HOCKEY

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2227, 13 August 1914, Page 7

HOCKEY

ENGLISH LADIES DEFEATED. (By Telegraph—Pres3 Association.) Gisborne, August 12. The English Indies' team sustained the first defeat of the tour to-day, Poverty Bay registering a victory by 5 goals to nil. Tho gamo wa9 fast and. snappy all through and though, the visitors, were not at home on tho ground, which iras somewhat rough, as compared with Hastiugs, they took flip defeat in true British spirit and admitted that they had gone down before a. superior team. 'From the very outset the Poverty Bay eleven harried their heavier and slower opponents and gave them no rest. In vain the English ladies endeavoured to get their machine-like combination going, but the Gisborne girls, infusing rare dash and spirit into their work, not'only successfully withstood the attacks of their more experienced, opponents, but carried the fight into the invaders' territory and pierced their defence twice during the first spell. There was great enthusiasm from the largo crowd 'as these were the first goals hit against the English, team ih New Zealand. ,: In the second spell the visitors' goal was again pierced three times nnd the' game ended as etated. The big crowd present received, the''result with mtnse enthusiasm and flocked'round the playerd' cheering and cheering again, but the visitors got in first with cordial coiigratultiono to the winners. •'' . •, Those to score were: Misses I. Pearce ft), R. Malcolm (3), M.'Malcolm (1). 'Miss Gaskill, captain and manager of the English team, stated that .they werp. perfectly satisfied that' they were beaten. IV' Gisborne ladies had played" lai to their own and she cpnsidered'it was the best , forward' line that had ever, played against them. The visitors'were' , surprised at the splendid game the local girls played. : "' : r!,■'/' '; ;'■'' ■