N.Z. HOCKEY CAPTAIN

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 127, 15 June 1937, Page 4

N.Z. HOCKEY CAPTAIN

Success of Mr A- Mahoiiey* of Hastiiig^ SPLENDID RECORD The annonncement eliftt Mr. Arlkuff .vlahoney, of Hastings, has not ohly. been selected as a meinbor of the NeiV Zealand hoekey team to tour Australia this season but has beeh choseii as chptain of the toaring side will be greeted with great pleasure by Hastings and Hawke's Bay onthusiasts. . Mr . Makofiey has been one of th® great staiwarts of the game in this province since his arrival in Hastings just after the eaTthquake period in 1931. In more xficefit ye&rs lie # hai taken a leadiiig part on the adifiihis-^ tration side; indeed, before coming to this district he was also proniinent in , the admiiiistrative afifaifs of the hoekey associations in Christchurch and W ellingtoh. As a player, few in New Zealhhd have a Tecord of service equal to his. Thii will be his Second Visit to Australia as a membef of a NeW Zealhfad side, for it was just ten years ago that h4 uiade the first journey acroSs the Tasx man. He first gained patiotf al -hoiiours In 1926, and follOwed this up by fifiding piaces ia the 192? aad i'929 Noiv zm* land teams. He has the distinCtidri Oi havifig Catgained botli a Ndrth Islaiid and a Botith Island team, and has the fufthef recdrd of havihg played for three ditferent provincds afid rejiffeseat' *ng e&ch bhfe of those three provinces in a aatidnfil team* In club games locally he' plays 'of the United club, and he has bCeri bflft of the Bay's leading players fbr a fiiiinbef bf years. He captained the Hastings fepresentative side in%the majority Of its Norden Cup games, when this team created a TCCOfd for the number of times it sueeee&fully defrnaea the tfThe7'NeW Zealahd team is (IUe to leave on July 9, and Mr. Mahoney will be leaving Hastings the previous days He can bb asslired bf the very best Wishes aiid lieattiest congtatulations of his numerous hoekey Other friend* in this part bf the Bomihibn,