Hockey First Round Defeat Avenged

NZ Truth, Issue 1239, 29 August 1929, Page 17

Hockey First Round Defeat Avenged

(From "N.Z. Truth's" Wellington Rep.) Karori and Hutt staged a' great. battle m heavy going at"" Karori Park on Saturday. Karori won by one goal to. nil, thus avenging their first round defeat. LJUTT &aye a much improved display on the previous Week's game,/ the forwards particularly getting off some nice combined movements 'and were certainly unlucky m at least not making a draw of the match. As previously stated m these columns, Karori's strength, lies m their rearguard, and this was again much m evidence on Saturday. Time and again they smashed up Hutt's attacks and sent their own van away. The showing of the Karori forward line was very "mediocre, Stan. Roberts, on the right, being the only one to show anything approaching senior standard. Watchman, • on the left wing, gave a glimpse' of good play, at times, but was repeatedly pulled up for "sticks." The three inside men.— McGavin, Robb md Jeromson — ap-

peared to be all at sea ih the mud and Very rarely threatened danger, being content to rely far too much oh individual efforts.. At centre half, Perrin was m the thick of it all through. He is an adept ' with his stick and othens could well copy the manner m which he' always uses his stick to stop the ball. West, on the righf of the van

for: Hutt was fai too slow m getting the ball away to his inner men. •' , • . At inside right, Tom Gwilliam was always m the picture, his tricky solo runs being. a f feature. AVellington . placed the result of. their game with V.M.C.A. beyond doubt, for they started scoring soon .after the commencement. By half-time they had put on four goals to their opponents one.

However, Young Men were not dismayed, and during the second spell - kept the Wellington men very busy, > and made a very even game of it — one goal each being scored. For the winners, •Simpson, Hood and R. Lusty were, perhaps, the pick of a very eyen vanguard. ~ " r ■ Among the backs, Mahoney, Gordon Lusty, and Guy . were easily the pick, i stopping the Y.M. attacks repeatedly.