Hockey.

Southland Times, Issue 18834, 29 May 1920, Page 9

Hockey.

| (Notes by “C-irele.") | There wore only two matches played on I Wednesday last on account of the High ! School and College gills having a weens vae<iPoll. This is lather nnlortunate as ) it means a further delay in the closing of i the competition and in the remaining weens every ava.table opportunity should be taken of advancing the fixtures. I: ritortunuu ly . tat-re wnt he no halt holiday on Wei.ne.sday ; next on account of the holiday on lue 1 iiursoay, and this will proonbly mean a i fun her postponement of the fixtures. Ii ! the Association has not definitely uecidtal | to leave the iixlu.es over ml tin; following 1 week, it would ue wise lo consider lue pos- ; sibiluy of playing the matches on Thursday. At the opening of the season Collegiate i A. Fc-nt a team to Wyndham and it was I then p.oposed that the Wyndham team : should return the compliment on June 3. , If the ordinary club matches are not play- ■ ed then the country team will come to ; town, and as both eleven' are exceptionally strong the match should be an interesting one. Collegiate A. held an unbeaten ■ record last season and mi far have not Inst a club match this season. Wyndham succeeded in defeating I hem in the inendty match at the beginning ot the sea on. but several of Collegiate s prominent piayers were absent Irnm the team and the town ; j-irts are living in hopes of turning the tables on Thuisday. ; it is possible that an Otago men's team

will aDo visit Invercargill on Tiiursday and the local players air anxious that a team should conic as it would probably have a good clied in once more establishing the popularity of the game in SmtliIc.iul. Fining an Otiv.o team an t udeavour i* 4 ' being made to sctuie a visit bom a Bulclulhu eleven and it is to be hoped that either one of thc-;c centres will accept the invitation. So far the few enthusiasts, who are doing their Ivst to revive (lie game, have met with <iiiheuitios, but they arc going the right way about their l.i-k, and it would not he surprising if their efforts were rewarded. The New Zealand Hockey Association has just furnished a f.osh interpretation of a .-potion of the off-side rule on account. of a very slight alteration to the extent of a comma in the paragraph dealing with the subject. It principaily rofers to the case of a player waiting for a back to make a mistake and than seize the oppoitunity of being on-side whether he is in front or behind the back in question. The new rending clearly states that the attacking player mud be between the back and his own goal before he can take advantage of the blunder. The New Zealand Challenge Shield has been responsible for 41 matches, ami Auckland has figured in nearly half of tlfem. Out of nineteen games in which the Auckland representatives have participated, only five were. lost. One match resulted in a (haw. while in the other 13 Auckland proved \irto;ious.

The Otago Ladies’ Hockey Association has decided to hold its annual seven-a-side tournament on Thursday next, and very satisfactory entries have been received. It would be’ impracticable for the local Ass.Kmt.on to hold a seven-a side tournament this season, but in future seasons whenever representative matches cannot be arranged , t would p obably be a good method for the Association to adopt to stimulate the int *ie;-l nt players. It was gratifying to sec such a large attendance at the mortmg of the various carnival committees held during the week and to find that the men are taking a keen interest in assisting the ladies. Everything now points towards success, and provided those interested do not slacken in their efforts the Hockey Association should be placed in a better financial position than it has been for many years past. The sale of the honorary members’ tickets which also admit the holders on ail the nights of the carnival, has been pushed by the ladies with great success, and few find it within their power to refuse the gracious appeals of the hockey girls. So far this season the matches have been entirely free from unpleasant incidents and the re'fc <te s have had none of their decisions questioned either by players or onlookers. In other centres the executive have been given power to report any such incident, but if the same spint of fair play

which at present exists among players in bouthiiinu, LOiintiUca izic' . c ..ouia , have littie to report. Lmaerwood ait. u much impioved team and kept Co.leyate very busy lor the first hah’ or the g.une on Wednesday. When tuvy learn to combine better luey will be a bard team to beat. ine Heavy i„.ns made the Underwood ground \a,y sbppery and several players gave- fine exhibit.ons oi rapid descent ace'jmpl.bneci w.ui lure grace. Booi.nakcrs Hf.oum ue kept very busy next Aveoa putl.ng on boot button.-.,, ana the gills will und ' tn.it tlicir u. eiUiuacß as "slip ’ preventers : t.- unqiiestionetl. | p iiuei wood pot’sessts two very useful players m Aiisses L. and S. Donovan, lue lormer playing in goal saved a number of ! v ery nara snots while her sister at fudbac.k saved her sine irom ddhrulties more j man once by her Jong clearing hit?, i Tiie uml-uwcod teams halves wasted a ■ lot of tune in lolling the bail in Irom the ; side lines. F reejuemiy they’ lost all the ad- ; vantage to be gained from this penalty by ) allowing the oppos.ng players tune lo get ; into pOMtion. ine l.,o.ieg.aie luvlv.s are aios not entiiely fiec from me tame re.-ult. : Miss Junker, w.ng, had a lot of work ito do and aid it- wed. She made several I good attempts al goal but was inclined to I carry the bail noun Uie odd 100 tar Uelore i ccnviv.ng. 1 .viis.' ij.irl at centre forward also played a good game which was all the n.o.c credit- ; .-.uie in .-.,-p was o;)po.-,:u to an cxcxplion- | ally it rang player in luiss liisi-op. j Both teams were inclined to be a little I too gentle in their hitting and this was I probably the more noticeable on account of j the wet playing surface. A little more 1 wood now and then would he found to be j very useful. | Miss ilislop was the "live wire" in Colleg.alcV- team on Wecuiesdsy. Flic wa? alj ways on tiie- spot, part.eu.uily when there i was any scoring to be non,'. Site is m- ; dined to turn on the bad a l.ttle too often I though and it somet.iues loses tier opportu- ; nitics which she is usually so quick to ; accept. homo poo l centres were put in by Miss iR. Co,lward (right wiugi and Miss R.abj bidge (inn-r-r right), and it was irom some i of these centres that Miss Hislop scored her i goals. There is nothing like a good hard centre when near the circle, as some ol the other forwards are always about, waiting the du’ncr lo score. Miss M. Kilby (leit wing l and Miss Davies (inner leit i did not get a great deal to do, but each gave glimpses of good individual ! play. ; The Collegiate backs have been known to ! play a better game than they did on WedI r.es-day, hut the gieasy state of the ground did not make their task an easy one. In ! the second spell (hey had very little to do i and Miss Olsen in goal did a ‘‘freeze” most ) of the time. | One of the feature? of a trip to Underj wood is the afternoon tea which t.he Under- ; wood Inches are always kind enough to pro- ■ vide and visiting players are always assured i of a good time und a friendly game. j The Wintnn team user! the long passing ! game to advantage against Union on Wprl- : nesday last and proved more than a match | for the town eleven, who, however, were i left without one or two of their regular i [’layers. While this fact might have -been ’ responsible for making the game a little more one-sh'-M then it otherwise would have I been, ir could not have affected the result [ as the country girls are one of the strongi r-t teams in the competition. It is very j satisfactory to find that they have adopted (the passing game and llieir long passing I from wing lo wing on Wednesday last pre- | ssnted them with many opportunities for | scoring which they would not otherwise : have had. | Mix? L. Horner, at centre forward for j Wirton. played an excellent game a.nd mis--1 «"--l very few chance? when within the circle. The fart that she wa? given so many opporj 1 unities, however, says a area; deal for the play of her support ing fo’evanis, ai.id the ;t".-o whig players by their good c'-ntreing , hr I red coiv-deraldy in making their victory ?11 r hj a mb-tcntial on--. The Wirlon backs al-o played very well although they had rather a quiet time. M’ss Hawke saved -ome very hard shots from 'd the sticks of the V.’uhon forward? ■ n l although the ball found its way belwern the post on nine occasions, it would have’ taken a very good goalkeeper to have stormed these shots. There is no reason why the Un'on girls should be disheartened by their detent as fhev were up again-T nn exceptionally good team. They hr.v" (he makiii' T s of a strong eleven and possess one nr two ’’levers, who ere far .above tin- avenge. Uorching end practice are the two things most icquired to improve their play.