HOCKEY.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 585, 13 August 1909, Page 8

HOCKEY.

AUCiaAND V. WELLINGTON. vMueh interest is being taken in tho representative hookey match which is to be played between the 4.uckland touring-team; a'n<J a local eleven at Day's Blty .to-mort'ovf'tifternoon.' The importance of tha-contest lies in its bearing on the shield, foi; Wellington is sending a teani to Auckland on September 4 ; to endeavour to seoure possession of the coveted trophy. / The team to bo ;m<it on that .day will be ' stronger than the Auokland team, to be encountered tomorrow. .The visitbrs;wiil' the Manawntji express this evening, and will' stay at the New;' Occidental HdteV Boats leave trie Perry -Wharf at 1.15 p;m. and 2.80 p.m. The Wellington team is as follows:—Goal, Divyer; full-backs, Harty and'Hickson; halves, Daweon, King, and Christie! forwards, left-wing, Smythe j ■ inside left, Davies; centre, Elliott j" inside right, Wheatley;. right wing, Loader. Loader replaces Willis,; who : has been trans-. ferred to Bulls for a month. In view of the representative matoh, other local fixtures' have been postponed.' The referee will bo Mr. K. C. Horpeth.

AUCKLAND AND WANGANUI. I3y Teloßraph.-Frcos AsaoclatloE.l - Wanganui, August 12. The Auckland representative hockey team played their first match on tour at Wanganui this afternoon,-the game ending in a draw. The weather was'perfect, and the ground in good- order/ the attendance being' over a thousand; The first spell was in favour of the visitors, and Smythe scored by following up a Shot from, a line hit. In the second spell the Wanganui forwards, showing better combination, kept the visitors on tho defence, and Soler scored from a rebound from the .goalpost. Spear, Cavo, and Miller were the pick, of the local team. The Auckland half-back line was excellent, and Barry. and Smythe were the best forwards., Tho visitors were continually penalised . for,' obstruc-' • tion and carrying, the ball. Mr. W. Miller was Tcferee. : waiearapa v. dannevirke. • Carterton, Augnst 12. The hockey matoh, Wairarapa v. Dannevirko, played at,Dannevirke to-dny, was won by Wairarapa, by 8 goals to 2. . . ' , LADIES' TOURNAMENT. . ; (by Telcgrarli-Prcss Association.) . -• Napier, August 12. The secretary of the Hiiwke's Bay Hockey Association has received the following ten entries in tho senior grade for the forthcoming ladies' championship hockey tournament, to be held in Napier and. Hastings commencing on August 20:—Auckland, Tarannki, Wellington,' Nelson, 'Horowhenua (ono team each), Wairarapa, and Hawke's Bay, (two teams each). Owing 1 to tlie smallness of the entries in tho junior grade (.three) it has been decided not to hold this competition. .