Labour Dog Tourney.

Levin Daily Chronicle, 28 October 1919, Page 2

Labour Dog Tourney.

* ; EXCELSIOR WIN HOOKEY CUP | Tiio elfort of a sports committee to . provide a Labour l}ay attraction for I tlie local public yesterday was favoured with perfect Vuminer weather—peril tips ti little too warm for Ktrenir..ii;; ■ificld games. There was only a modej rule attendance of spectators, inauy loI cal people preferring to speii'l so lino I a. day in tlio lieach or at other resorts, i 'Die tournament itself, so far as the hockey tournament was concerned wis •a great sporting success, no less than ten teams pubtiug 111 an appearance audi ifijvhtin.il the dtjeision out to tho end. In addition to two teams from ouch ol the local clubs, three' visiting teams from Otaki weiv present and three l''eilding combinations too.k this field, The assistance of these outside players and the sportsmanlike spirit in. which they entered into the t'.:urncy was greatly appreciated, by the committee, and addled keenness and interest t<i a hotly contested competition. Tho teams were divided, into two sections, each team playing four matches in the preliminary round.. Feilding C and {Excelsior B proved to be £ho better of the A section, and when all the matche; . had been played iit was found that tTns Xevin representatives had a one-point load over til" Feildingites, and wens thus eligible For the frml. In the I! K 'ction the going was nincli nure even audi at the end Excelsior A and Feilding 13. had each scored seven points. In (the play-uff the home (cam won by two goals to nil,.both .scjred by Rangi Broughton, who had be -:i a great scoring mail all 'day. Some doubt was expressed as t;> the genl, hut <the \ •second wa.s a beautiful effort, which placed; tlie result beyond t|uestion. It rl-u.s came about thai, 'Excelsior A had 10 meet their dubinates, Excelsior B, in the final, a result that testifies to the strength and combination of the ICxeelsior team. Most credit, however, is due to the ■ B team, who played pluekily throughout the day and at the finish put up a. dogged tattle against the first club team, only suffering defeat to the extent of 2 to nil. The tourney was prolonged till nearly six o'clock owing to some teams nedecting to provide a ball and to delays through players being knocked out, but a lair number of the public stayed on till the finish. The Mayor (Mr D. W. Mat'heeon) then presented the Cup to the captain of the winning team (Mi-X Tuohy) who was loudly cheered on coming forward to take the trophy. The Mayor complimented tho winners 011 their achievement and warmly congratulated the runnrs-up on their hijjh- | ly creditable performance. He expressed pleasure at the presence of so many ! visiting players ,and thanked nil who had, assisted to organise, the gathering. The football committee was disappointed' by the response made lay playP ers to the invitation to take part in , the tourney. Only two local seven-a- ---| side combinations came forward and the tourney was not taken very seri- ' ously by players or spectators. ' The organisation of the meeting was r carried out by a- committee representi ing local hockey and football interests, ; of which t-lie Mayor was the leading . other members wore Messrs Proctor, spirit- and hardest worker, while the ' other members were Messrs Procter, | Haunan, Broughton, Crystall. Kerslake and Williams. The referres had a strenuous time and the committee is fail for the willing 00-operation in this f respect, of Kavanagh (Feilding), Nioolson (Otaki), Broughton and Noj ble (Levin). Mr i l '. Winchester acted I as timekeeper throughout tho day 'with Iris usual carefulness and accuracy. Thanks are also due to-Mr B. !R. Gar- ~ dener, who controlled the gates, assis- £ ted by Messrs Winuata and iMunro; Mr u Chainnings and the Borough Staff, who gave material assistance ; Mr Baylis for carting; the school authorities for the use of blackboards; and Messrs E. Pin'k, Claridge, Billens and. Tuohy, who assisted to get the grounds in order. Quite a popular feature was a drinks and sweets stall, • which, through the generosity of Mr and iMrs J.E. Dean, was rendered jjossible. The whole of the profits went to the tourney fund, and the thanks ol' the committee are due to -.Miss Waiker and Masters L. Salmons and iS. I'arsons, who kindly t attended the stall under the guidance of Mr Dean. _ , t As a result of the tourney it is exfi jpected that a sum of over £30 will be i' Available for ground improvements at the Domain. The hockey results were as follows. s £ SECTION. , , Feilding 0 and Obaki A drew, o—o. r Excelsior B beat YVM.C.A., 2—o. , . Feilding C beat Otaki Ji, I—o. e Otaki B beat Y.M.C.A., 2—o. e Otaki B beat Otaki A, 2—l. r Feilding v. Excelsior B, direw I—l. n Otaki Av. Y.M.C. A., drew, I—l. 1 Feilding C beat Y.M.'C.A., 3—o. I Excelsior B beat Obaki A, 'I—o. t Excelsior B beat Otaki B, 2—l. i t B'SECTION. ? Excelsior A 'beat Feildingf A, I—o. > Otaki O v. Y.M.'O.A. B, draw, o—o. Feilding B beat Feilding A, 3—o. j Feilding B beat Y.M.C.A. JJ, I—o. J Excelsior Av. Wilding B, draw, o—o ' FeUding- A beat Otaki C, I—o. • Excelsior A beat Y.M.C.A. B, I—o. ' Y.M.C.A. B beat Feilding A, I—o. 1 Excelsior A beat Otaki C, 4—l. * Feilding B beat Otaki C, I—o. . A SECTION. •- : Won Lost Dr. Pts. 1 Feilding C 2 0 2 6. " Otaki A 0 2 2 2 Excelsior B 3 0 17 1 Y.M'.O.A. A 0 3 1 ' Otaki B 2 2 0 S 1 . B SECTION. Won Lost Dr. Pts. . 1 Feilding A 13 0 2 Excelsior A 3 0 17 Otaki C 0 3 11 Feilding B 3 0 17/, Y.M.O.A. B '12 13 SECTION FINAL. E"xeelsior A defeated \Feilding B by 2 jvoals to one. FINAL. Excelsior A—Broughton, Claridge, Williams, Tuohy (captain), and Bell— defeated Excelsior B—Pink, Thompson (captain), Fox, C. Hook, iH. Hook— by 2 to nil.