HOCKEY.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 604, 4 September 1909, Page 12

HOCKEY.

■;.','■'' '■■> ; : '<-':■'■ (Bi; Dntvmi.)v v ';V ,:v-\:.W- ---; •'The': AVelliilgtp'n'-Hockey rep'resental;ivpis' have departed,Vandi .'this afternoon, thej try conclu;. sions. with, the ~redoubtable; Aiicklandera ., on' their;oivn ground for .the' challengo Shield. Juilginß. bvtheit ;display : - on Saturday ■'; last in 'tlie. WiM nJiH c l>|a!nW4lid ••ftaipt%nresentativps, the (ehm'''is an t '»ormj''a'nd.should'liayea Waina'rTf ; >tof fr' lT ' The. enly weakness isJintba half-back line. .Alt' , .for /Christie. :■ on'k the: .right, '.;'th«re >vas : •nothing ,» .to :•!. be'i:f."desiredi ,, ■ but;.' this c'ould,,flot ; 1 h»: said: of ;.liis, companion ■',en 'the left, .Kathan Smyj:he..': r; Tliis player', did not appear, to take the. game' Seriously, and did not bestir himself sufficiently. :In'fact, .he-was .the 'only'.'.weakness,itt- an otherwise thqrougUly .repi'Mentotive team.': Tlve centre-half,: Monaghaiii: raised the hopes, of ■'.'Wellington's admirers by. his displav. In- shnrb contrast .'to his,eihibi.tion on Saturday week .in tjio: senioj , trial matoh; he played eplehdidly, putting'in.'some fine stiok'-work. Even uow, however,' ono would have preferred Campbell , in tho'position;-'but, lie.he was not availftblp, the selectors must bo ..congratulated on >. doing: .the , best- thing under the' cirenmstances.'" , .■'■':''.■•?"-.'•■"■■ "' '■ '..'.■,'. •_

The .Teiptinder of the back division calls for little• comment. .It; was' thought that' Ashbolt was an indispensable member.of tho,team, biit HnHy has proved his. worth alongside Hioksoh, and he has' thoroughly justified his inclusion. ; i Tho ; forward lino was. a , treat' to watch, tho members'moving up tho .field with 1 pretty'combinatipn. D. S.. Smith, .right inside, is the only jiewcbiuer. 'He' is'untried; blithe has-beeii giving ■ good displays lately, and should fill tho position, with credit.. ...'.! . ; - .'■ ■.'.-:.■. As to'tho'juniors on Saturday last,, the team, was a good one, and one that would probhbly defeat some of the' so'nipr elevens.'.',' Notwithetanding.tlie fact that they were outclassed by their opponents, .their di'splhy. inis not a mean one, and much' could bo'said ,on their behalf. ' \Taking;!them individually, Arnold, .in. goal, was a.tower of; Strength. He stojipcd'many \\ warni shot from Elliott and 1 iDavies. Tho fullbacks, Marshall apd'-Mprrah, we're" sound, ; but they could hot withstand 'the'■' representative forwards. , The half-back lino was good, -Tread?, well, ,'on , .tho;'left,.;|)!ing , coaspioiious by : his energetio defensive work. .-.;'-: ;'.''■ ■•'.-., , '~: •'. .'Concerning tho forwards, the chief, weakness ■was' tho' let j: inside, Wollerman. The left wing, MMCeuzie, was out by himself.: No one' in his'team came, up to his'.standard, and his pace oiid siiiart play 'won ' him bation. ; The'right wing,' liynch,'. is a very: sound, and cool ■■, player. ; , He intercepted many a pass, And. instituted quite l a' number of passing'.rushes; .None':of ■' these rushes,' ho'wover, achieved, success, principally, owing.'- to failure on tho part of his'suppovts.; The right inside, Wrigley, and tho "bully," ■ Oram- (captain), gave excellent displays. /'. ' - .'-. ..: '.'■.. : ' , . .■■■' \ .Mi'v'.C. S. Falconer has received a letter from tho' secretary of" the. English Hockey Association, which gives l an interpretation of one of ihe'rulee." "With.regard', to your question on the rules,",the writer, says, "you may'not ralsi" the'ball with a distinct hit, i.e., undercut; but,, except from a free.hitj.y'ou -may scoog it as hieh as:'ypn like." ; '.■■>':.■"■'■"'! ■:'■'.'■■'.',.'' ; ; Tho seoretary also. forwarded ■ tho." current ofHoialhandbook,' \yhich contains soine very interesting '. inforiuatipn. Tho'. book' is, nicely printed,' and 'contains ,180 page 9 'of such 'con-. tents as-.-;Bu)es' of-.tho Association,, Cploninl and Foreign Associations, Anglo-French Agreement, list , of. clubs and affiliated associations; list of records, , «tc, ,:..'.: ~ '. : : i-';-, ' Dealing .with some of these items, it appears that the affiliated associations are as follow t— Army: Hockey ASsppiatiori, Eastern. ; Counties, Midland, Northern,-.'Southern;'.Western'/'Eng; land, 'and'.N.ew South Wales, , . New Zealand, Transvaal, and' Western Australia. , International Associationst-rlrelond;;' Scotland,' . and Wales..''.'. Foreign Associations—France, . Germany, and Dutch.-.: .' ':■'. j : _ '.■■ , : Perhaps s the most. Interesting item is , the Anglo-Fronoh Agreement,' whioh reminds one forcibly of the: entente. 'The. agreement' "iirp-vjdes'that:—-"Tho English. Hockey' A'ssbbiation ancj tho'Union' des' Sbcietcs; Francaises do Sports"Athletitjues each atljor' as tho solo nssooiatipiis govcrnins hockey in , Eiißlaiid and France,, and the solo bodies compttout to' regulate iriternatidiial relations." ' The last two' .words aro. very' familiar.' ' Tho completeness of Hie entente is demonstrated in Kulp 3, which reads:—''Any olnb.or any player suspended or expelled by one: of tho associations is de jure suspendedor expelled by tho other." Tnrniris to'the records, it is shown that E;ir. land and. Franco inet at Btckenham in-.lsM?\ :.tho former, winning' by .14 goals' to nil. lint; tors were "evened ,, up! 6onie)vliatin tho follpwiiiß yenr," for nt Paris, tlie Frenchmen drew- (2 all)' with tho representatives of tho one:tinii> perfidious Albion. ."' '"' '. •'■' ■ '". ■