (9) V. THORNbON (0). :' r £iniiji( f ßiM| e:: ([:ii ie : bu ,| M j Victoria : d - orc^'a,!am ' ,' Thß Black and , Whites, : now .wakening np, matters were a little ,: more-lively,', bnt the .resistance offered did not ■ -■• ■ from adding .another score v wlim the-first-quarter of nn hour, Beere and Jilt?*H m V}" tf^ T«i>oMiM«f..Thovndon now startid to-, hit • rather wilflly, ■ and: found tho v . line mHny:tim«B, but combination in the Green .. ; vanguard enabled them to make the. score read five; to ml; at adding two to ■ the previous figures.- ;..&.• ■ BCCO id . half ;...,.po.rndon : rave on. or two flasheo of s.nio^: . tem.onorely flwhes, »nd one or two hard hits. :.lb«.-Grams, aiachjnery got going again, and ; h,'« mSi- iJv! matcU WM «rj one-iided, •• £"> ■ B1 «*:» 1 " 1 :%t» l ,ni»B .putting up -a rery- -..-.- d««PPomtm, Sskt. Fyr;!,, th P 0 ontji f 0 . was;-th. only ,un,;cap»bl. iof getting tho ' WlT#s!' aw 7A i g Bd ' *-** io support from ki.. f.lloirs. .Mr. ;Squthwick' W as refereo. ■.;JUNIOR GAMES. - ; , V - ?, ft '»*' 8 , C » 1] ««: Old Boys' defeated -Victoria College A by three goals to two, The . game was fast and keenly- contested throngh- '., out, the issue being in doubt up to the call of .-'' •^ m .?- - For. the, 01d,Boys, Francis, F. Ryan, Quuin, and B. Ryan were always prominent, while Qrjm.Xastles, and Treadwell were the ■-. pick of'the University men.■;

Government Insnrancd ' defeated . Petone by 1 goal to nil. For the winners Macdonald scorod, and Arnold played a fine gaino in iroal. ,;.;.: THIRD GRADE., Government Insurance defeated Pctono bv 6 goals to nil, the scorers being: Scott (3), Coldioutt (2), and Taylor (1). -/LADIES' ASSOCIATION. ; ST. JOHN'S (2) T. ST. MARK'S (1).: In the first spell of tho match," St. John's v. St.Mnrk's, the latter had the advantage, lead-' ■inn by one goal, Miss M. Drake being the scorer. St. John's livened up in the second spell, and Miss Baldwin centring.and following up fast, : managed to make matters even. Soon after, a smart piece- of work by the St. John's forward line onabled Miss U. Dement to add another-for St.' John's, and only the spoiling n-ovk of Miss Madeley prevented them from adding further. For tho winners, Misses U. Dement, Ij. Baldwin, Johnston, and Eichardson played Well, and for' the losers tho Misses Madeley, Drake, and M. Drake. Mr. Boglo refereed.

In the junior grade Hercawa defeated Gregg Buy 3 goals to nil. For the winners the 6cororswero Misses Theyne (2) and Croueher. ',' Ramblers drew with Haercmai on tho Petone Recreation Ground, tho score being. one goal each... Miss M'Kay scored.for Ramblers.