HOCKEY

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 283, 26 August 1919, Page 7

HOCKEY

H.M.S. NEW ZEALAND V. WELLINGTON

VICTORY FOR THE VISITORS A friendly gamo of lioclcoy was played on fcho Basin li'esorve yesterday afternoon between a team from 11.M.5. New Zealand inul a representative Wellington team.

The ship's team comprised: Forwards, Lieutenants Russell, M'Mastcr.and Chevallicr, Captain Brooke-Short. Sub-Lieu-tenant Cmldick (marines); halves, -Midshipman Eykyn, Lieutenants Cunliffo (captain of "f;lie team) and Oornmillis; backs, Midshipman Hoggard, Licut.-Coni-nwndcr Spooncr; goalkeeper, Midshipman Cnssells.

AA r ellinglon: Goalkeeper, Moore (Karon); liill-lxtok, Sclil.iadt (Wellington), M'Bldowney (Unmblers); halves, M'.lnlosh, SiiTgenor (AVellington), Yates; forwards, Blaekie (Ramblers), .D, Hood (Knrori), Stratlon (Karori), Champness (Wullington), O'Brien (AVellington). • Wellington got away from tho buC'lyolf. and kept the sailors defending, but after-some minutes' piny t.lio visitors pit going and drove the b:iV. towards their opponents' goal. Wellington, however, v.ere quite equal to meeting the attack,, mid the danger was scon passed. Presently Slratton got away suddenly, and passing the defence of the visitors, sent the ball to Champness, whose effort, a-t goal missed. The visitors then broke away, but ft likely score was stopped by M'Euiowney. The New Zealand's men were now warming up. .Wellington, with Champness in the lead, broke away, but an infringement of the rules held up the play. Wellington resumed the attack-, and tliere followed some fast and exciting play in the New Zealand circle. The backs brought relief, and the visiting. forwards took charge, and M'Master hart the honour of registering .the first .score. New Zealand, L l; Wellington', 0. From bully-off Strntton took charge, and' there followed some interesting play in favour of AVeltington. Tho New Zealnnd forwards broko away, but M'Bldowney was again able to save his side and set the forwards moving. The New Zealand captain (Cunliffe) relieved from a dangerous position, and a drive to centre was intereented. After some interesting plnv in niidfiHd Champness and Blaekie .broke aivnv, but their plrfy ended in ■ nousrht. The visitors broke away and M'M«\ster.=. by a nice-hit, registered the second eoal. New Zealand. 2; We&lingfon, 0. Wellington got away from the bulfvoff, ai>d Ohnmpness scored. New Zealand, 2; AVe'linpton, 1. Play became very fast, and the Imll went travelling up and down the field. Wellington were now ri'mying with more combination, and Stratfcon came very near scoring. Wellington maintained the pressure, and Ohnmpness was again in a position to siore, which he did. New Zca'a.nd, 2; Wellington, 2. From, the bully-off New Zealand attacked, and the play was brilliant and exciting, Moore saving on two succ.essivo shots, but a third shot by Cornwallis, the visiting left-half, got past him. New Zealand, 3; AVeKington. 2 From the bully-off Wellington pressed, but after a few minutes the visitors got away, and Ohevallier scored. Now Xof.tond, i; Wellington, 2. AVellington livened up nndlwd tlie visitors defending. Eventually Strntton found tho net. New Zealand, 4; Wellington, 3. '"be sped ended soon afterwards. On resuming, AA r ellington started attack, but the visitors' soon had them defending, «nd after some strenuous play Chovallier got the ball into the n&t. New Zealand, 5; AVellijigton, ,'l. -After some giro and take play Wellington attacked, and kept the visitors busy defending. Play now bctame fast, and tho combination on both sides was excellent. AVcV-ington continued the attack witli vigour, hut tho defence was too good. Eventually the visitors managed to invade their opponents' territory, nnd once there it. did not take them long to score, Chovallier wilding the ball into t'hci net. New Zealand, G; AVellington, 3. AVelCington got away, but they were not long in their opponents' territory. For some minutes the piny was up nnd down the fieid, both teams being alternately dnngorous. Eventually New Zealand, by clever concerted play, drove tho AVellingtons into defence, and Chevallior scored again. Now Zealand, 7; Wellington, 3. The visitors went very near to scoring again, but AVellington's goalkeeper saved tiie,situation, and play was shifted to the visitors' end of the field. Now Zealand once more attacked, and Chevnllier registered his fifth goal. New Zealand, 8; AVellington, 3. From bully-off the visiters again attacked, but there was no further score. Messrs. Edwards and Needham were the referees. The playing of the visitors was brilliant, and their tnmbination excellent. Enthusiasts declare that yesterday's game was the linest: ever seen in AVellington lo date. .A team from H.M.S. Now Zealand will play a representative AA'ellington team at Jlarori Park this afternoon. Arrangements have been made to play a junior representative mutch nith Caniterbtirv on Saturday, September G. The following junior feains have been selected to play at Karori on -August IW, from which a final selection will be made •for the junior representative tcanr to ploy the Canterbury juniors at AVellington on September (i: —"A" Tentu: Goal, Gardiner; backs, Roxburgh, Janiieson; halves. Lif'.lejohn, .Terouison, Adams; forwards. Cousins, Bi-ch. Lower, Keys, Butcher. "B" Team: Goal. M'Alister; backs. Hunt, Cartwrtght: halves. Harper, Baniell. James; forwards, Cross, Mills, Burton, M/Eldowney, Guy.