ON THE HOCKEY FIELD.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1771, 9 June 1913, Page 3

ON THE HOCKEY FIELD.

KARORIAGAIN DEFEATED. METROPOLITAN'S FINE WIN. Karori Retneatioii Ground claimed quito a good muster of tlio followers of hockey on Saturday afternoon, when the second round of matches was entered upon. Interest centred chiefly in tho meeting of Karori and Metropolitan, and tlio onlookers were treated to ono of the most exciting games seen this season. Victoria College maintained their championship !i:ad by easily accounting for Wellington, find United fought out an indecisive and uninteresting gatno with the Insurance team. Tho following aro details of the play:— SYNOPSIS. Metropolitan ... 3 Karori 2 College 5 Wellington 1 United 1 Insurance 1 METROPOLITAN & KARORI. Metropolitan wore considered to bo an unlucky team in their first clash with Karori—played the previous Saturday, and ending in- a draw—and their meeting with tho suburbanites for the second time was anticipated with some interest. Tho ganio monopolised the attention of the major portion of tho spectators, and the play alt through was fast and interesting. Al'Grcgor was an absentee from tho Metropolitan ranks, aftd this fact led to tho opinion that without him Karori, who were strengthened by the re-entry of C. Campbell, would be the winners on tho day. Metropolitan, however, can be said to have played tho game of their lives, and, leading by one goal at the spell, thoy contented themselves with playing tho "safe" game for the remaining period, and their wisdom won them through. Karori wero early attacking, and G. Davies sent the ball in, but he was. off-side. The Reds were sent back again, and Karori missed two shots by tho poor shooting of Davies and M'lCillop. Hard hitting by both iddes saw play seesawing np and down the ground until, by a brilliant dribblo down the wing, Pullyn had tho Blacks (iuickly penned round tho goal. Smith's shot was a scoring one. MetroSolitan, 1; Karori, nil. Metropolitan had iio Blacks bustled again, and another goal came to them when M'Ewen, from a pass by Slierin, sent the ball in. The Red forwards were combining nicely, and matters were looking none too good for tho Blacks on several occasions until a clover interception and pass by Murphy to Davies resulted ill play being shifted to Metropolitan's circle, and Henderson opened Ivarori's scorisig account by sending home a shot. Metropolitan came along with another rush, and getting into the circlo L. Davies, in saving, "sticks." It was a fatal savo lor the Blacks, however, for Smith, securing fiom tho penalty, was enabled to find the neceSsary ■ opening, and his shot was a good goal. Pullyn, who was playing a capital game, stopped an uul.v Karori rush, £Uid in his turn Murphy did likewise for Karori when Metropolitan seemed to be on their way to another goal. A sustained attack by the Blades was well' defended by Metropolitan, until from a penalty corner Ofr. Davies put through amagnificent goal, and tho epell^ended, the scores, Metropolitan 3, Karori 2. ICarori gave glimpses of their one-time combination throujnout. the second spell, but that ono essential —the finishing shot —seemed to bo ■ focuscd at goal-posts double the width provided for in the game of hockey. Jiarly in the second half G. Davies had. tho goal all to himself, and tho Karori supporters had started to throw their hats about, but tho always reliable littlo forward's stroke had missed tho coveted area by yards. Pullyn was always a problem to the Black attack,'and on one occasion ho completely baffled the whole side, nnd Strack just saved the Blacks at a critical moment. M'Killop was playing a winning game on the wing, but his failure to centro lost Karori many more attempts than they had—and tliev had many—and in the gathering dusk, with a strong vocal accompaniment coming from the touch-lines, the whistlo brought a keen battlo to a , finish in favour of Metropolitan by 3 goals to 2. Mr. Manning was referee. • COLLEGE & WELLINGTON. ' The idea that Wellington would bo something of a match for Victoria College was rudely shattered. The students were a winning team at practically every stago of the game, and at tho call of "110-side" were four goals up on their opponents. College took somo time in finding their feet, but onco in action their movements always nonplussed Wellington, who. for the majority of tho first spell, were forced to guard their goal-mouth. After a series of attempts, Cleghorn was at length successful in. notching a couplo'of goals for the Greens. Wellington rallied, but thoir work lacked their opponents' combination, and what goal-shooting efforts wero made wero poor ones. Before the epell ended, College, were again attacking, and G. Strack put on a third goal. , College had the advantage early In the second half, and from play round the Wellington circlo a corner was given to the Greens. The penalty was made use of by G. Strack, ivho, getting a pass from his brother, sent in a scoring shot which put them- four goals ahead. WoJiington made a rally after this, and College had to stop somo warm attempts. One of these—a crashihg shot by Paulfound 'the scoring, area, and the solatium of ono goal seemed'to inspire the .Wellington men, who kept College busy for a while. Back camo the Greens, howovcr, and G. j Strack, from a grand' piece of passing, put on the fifth eoal, and the scores not being altered when time was called, College were winners by five goals to ono. Mr. J. W. Gendall was referee.

INSURANCE & UNITED. Insurance is a team .that has shown improved form rierht through the season, but their effort oil Saturday, when they drew with United, was much below some of their previous play, and, like their opponents. they at no time displayed oilything bright in the way of hockey. It was a very dull game, but a little humour drifted in when tho United goalkeeper; finding the searching breezes of ICarori too keen for him, refused to remove his overcoat, and was ordered off by his skipper. Tho preliminaries saw the Eeds fumbling the ball around tho Insurance circle until Hunter cleared well, and, following up, the Blues had chanccs of scoring, but invariably did "the wrong thing at the scoring moment. M'Eldowney wa 3 responsible for some hard swipos, and it was from one of these that Insurance were back again defending, but tho "sticks" rule was forgotten, and penaltyhits took up a good portion of tho play. At last Insurance pat on the move; and a concerted rally among the halves and forwards saw the United circle reached, and, at tho right moment, JFClintock sent in a shot. Insurance, 1: United, nil. United equalled the tally soon afterwards, however. Tho ball was taken down tho right-wing, and Boyd put m a good goal. The second half of the game meant 110 improvement in either team's methods, and play was very uninteresting. The United forwards seemed to get little assistance from their halves—and vico versa—the Insurance forwards made no showing with tlic good liolping passes from Cleave and Williams. United had whatever advantage there was, but their shooting had not the sting in it to scoro goals. The whistle saw no alteration in tho score-sheet, and tho game onded in a draw—United, 1; Insurance, 1. ■Mr. J. C. Cusack was the referee. JUNIOR MATCHES. Wellington gained a victory over United,' at Karori, by 5 »oals to 3. Tho scorers wc'j; For Wellington, Fitzjoncs (2), Aldertou. Gill and Barker, one each. For United, Thompson and Freoth. At Karori, 1C.Y.M.1. defeated Gregg's by 9 goals (Jones i, M'Lcod 4, and Beyer 1) to 2 (Schulenberg and Fouliy, one each). Mr. C. llickson was the referee. Victoria _ College A aiul B teams were pitted against cacli other at Karori, when tho A team had no easy win by 8 goals to nil. Salek (4). Jones (2), and Fodcn and Collins, one cach, scored for tho winners. Mr. Organ was the referee. Hutt Valley vanquished Karori by 4 goals to nil. St. Mark's were beaten by St. Augustino'u by 1 goals to nil. THIRD-CLASS. Wellington B had an easy wiu over Government Lifo at Karori by 5 goals scored by Cudeliy (2), Turton (1), Alartin (1), and Frobert (1), to nil. Mr. M'Kenzio was the referee. K.Y.M.I, drew with Hutt Valley—one goal each. . Warily* at Kilbirnio, United jroia _ i®.

feated by Kilbirnie Anglican by G goals I to 1. Wetherall, Taylor, and Atkinson secured a brace of gonis each for tho winners. LADIES' GAMES. SENIOR. The "star" fixture of the ladies' games was that botween Victoria College and Ramblers A. The latter occupy the top rung on tho ladder of points, and their game with Victoria College, who have been showing improved form, only went to show what a superior team they are. The University girls showed creditablo form in the first spell, and play was kept even, but in tho remaining half Ramblers seemed to have matters all their own way, and camo out as winners bv five goals to one. University opened tho score with a goal by Miss Evans and a forward rush by Ramblers was rewarded soon afterwards by an equaliser from Miss G. Harris's stick. The same player put on another goal for Ramblers before tho spell ended. Ramblers made the gamo very fast in the sccond half, and Victoria College were forced to picket tlieir goal-mouth very frequently. Before the game ended, Sliss Harris shot her third goal for tho match, and Miss Lang also added a goal, and the game ended with Ramblers ahead by five goals to one. Mr. M'Kenzie was tho referee. The Rambler B team won from Gregg's by five goals to nil. Misses Houlder (3) and Edwards (2) were tho goal-getters. Mr, G. Davies was tho referee. Girls' College and College Old Girls met at Karori, i when the latter wero beaten by 3 goals (scored by Miss Mellor) to nil. Mr. Gill referred. St. Augustine's and Syrens drew—one goal each. JUNIOR. St!, Augustine's had an easy win over College Old Girls by i goals to nil.