HOCKEY.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1552, 23 September 1912, Page 6

HOCKEY.

THE RETURN OF THE SHIELD, HEARTY WELCOME.' Quite a little crowd of hockev ■ onthuti« nsts assembled at the Queen's Wharf early yesterday afternoon to meet the Mok&ia, by which steamer the Wellington repro. sensitive' hockey team returned- from Christchurch after winning; tbo • shield. Long before individual forins on the sleaincr could be recognised, tho Shield, gleaming brilliantly in the sun, could.be seen perched up on the railing beneath tho' captain's bridge, and, as soon as the steamer drew close enough in, the assembled crowd gave thtco hearty cheers for tho victors. ' : Mr. W.. Organ, selector, who eccompaniod. the.train .to Cliristchurch, sftid that tho.teams were very evenly matched, The game was played op Lancaster Park, which was in fine condition. Wellington had the best of the pine- in the SYst tpell, but hf> wa.s of opinion that Chrietnnurch equalised matter's in , that respect in tho -second. . It was .a hird-fought game, which was anybody's right up to the fiuish. The feeling of (gratification among hockey playcr6 at the return of (he Shield is a pronounced one. . SHIELD MATCH 'DESCRIBED. (Bj. TcloEripb.-Tnit Association,) . Christchurch, September 2;, \ The int'crnrovincinl hockev motfTi, Well liuglon v. Canterbury—the Inst important tixluro of the season—wits played at Lau-ca>-ler Park to-day in siiuny weather, and licforo a large gathering of spectators. The match was doubly interesting becauso • Wellington were the most redoubtablo team that had so fur put in a challoncn for the shield. The match was t> return h'xtnio, CHntcrbnrv buying lifted • the • shiold from Wellington earlier in the year. ■ . . The AVollinjilon forwards asserted their superiority early In the unme, aud out-

~gaea-i-.r V., . I —— i jlaVecr , Canterbury. In tlio first ,-spell cJSn-terbury wero assisted by numerous penalty hits,,aud' generally observed tho ■ rnles very strictly iu contradistinction, lo the looso'observance of tho visitors. Wellington's first goal was shot irons a corner, and showctl how- dangerous a corner liit can , bo made by a clcvor team. In tho second spell Canterbury did most of the attacking, and wore extremely unlucky not to score several times. All tho Banio tho Wellington ROiil-kceper played a. sterling (jiune, and cleared tirao after time. Tie visitors' second goal was got by a rnonjentary Hash.of brilliancy among tno forwards, for Canterbury were attacking right iiu to the qnil of the name. Harrington plnyeil a. solid jjamc in tho forwards,- and Hutbcrt was a bit. above liis usual form, '■ but all the - forwards wero .inclined W get out of position. The best back--on the jrronnd was chambers, whoso defence, frspqcially in the ; tlrst spell, wna splendid.-,'Uie match ended with tk>.scores reading , : ; ' : . "•'■ • ' .■.,......'. 3. goals. ~;■■ i C'a'nterbui'y . 1 gonl. 'A protest has.been lodged ngainst Wei-, lingtou's ■ lirst, goal, on thu ground that it was hit from outside tho circle. It was Strack who stopped the ball and immediately shotK and it whs noted that, at tho time,'; tho Canterbury .players shouted "Outside'circle!" and Jet tho shot pass, but, in'any : case, it is'donbtful whether it Wuld ■ hive been stopped. If the goal is Hit- match will be- drawn, anil Canterbury will retain tho shield. i'i H'XJOU H'OCKEV. - Slnch interest centred in! the game, be twfcpii.St. l ' Alißustini , - and Viotoria Lolle.ge, is th? final n-siilt of the junior champioiiehii> was iiu the scales. : Uad .College, deal-. ;ir St. A\«untin6s', then Katon ' *ouia haVe-woii tlir championship, - but now ht. AuKHstines! and Kavoftwill' Saturday. \ At the previous iiiwtins o t»vo. team.- a ,'lraw rcMllUd, sp ilfjt Saturday'should.'witness a <m»c contosr. I'ro'm'thc commencement of H.e same, ' ■ "tlie Collesiaiw, aflackcil, aid utter a jr« ' minutea'.-iil , -'the Sircle ;farker ■notched ;a ', iood 'eokl College,. ■:'i'hen; bt. At - • justines put oh their \rar-unint.,nml.<id-, *anceif,'-anU they did. not advanee.in vnin, as 'fronv..a:corner-hit M'Ewen. seized Iho. bull .'aiit].".r|uic.kly.. e<, the scores. Ono-all, Kven.'plaV succeeded, bill eventually- M'Ew'onuiodc a .film run,.beat the opposition, and , brought his wde .« tal y to twb 'goals.: 'The...score was now l-j-l, m favou?,Of->St. -Augusline-s \an.l half-time S °On'play >in? resumed Collar roturncil ■to til" attack, l.ut althoug],. tho rctonepU-Cver-s .busy defending they were for somoitime unable to find ho net. At lenitb.'vb.itv very gradually, the- ball raj ■ I vork«U , .llown-field, and .a fine-forward , ■ "Tush.;-instituted by H'Ewen, ended ■ in' Bennett'-beating the College goalkeeper, nnd the , score, read:' St. Ausustines,- J goals ii-Cflltse, 1 goal.;.Thp.re was no fttrJle4r|.'. o Jt'l\cnzie. and ;Gill were the re- , ferces^..'.'. , * , ■' ■ I-,'; 1 '- ;.' ',■• 1 GAMES. V- -.' ' '' ' Penior' JfatcheA .. ■ ' : By dgfeetin? College' Old Girls' by four' coais tff-nil,'Syrens'Jiayo"qiiMifiecl,tp piny Ramblers A for the final next Saturday. f Tbo plat- V.i* full of brkht: incident, ;but SyreiiMiverc superior' in all departments. The goal-7-jttors were : Jliss. .Dement.. (2), Hisses; Jl'ponsild- and Siui, one. each., '■',"■ ;i-\ : : Junior Matches. ,; "■ ' ' ' ' • Vlaylng with only-ijeveii nimubers and 80me' : pf-.those feeling tlie'-'efi'ects' of-thn trip over to r.he bay, Herewhini succumbed to iPetone. District .High School;- to "the ' tuneofiiine goals to*nil., r . Colle'?e' ; Old"Girls B dc'fftulfetl to' Kara.. Girls'"■" College-"just ■ .liccimitetl. , '.for n.imbjerJ'B, whom they;,dcfeiiled by 3 jonls to' -2 ; . . . ' :;:■„;;!-.."

■A ; , -- On Safittrdiiy tho Wellington',..Harriers' Club held : .its" weekly Ciim. .from: the Surf Club's. rooiiis, Lyall Bay. A ; muster of twelve runners, these including several' members bt tjip Brooklyn. Club, followed. the leadof.W.:l)pniildsbn'.along the.beach, Tounil the'foot'of the.golf -links to the ■tramline, and'thence to' Wonderland, via the ronil, . returning ; ; western ,'^icle;"of ..MiVulnaiv ' A .run-in "of 200'.y..«ds Was Voii.:by Keriv ; W:B. . S3nnflH : ;j)Sn?'?ecori(f/nml;W.-'Donaldti)u t.hiri>'.'3i)sitSaturday tlice ,; ,clnb.ehain])ioii--shipirill l«: decjttccl, from Anderson's Tea-' Toomsi',Jlirtumvr.','- ■.-.■... ■ ' : ''< \' \ ':.. . — ■ ''• ■■ .;• ! V,;-.'V .'BoxiN(i.'v^;-;-;;"-. ■ •HASSAN'S 3IATCH .WITH COOK. .. ■ "iV , ' ■ : ' .. ■ . '; Cliy 'folograph.— Press Association.)' ~ " ■ Westport, September 22., The; \■ ' !\V«stpb'vt ; Bb.xing Association jottcluded a.two nights' tournament last evening. - The only event "of. importance on the first night wn-i a bout between J. . O'Neill '(Westport) and Sounders (Greymputh)'.'.'-. This event, terminated at. the end of- tlie.-first 'round through Sauiiders Kctting;'.his collar-bone broken by'cominginto sharp , collision with his' opponent's head. Last, night. Kennedy (Denniston) defeated Dnnn (Nelson), who thiw in the towel: at the of the fifth round. .Barry (Christchiirch) defeated Senior (Westport) in a sis-rounds bout on points. C'ouscns (Nelson) did likewise with King (Deriiiisto.n). ' ;; "■• ■ ■-•.■■.-. ■• ■'The 'professional match, W. Hannaii' r. P.; Cook,', fifteen' - rounds, ■'■'for a pur-e of ■ .£SO went the fnll. distance, and was won ■ by Hanuan on The men were .vory evenly matched, the onlookers being fairly evenly divided as to which:was the better man. ■•■' ■■ . • ' ■ ■ •. !. .PAL'r/:Tir;.AGAIIv: ; nBATKX. ■" .■■ '■' (Keel' September 22, 5.5 p.m..) ... '•■'■•'•-'■■■ . -Sydney, .September 21.'"' .'Aftor u'twcnty-i'oiind contest, thn refereeawarded '-'the. i<(ecision 'In ",I(ick"- Ufad, against Paul Til, the 4'rench'innu.