HOCKEY

Hokitika Guardian, 31 August 1932, Page 2

HOCKEY

LADIESI tOUBNAMENJ. .

DUNEDIN, August 29 At . the New Zealand ladies’ hockey jtournament to-day’s results were: —

A Section. Marlborough 1, ( AVel]ington 1, Otago A 4, Eastern B 0. Central Otago 3>. Southland. A 1. ; B Section/-' 1 West Coast B 2/ South Canterbury 1 Southland B 1, West Coast A 0. Eastern A J, Canterbury.!).

West Coast v. Shutly Canterbury.

West Coast beat South Canterbury by 2 goals in a clgse^fiontesfed game. .L Prom the initial bully Canterbury set up a hot. attack. The 1 passing' broke down and Coast retaliated, their forwards never, missing opportunities ana finding the defence very good. . Even play'’followed.' Misses McWhirter and

Collett saved some good rushes, and for South Canterbury Misses V. Guthrie and D. : Doyle held up many likely looking movements. ■ Play continued fast, both sides doing their best., South Canterbury scored from a good shot and immediately afterwards Coast were doing theirbest to score. Miss Yarrali scored for Coast, and just on the call of time Coast, from another good rush, pushed the ball’in to win the’match.

OTAGO AND EASTERN A LEAD

DUNEDIN,. August 30. Each without a loss, Ofcagd A and Eastern (Southland) A teams lead in the indies’ • hockey .-tourney.. The. West. .Coast A team to-day had a draw, while West'Coast B were.defeated by a wide margin by the dedoubtable Eastern A team, the holders of the.K Cup, and last year’s champions. / The West Coast plavens and others t O -d<iy paid a visit to Dunedin factories, and found them very interesting.'The '.places visited were Hudson’s confectionery factories and the ivOo.len mills.

Eastern A ran up a score of nine igoals, ’ tehile West Coast, B obtained only on© goal. The game was both hard and fast, but the 'Coasters were not speedy enough to keep up '.with the winners. Being, kept largely on the defensive, the Coast backs had to bear the brunt of the game, and in view of this their play was creditable. Their best players were Mi'&ses M. Hughes, ,D. -MoWhirter, I. Tufloch; L. Staines and P. Dowell. Miss- J. Hall scored the Coasters’ only goal. The West. Coast A team met Otago B, and secured a draw, each side scoring a goal. Miss N. McGrath obtained the score/for the Coast side, all of whom played good games; the most prominent being Miss R. Stapleton and Mrs Eager (backs), and Misses N. McGrath, B-. Milligan and L. Monk '(forwards). Additional results are : A SECTION. Otago A 5 beat Wellington 2. Centra! Otago 2 bent Eastern B 1. Marlborough 3 beat Southland A 0. 13 SECTION. Otago B 1 drew with West-Coast A. 1. Eastern A 9 beat West Coast B 1. South Canterbury 3 beat Southland B 2. The positions of the teams ar e now as follows : Section A.—Otago A 6 points. Marlborough 5, Central Otago 4, Wellington ft, Southland A 1, Eastern 80. Section B.—Eastern A 6 points, Otago B 5, Canterbury 4, West C°ast iA 3, Southland B 2, West Oast B 2. South Canterbury 2.

N.2. TOURISTS RETURN.

AUCKLAND, August 30,

Seven members of the Now Zealand hockey team, which was unbeaten in Australia, returned to-dav.

Tho captain, R: Mnhro, said the «uc cess was due chiefly to the team spirit. The tour was a little too strenuous, the grounds being, exceptionally, hard. Australian crowds treated the team well, hxkl their hcsfvs did their berst to kill them with : hospitality. It was likely that an Australian team would visit New, Zealand next year.