ON THE HOCKEY FIELD.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1807, 21 July 1913, Page 3

ON THE HOCKEY FIELD.

TRIAL REPRESENTATIVE GAME.

TEAM SELECTED.

WELLINGTON A 5, WELLINGTON B 0. Conditions for hockey on Saturday were anything but pleasant. Th« steady'drizzle which sot in in the morning continued throughout the afternoon. The Karori grounds presented a very miserable appearance, being for the most part unfit for play. Word reached town to this effect, on Saturday morning, and it was decided to declare all the games, other than the trial representative match, off. This game was of mediocre quality. After the match the selectors picked the following team to represent Wellington against Hawke's Bay >on Saturday next:— Goal, Dwyer (United); right-full, Pullyn (Metropolitan); left-full, M'Eldowney (United); left-half, M'Gregor (Metropolitan) ; centre-half, Campbell (Karori); righthalf, Burbiitgo (Victoria College); outsideright, Robbio (Insurance); inside-right, U. Straok (Victoria College); centre, G. Strack (Victoria College); inside-left, Boyd (United); outside-left, Griffiths (Victoria College). Emergencies: Forwards, Davies (Karori); backs, Thompson (United) and Gaze (Victoria College). THE PLAY. As a rule, trial hookey matches are not taken very seriously by players, and Saturday, was no exception, although the game was marked by a few. patches ol good play. The A's from the start set u warm pace, but on several occasions ths B's managed.to manoeuvre the ball into the circle, and it appealed at times as if they would score. But then Dwyer (goalkeeper far the A team) had to be reckoned with. He was called upon to stop a few hot shots, and this he did with the aid of resourceful kicks. The B men made strenuous efforts to find the not. Something was wanting in their attack, and that "something" was not to be found. Their chances of scoring were decidedly handicapped through individual clforts on the part of the forwards. They appeared to overlook the fact t'hat combined piny and not individual play does the scoring. The A team kept up the pace set at the start, and before long they realised the faulty play of the B's, and had 110 difficulty in keeping them at bay. Eventually G. Strack succeeded in. shooting the ball past Cleave (B's goalkeeper). The first spell ended A's, 1; Bs, 0. The ground now bore unmistakable signs of solid usage., and it was decided to play rm ■ second spell on another ground, litis was little better, and the players w/ ; .re still romping about in mud. JJaviea, Muirphy, and Sheeran, who kept themselves busily engaged in the first spell, were again out for work. As in the previous spell, these plajiors were instrumental in getting the ball inside the circle, but, as before, they were not sufficiently backed' up'by their side, and what advantage they gained at tames was thrown away by faulty play. As the game progressed, the A's were making themselves intimately acquainted with the B's vulnerable points, and Griffiths had little difficulty in securing the second goal for A's. Once more the B's set to work, ajid put in some creditable play, buit they were placed at a disadvantage through disap. pointing play on the part of their wings. The ball, instead of huing centred, was carried into the wrong quarters, and oon< sequently the centre men had no chanco at all. Half way through this spell Dwyer and Cleave changed owr. This order had only been in operation a lew minutes when G. Strack again placed a goal, only to be followed a little later by another— the fourth. From this out the gams was fairly even, but the A team were too clever, and Boyd notched a further goal. The game ended—A's, 5; B's, 0. LADIES' TRIAL GAME. In connection with the representative match to take place on Saturday next, between Hawke's Bay and Wellington, _ a '"curtain raiser'' in the form of a trial match will be played by the ladies. The trial is the first of a series to be held, to enable the selectors to pick a representative team for this year's tournament at Wanganui in. September. Some alteration may possibly be made in> the teams, so all players are requested to be present at Karori on Saturday. The following' are tho teams selected to play in the first'game:— Colours (dark blouses).—Goal, Miss Stubbs (Girls' College); full-backs, Misses Newman (Victoria College) and Williamson (Girls' College); halves, Musts Thompson (Sirens), Hicks (Girls College), and Goddard (Rambler); forwards, Misses M'Donnell (Sirens), M. Harris (Rambler), M. Dement (Sirens), Pickering (Rambler), and Lang (llambltr). Whites (white blouses) .—Goal, Miss Dement (Rambler); full-backs, Misses Cfeinieron and Tinney (Rambler); halves, Misses Wood (Girls' College), G. Harris (Rambler), and Brown (sirens); forwards. .Misses Young (Sirens), Laurenson (Girls' College), Mellor (Girls' College), Simpson (Rambler), and Field (St. Augus- ' Emergencies.—Hisses Shearer (College Old Girls), Bengo. (Sirens), Smith (Kamblor), Cathie (College Old ton (St. Augustine s), Waddell (Sirens), Evans (College Old Girls), and Wilkimmg (College Old Girls).