HOCKEY.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1510, 5 August 1912, Page 8

HOCKEY.

TRYING DAY FOR PLAYERS. SENIOR KESULTS. Victoria College 5 Wcllinnton 2 United 4 Metropolitan ... 4 Karori 2 Wesley 0 .Dtispifp the wrelchpil weather on Saturday, thosp in charm? decided that Hie city hoclcpy games would be played. Needless to say. the grounds wore in a shocking contlilwn, nnd all Hip Ki.mes-breams move mud scramble-;, where the ability to gain a footing: was the most, important feature. Hockey was out of the question. COLLEGE- WELLINGTON. FliiMiod with fiucce.ss by their recent mcmornblft victory over ICareri, Welling- , ton certainly thought Hint they had a fair chance against the Collegian?, but No. 1 ground, Day's Bay, was in such a ' miry state Hint good play was out of tho ; question. Wellington, went away from tho "bully," but (he attack was of thert i duration, for College soon rolled thorn > back. Eight down tho centre of the field they went, C. Strack, George Strack, and ' Beexe leading, and when they reached tho , scoring arena, C. Strack capped the effort . with a fine gool. "Hockey one, shinty i two, cherry three," and away went the Collegians again, right through the "ft'el- ■ lington centre, into tho goal-mouth, and then from G. Strack's stick into tho very net. College, 2—o. Livened by this, tho Blues now played up better. Hay, on tho wing, made several Rood runs, but always slipped at the crucial moment. Salek, too, occasionally sailed down the wing, but on those occasions he, too, found mother earth, Eventually the ball was carried across the , field, and Eecd was awny in possession, hut the ground was trcachcTou<i, and the chanoo was lost. Then College came at it again; Beere, Griffiths and the two Stracks indulging in some pretty passing, till G. Strack finished eft" with a shot that gave Morpeth no hop?. Still the Collegid'-is hammered away, and .now C. Strack sent in a good shot, and their tally was four goals. Wellington then played up, and Armstrong was conspicuous for srund defence. Just before half-time Paul secured, and scored a grand gonl, and the tally then was:— College, i goals; Wellington, 1. The players just turned about without stopping, and Wellington became vigorous at the jump. Time after time they swept down the field, but thoir efforts were unrewarded. Collese seemed to have more luck in their passes, for C. Strack nfter a fine run notched another goal. s—l. Wellington still peppered away, however, Harty and Forth being conspicuous for good work, nnd just before time Mtirrell sent in n gfal, and tho game 1 ended:—College, 5 goals; Wellington, 2 ■ goals. ; Mr. C. P. M'Kanzie was referee. ! METROPOLITAN-UN ITED. ; No 3 ground, Day's Bay, is always, the ' worst ground ou wet weather, and, on Saturday, frogs would have bnen moro at ' home than hockey players. The field was [ frightful, and the hockey farcical. Bang i went the sticks hard all day, but the •• ball simply would not travel. Metropoli- • tan opened .by attacking strongly, and ■ the effort resulted in Blackburn register- ; ing a good goal. The succeoding play . was distinctly scratchy, but, eventually,. United, headed by Collins on the. wing, '. made a rush, and when in the circle Boyd J secured and equalised the scores. Metvo- , politan continued to hold the upper hand, [ and Blackburn, soon shot his second i goal. United now infused' more dash ■ into their play, and Smythe, v Andrews, and ; Boyd tried hard to score, but the defence ' was sound. Shortly before half-Hmo the ' Rod and Black became aggressive, and ' M'Gregor niado thoir score read' three • goals. The tiwms turned round, and United • gamely struggled on in the mud. They • wore two goals behind, but Andrews soon ; reduced the- Metropolitan load to one. ' I'la.y was now ragged, bnt Metropolitan again attacked to some purpose, for Clark ; added-'another goal,'and the score read: [ Metropolitan, 4 goals; United, 2 goals, i United ,now realised their position, for i they attacked strongly, and eventually > Smythe found tho net. Still they were ' one goal in the rear, but Boyd soon 1 brought relief to his side by. scoring the : last goal, and the game ended in a draw ; ~i goals each. ■ llr. J. W. Geudall was referee. [ KARORI-WESLEY. Ivarori Park is so situated that it holds tho Tain vory well, and, consequently, J after the week's weather, the ground was '■ a quagmire. ■ Hero Wesley and Karovi t faced each other. Like all the other • games, hockey was beside the question. 1 It was simply.aii exhibition of individual ' Hashes, a slip' in the mud—a splash in \ the water, aud then, perhaps, a goal— r perhaps not. As was expected, Karori • won—but not by sueli a large margin. I Soon after opening, the Blacks becamo ' aggressive,, and Parton found the net from a scramble. Karari, I—o. On such a ground hard-hitting was essential, but even then the ball, oft-times' refused to bndgc And so the game continued, and when half-time, soundei, tho teams, merely re- : versed, nnd, lnu'd-bespattered, they strng- - gled on. It would have been better to cry v enough. Slip, slide, mud, and slush . were still the order, but at length Parton ■ secured another goal for the Blacks. This II was the final score, iind i Karori were Mi 9 winners by 2 goals to nil. 3 JUNIOR MATCHES. ' St. Mark's (11 goals) v. : Wesley (0). Karori (1 goals) v Collego A (0). St. Augustine's (6 goals) v. Gregg's (1). Hutt Valley (2 goals) v. Wellington (2 goals). ' United v. Government Insurance: United G .goals, Government Insurance 0. For United the following, scored; .Morgan 8 goals, Binghaui 1 goal, Craig 1 goal, and ' Laurie 1 goal. The game was played for , only cue spell. , THIRD GRADE. i United (11 goals) v.. Gregg's-.(0).- . Wellington. (9 goals) v. College (2).. Kilbirnio (1 goal) v. St. Mark's (1). REPRESENTATIVE TEAMS. fJie sole selector (Mr. W. 3. Organ) has chosen tho following, Jo represent Wellington against. Taranhfa next Safcnr-, day:—Goal, Dwyer; full-backs, Baker and MEldowney; halves, Parton, Campbell (captain), and Thompson; forwards, Eecd, C. Strack, G. Strack, G. Davies, and Loader. Reserves, Aicken and Boyd. The following are tho players chosen to represent Wellington in the match Wellington v. Wairarapa next Saturday: ; -Tiuney (Gregg's), \ T. Spiers (K«rori),. ' K. Spiers (Karori), Haigh (Wellington), Martin (K.Y.M.1.), Smith (United), Hogg , (Victoria College)) Brookcr (Knron), L. i Webley (St. Augustine's), Cleghorn '(Vic- . torin College), M'Dougall (Wellington). ■Reserves—Back, Gnrr; forward, Mnrrell. THIRD-CLASS TEAM. The following third-class representative i team has been picked to play against ! Wairorapa junior B team next Saturday ' on arrival of the 1.15 boat:—Goal, Gow ■ (Wesley); full-backs, right, Smith (Kilbirnie "Anglican), left, Dawson (Gregs's); halves, right, Brocket* (St. Mark's), centre, Krebs (Gregg's), left, Thornton United); forwards, right wing, Bollnn (Kilbirnie), centre, Schulenberg (Gregg's); left inside, Fouhy (Gregg's); left- wimr, Foss (St. Mark's). Re<--ervo-?-Gordon, Edwards, Ashwin, nnd Kichards. LADIES' GAMES. Though it rained all tho timp the Indies played their matches, and though the conditions wero very disagreeable for them, they stuck to their games to the last. Many of the games were only seven a-side. ■Ramblors B nnd Girls' College met on No. 1 ground, Day's Bay, mid tho result wns a drawn game—no score. Mr. J. W. Gemiall was referee. College Old Girls A defeated Ilercwhini after a mud scramble on No. 3 ground by 3 goals to nil. Misses Shearer (2) and Woodman scored. Mr. Sorrell was roferre. Petono District High School (3) defeated I'd one Ladies (1). St. Augustine's just managed to defeat Rnta by 2 goals to 1. Ramblers A easily defeated Collepre Old Girls Bby 10 goals to nil. Mr. was referee. AUSTRALIAN MATCHES. By Tclecraph—Press Association—Con-riEU', (Eec. August i, 5.. i p.m.) 1 Sydney, August 1. , In the inter-State hockey matches, Ne\c South Wales has defeated Victoria and South Australia.