HOCKEY.
(Australian Press Association A Sun.) MAY ZBABA.NDFBS .IX XBAY tSOFI 11 WAI.FiS. SYDXEY. Aug. 12. I lie Xew Zealand hockey team lias arrived in Sydney. The manager. Mr Williamson says the men are in period physical condition. He has every confidence in them. He is surprised at the growth of hockey in this country. hut thinks there is a little too much Rugby in the Victorian hockey player-. In the southern State the players are inclined to use their weight. The leant has so far played sett'll games iu Australia, won six nml drawn one, scoring sixty-one goals against live. The principal scorers were Bell if!. AYatts If. Heccombe S. Busty (i. Mnlinny. Fletcher, Ylore, Soper and Lusty were the most outstanding players. The Xew Zealand team for to-mor-row against Xew South Wales is:— Goal, Fletcher; hacks, .Maliony. Soper; halves. Cole. Morris. Flore; forwards. Busty. Seccombe, Hell. Watts. Edson. A civic reception will be tendered the leant at noon to-day.
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Hokitika Guardian, 13 August 1927, Page 2
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