HOCKEY.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 605, 7 September 1909, Page 7

HOCKEY.

PBINGING HOME-THE SHIELD. ■\-THE TEAM'S HECBPXION.' 1 ■«'/;. •The hockey representative team, /which defeated "Auckland on . Saturday afternoon,*. at Victoria returned by . the through-.train yesterdaj'afternoon, Tho winners have secured the-.New..'!tealand; Hockey Association's shieldl which they'brought with them, and'it is now in the; qafo; of tlio secretary of the :Wellington Mr. L. E. Christie.; 'i'th only• ipscriptiong en' it arc i " Auckland,. : ; 100/,"- , and ,' "Auckland,, will, however, soon bear the nlark;: Wellington, I 'l9o9'.''.'. That.; it m-J. lpng 'remain here—suprema a.situ, as ; it' were— is, of course; the desiro of local hobkey players.. It Was won; in the first instance' by- Auckland, who defeated a number, of small,'associations, owing to the fact that ''Wellington 'drew' with Canterbury' in 1807: Since then, it has had to bo contested' for 'on Auckland's own ground, and: Wellington Is tho team that has' won' if! there.V On- Saturday .Wellington,' put a. fair teamVmot". tfcoir - tho field,;, but. it had been- sent north- not without hope. - Auckland' JM sent a touring team south, : whioh,gained great combination, but' -for this particular, gajiio they. niadei the mistake ,6f <.substituting •.'reputation'' players fpr' : tlio6e who really kuew .one another's' play. •* As a,result tho defenders of ..the shield exhibited .very littlo combination, and Wellington had the best of tbd:match from start to finish. " ' Speaking. to our representative, Mr'.. ,W. J. Organ, chairman-of the Wellington Association. Olid.captain,of the representatiya team) said:—; "After the'first uight or ten minutes I know wo' must wih.-Wben.we.arrived, "jve hict thousands, of people,' who did not give lis a chancel, .They ,fcnoW;that the: defenders bad a in the field, and that it would take a remarkable combin'ation.'itoCbeat themV - As: a matter of fa'ctj' however,. there' ,was -not' a man,, in our '.yho-.-Ws.i.'off-cplour,'. l Every 'luan was. in extraordinary ! form.'J-The.raj were ;.no; sluggards —no-pa&eiagers.i Every man fully deserved' his 1 piace, and, on the' wlfole, thp Aucklanders i\;ero. but-cla&e'di..o!OurjMeri i simpli7 i excel)ed'.'tihem-. .'selves^',:'And;/I' would''.liko .to:" add •••thiss;'. yfi.woro 'treated right; royally.-i The .Auckland are- real sports., --They,- '.eipe&led'rtb?' win, ; b'dt as'; they, did ' not .they ' took-* their' : beating'; like-' n|en and real sport?; andif the 'Shield' i 9 taken' from : ,us' : l hope, it'will bo byVAuckland."' '•? Congratulatory , telegrams", we're recei ve<J; by tho - team from - Messrs. A. L.; Herdmah,' M.P., H;':Willis,' M v 'Luckie, S. Hickeon, TV Ashbolt,, IV,'Levers, ;}C"C.; Morpeth,'-'Sanders, P.- G. BoU ton,"and .the. Wanganui , Hookey Asso'ciatiOii. Quito a' number; .weres awaiting their arrival, 1 and us. the; trim Jejuni■ in : they' -wero v Kkrtily 'ohftred,v''."''" -i j. vAt a-. ieception-;in. ; .the .afternoon, • Mr. Mi Luckje; io.the absenoo of Mr.Pearson/heartily; congratulated, the team' on ;their- vlctdry.' : -.-Mr.' !'W.i:J. -Organ-'suitably • replying ,; Tho latter again ;paid ;.a:.'tributo ~to . the cordiality ' and friendship'of, the Auckland players. During the reception the > announcement was 1 -' mado that F. Ashbolt and S.-Weybotirno ,'ivould play for United next year. • . ;'7. ; .V- S . V-Several; members of ;tho Wanganui ; touring' team ; wefo'present, dhd! they, heartily congratui lated Wellington on their win, Mr. .Marshall. Jieing tho spokesman. The' absentees who stayed on at- Auckland .were Messrs. llarty and Hickson, Danes, and Dwyer.

THE W VJNGANUI MATCH' 'The' team, to play AVahgauui this : afternoon is a§ follows;— ' --~ .' Goal, W. Q. Morpeth; right full-back,.lvib-blewhitej - lefi. 'iParton; .right, half, ;Christie: centre,,,jlonaghanleft, Dawson; right* wing, Organ; right inside, D. 'S. Smith; : bully, Elliott; left inside, Loader; left wjng;' G, Smythe. : This match 'npt coui|t for the' shield. '