HOCKEY

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1175, 10 July 1911, Page 8

HOCKEY

CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES. X M.C.A. DEFEATED BY UNITED. Karcri 6 Wellington 2 Victoria Col 3 Wesley 2 United 3 Y.M.C.A 1 The championship matches were resumed hi>t Saturday under the bc>t weather conditions United, who were defeated in the , first round by i'.M.C.A., succeeded, after a hard and fast game, in defeating their opponents on Saturday. UNITED-Y.M.C.A. From llu; commencement of play Y.M.C.A. carried play into their opponents' circlo. and obtained a corner, but nothing resulted. Still keeping up Hie attack, Y.M.C.A.'s wing, Loader, lost a good chance by oft Vide play. From a free-hit, the United forwards carried the hall to Ihe other end, but A. l.'arton s-e----curod, and sent it to Loader, vrho rushed the United circle, only to be stopped by Esley. I'lay remained in United sij for soine" time, but the V..M.C.A. forwards wero too t-!ow when an opportimilv to (•.core occurred. A free-hit relieved United, and plav moved down field, where R. l'arton obtained the ball, and once more attacked, but. the defence could not bo penetrated. The United forwards now attacked, and Organ centred, but Andrews wa.- penalised for being offside. United still continued to press, but chances were lost on two occasions by oilfide play. For an infringement in Hip circle bv a Y.iI.C.A. player, a penalty was given, and Collins (United) scored the first goal. R. Tarlon (Y.M.C.A.) broke away, Imt King (United) stopped him, and sent the ball to tlio line. The Y.M.C.A. forward.- carried, play iulo their opponents' circle, where RolHrtson penalised his sitlp by obr-iinctiiis- The United backs put in" sonic good work, and cleared their goal, and King, receiving the ball, sent it on to his forward?, but Holmes'and A. I'arton staved off the attack. Loader once again secured, but the United backs were hard men to beat. The full-backs on bolk tides now did somo hardhitting, which ended in tho Y.M.U.A. left-wing securing, inul plaj was carried into their opponents' circle. From a corner hit, the United forwards obtained the ball, and broke away, but A. J'arton (full-back) stopped their progress, and securing the ball near the half-way line, ran through the opposition and equalised the score. United broka away from the bully-olf, and attacked, some hot shots lioiiig: well stopped . by, the Y.M.C.A. backs. The Y.M.C.A. foiwards now took a turn, and piny was removed (bwn-lield, where Loader centred .to lioberlson, who failed to stop and lo?t a good opening. A few minute? later this Kimc player, in centring with his forwards in a good positku, sent the ball behind them, United backs clearing. The ; spell ended one all. United had the best of the second spell, their forward* showing sonic sood passing rushes, ana keening Y.M.C.A. on the defensive. After several attempts to break through tin; defence of the Y.M.C.A. backs, the ball reached tho circle, and from a scramble Collins secured tTnitcd's secend goal. Y.M.C.A. now al lacked, but their forwards showed no combination, and Organ (right-wing) secured, sending a long pass to Smythe, the ball eventually coming back to the right-wing when in the circle, but his shot went widr , . The United forwards found 1!. l'arton (Centre-half) a difficult man to pass, and this player put in a good run, but his forwards failed to do the.right thing when in possession of the ball.- .Eoliertsan was conspicuous by his being out of position, and M'Kldowncy set his forwards in ination, removing play to Y.M.C.A. circle, ivhcrc theball went behind.' Loader carried the ball dow:i-6eld,- and gave his forwards a chance, but they wero too alow .when.in- tho circle in hitting. Play remained iu the centre' of' the' field for Borne liino, when Loader rushed down the lino into the circle, and sent in a good shct, but Dwyer, in goal, saved. Smyfho. (United left-wing) was instrumental'- in removing "play inio Y.M.C.A. circle, where Andrews managed to find the nst. Y.M.C.A. now attacked, but were turned back by M'Eldowney and Hxley, whose defence throughout the game was sound. From the centre of thu field, Y.M.C.A. tried to reach their opponents' circle, b\;t their right-wing failed to pass, and play returned to half-way, when time was called. Mr. Carver was the referee. '

VICTORIA COLLEGE V. WESLEY,

Victoria College, playing with five juniors, defeated Wesley at Karori on Saturday. The College were on the attack for Ihe greater part of the iirst spell, but could not break down.the defence set up by Wesley, whose forwards fell back and assisted the backs. When in a. good position the College players usually spoilt their chances by giving "sticks."' Oram, Strack brothers, and Rigs played well for College during this spell, which ended in neither side scoring. In the second spell Wesley opened up play, and Keys was successful in securing the first goal of the match. College now attacked, and G. Strack equalised the score. The forwards on both sides were making the pace hot, and AVesley reached their opponents' circle, where Smith scored .their second goal. College now rushed play down the wing, and Reed once again equalised the score. The College now continued to attack, nnd G. Strack sent in a shot that the AVesley goalkeeper stopped, but failed to hit out o/ tb; circle. This resulted in C. Strack having a shot, but this was also stopped, the goalkeeper sending it out. to Reed, who hit hard and secured the winning goal. Mr. Forrest was the referee. '

KARORI V. WELLINGTON

This game was played on Xo. 1 ground, Day's Bay, and though iho leaders in the championship secured a win, Wellington, playing with only ten men, in the second spoil managed lo break through the defence.

The Wellington team played only one full-back, and this caused considerable trouble to the. Knrori forwards, who were penalised by off-side play. Karori attacked but AVellington cleared, and give-and-take play ensued. The Black forwards' combination wns too good for Ihe Wellington full-back, who could not stop the passing rushes, and the first spell ended in Davies ('-) and Lewer (1) scoring for Kanri. In the second spell AVellington managed to reach their opponents' circle, and were successful in scoring through the agency of Porter and Dunn, and Davic.s added tlnee more goals for Karori. . The la>t spell was not taken seriously by either side, the Karori for-

wards doing a.- they liked when in po.-sos-::on of the ball. On the Wellington side, Hall (epiilrc-jalf) nml M'Hoiißail (wingforward) were Hie only players who played up to senior ferin. O. Dnvics (icH- r insidei secured live t;oal> for the winners. Mr. Ondall controlled the game. L REPRESENTATIVE TEAM. TO I'LAY IUAYKK'S BAY. Mr. 11. V. Walton has selected the following team to meet Jlawko's Bay for the Shield nn July 22:— Cioal-keepcr: U. Dwyer (United). ' Full-lxicks: Jiighi. ('. J-lickson (Uniled), captain; left, Ivibblewhite (Victoria ColHalve?: Hight, Biirbidge (Victoria Col- ' leße); centre. Campbell (Karori); left, Thompson (.United). Forwards: Kighf-wing, Halek (Victoria College): right-inside, Murphy (Karori); centre, G. Strack (Victoria College); in-pidp-lcft, C. StracU (Victoria College); leftwing, Loader (Y.M.C.A.). JUNIOR. Unite'd defeated (rovernment Life, by 3 » goal? to 2. The piny was fast and even, United being continually penalised for obstruction, and the backs on lwth sides for sticks. Mr. C. P. M'Kenzie was referee. (Iregg's wore defeated by St. Mark's by 3 goals to 2. Mr. M. Luckie reforeed. Victoria College A (2) defeated Y.M.C.A. Karori defaulted to Victoria College B. THIBD CLASS. Government Life defeated Sutt Valley bv 2 goals to 1. 'St. Mark's (5) defeated Gregg's (2). AUCKLAND MATCHES. ißr TciosrapU—Press Association.) Auckland, July 8. The senior hockey matches resulted ns follow.—Auckland beat I'onsonby by 3 ipals lo nil, University beat United by r 3 goals to one. North Shore beat l'arnell by i goals to one. . l LADIES' MATCHES; SENIOR. Ramblers (1) drew with Hinemoa (1). . The scorers were: Miss Macdonnell (Earn- '. biers'! and Miss Caldwell (Hinemoa). Mr. j C. Campbell refereed. | Petone were defeated by College Old ! Girls, by 2 goals to 1. Misses Charles- I worth and Woodward scored for tho win- i ners, and Miss Watt for the losers. Mr. g Carver was referee. JUNIOR. ftarnblers were defeated by Girls' College by 3 goals to nil. -Miss 1). Mellor had the misfortune to receive serious injury to one of her kneecaps, and had to retire. For the winners, Miss Burr (2) and Miss S. Mellor scored. ,fo , , Celtic defeated College Old (,'lfls by ■(■ goals to nil. The winners, especial y their wing-forwards, gave a good display of hockey. Misses O'Leary (2), Lang, and Nolan scored for tho winners. PALMERSTOX .IJF.SULTS. (By Teleeraph—Special Correspondent.) Palmerston North, July 8. The ladies.' hockey matches to-day _ re-sulted-.-Obakea (SandoiO t beat Tecnmcal School 1; Wanganui Co lege A \ beat High School A 3; High School B i beat Wanganui College B 2.