HOCKEY.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 579, 6 August 1909, Page 7

HOCKEY.

; ; ' •bepresentatiyes.. ■■..." ~■■';;w aikahapa(3) ;v. wellington.-;(1)..; .' . Wellington , . Wednesday representatives tried .conclusions.with the Wairarapa representative team .at > Masterttin ■ yesterday. ,Tho . Wellington iteara played .in- red: Wairarapa -in black. .-Prqm the bully-off, Wellington pressed hard, .but from; a free hit,, Wairarapa, oamo down into, the '-Red's':circle,' and just missed, the..shot being Well saved, by Arthur (Wei-, lington)... ; ■ . play, , followed, but eventually, after a good bit of passing, Tunnicliife scored for:the, Blacks. 1-4).'. Tho iEcds now pressed hard, and..the ball,-after being, in;the,cfrile for a feW. seconds... went out to James, On Hie wing, .who shot a beautiful gdal from a Very difficult angle..-I—l. .No further incident of .note■ occurred during the first sptlL On resuming, -play kept;in field for. some-, time,..-, when, the- Blacks got agreat rush on, and pressed the ,Reds ; hard/ but M'Dpwell saved by finding tho lint.' Prom the'■ thfbw-out,; Jamte ' se'ourejl ' ball . and dashed down the lino, but, after getting'tb tho circle,.was ' obstructed by .Fisher., 'From tho corner hit- the Blacks cleared and made -a' good rush down the field, which was woll stopped by . Jlearns. A dangerous Black attack then developed, >but M'Dowell Saved well. Bed's then pressed, , and; a corner-hit ,'was ■given against the 'Blacks, the. shot just missing, 'the ball going over the top Of the net. After ■'a lot of 'field play ■_&' great rush followed, which saw."TUnnicliffe get away, ■ and Bcore a goal;/: 2-1. Prom '.the bully, Wellington got dbwh, into tho Blaoks' circle, ■ but failed' to score. From, a: corner-hit the bill' was'sent to Fisher, who :put the ball into tho net. It.was a doubtful goal,, but the, reforea allowed it. 3—l. After a lot ofeven play, and without any addition to the score, ■ the game thus .ended-in favour of-Wairarapa by -3 goals to; 1. "\Mr., Rosser was referee. .. , ... ■..:. ... ... '

"■.,.-'>' : AND JIXTUEES. :. ; ■ .'. :Owing to the belated arrival of' many ( ■ of. the ehonlpionship results from club secretaries and referees, the Match Committee of the Wellington Hockey. Association have been delayed in drawing thi flxluresfor the second round of the third-class dhanipipnehip.. Tho fixtures and grounds for. nest Saturday are published below, and the Vemaiader for the rest of the season will, be ; published'at the beginning of noxt Week. Owing to thert being senior matches and the "nature of the^oitj , . reserves,'-it-has been decided to redistribute■' tho. grounds as , V /.'..: ■'• :'■-. -...', ■■ ■:.. ■ Junlor.'-Victoria College A "r. Metropolitan, Day's Bay, No. 2;. Vivian v. Wesley, Day's Bay, *No. 3; Gregg's Vi St, Patrick's College, Duy'tl Bay, No. 4; Victoria College B v. Welliugton, Day's Bay, No." 5; United v. iPetdne, Petone; Y.M.C.A. v. Wellington ground; Government Life y. Kareri, Karori. ' Third.—Victoria College > A v. ■' Goverriment Life, Viviaft ground! Wellington,v. Metropolitan, Y.J-r.C.A.; .Victoria. College .B v. St. Patrick's 'College,' Thorndon; Pctone v. Weeley, Peloiiei-Gregg's,,a by*. ,•;..-, ■~ ; . It will.be seen frorti the above that no games will be played on No. .1, Day's -Bay, it having been decided to play no matches, on that ground until after the Auckland match on August 14. '. ' MANAWATU CHAMPIONSHIPS. \ -.' (By Tclecritpii.-rreSs A»siieiatli)».l : ').■■' Palmcrston North, August B. The final match for the'Mftnawtu hockey championship, resulted in, a win":fo_r the Post Office teai'n, .which defeated Fhbenix by four fiouls to two/ Old Boys -had been, champions for five' siicccSsiVo years, find keen > interest was excited by their.defeat for tho first time. In the. junior final, 'High School defeated- Old Boys. In the course of the matoh one player tvas ordered oil the. field, and the whole team have, been reported .by theijofeiMforia-prdpor' ooadtiot alter ttevmatohi' "■' ■•; *. ". •