HOCKEY.

Otaki Mail, Volume 26, 1 August 1919, Page 2

HOCKEY.

TE HORO (3) V. OTAKI (1). The championship hockey match, played at, To Horo on Wednesday be- * tween the local team and Otaki, resulted in a well-merited win for To Horo, while Otaki well deserved their beating. On the day’s play the home boys were far superior in all departments of the game, their hitting, stopping, and I passing being good. Otaki, on the I other hand, failed to realise they were t playing hockey, and repeatedly made | mis hits or failed to stop the ball, no matter how slowly it. came to them. The backs wore of no support to the j forwards, while the latter lost opporj (unities by offside play. To Horo put. j ginger into their work throughout, kept I their positions, and once in the. circle worked even harder. Hi the first spell two goals were registered, and early in the second spell u_ third was scored, and thus Otaki were up against the odds. They made attempts to even ’ | matters, but l’e Horo continued a solid combination, and only once —a fine shot by Guldens —was the net located. Fitzgerald. Wind ley, and Allen scored splendid goals for the winners. Messrs H. Small and 11. Nicolson were* referees. TAINUI (2) V. Y.M.C.A. (0). Iti the match Tainui v. Y.M.C.A., at Levin on Wednesday,- tho former secured a win by two goals to nil. A match will lie played to-morrow on the Domain between the Otaki State school hoys and Hie pupils of the Convent school. The contest is being eagerly looked forward to by thu ( younger generation. A match was played at I’a Inters ton 'on Wednesday between Mnnawntti and Levin. Brilliant play was not an out- : standing feature of the game,Nvhinh was, however, closely contested enough to bo tin interesting tussle. First, blood was drawn by Levin, when Clnriilgc found the net soon after the start, i j Mmiawatu attacked in return, and j Tucker at length equalised with a hard shot which beat, the goalkeeper. After ‘ half-time Tucker got home again, but ' Pink, for Levin, evened matters up soon afterwards. The deciding score ' came from Aitehesoii, Manawattl winning by 3 goals to 2. Mr Nairmith refereed.