An Unbeaten Record

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 138, 1 September 1927, Page 1

An Unbeaten Record

New Zealand Hockey Team Sydney Paper’s High Praise By Cable.—Cress Association.—Copyright. Received 10.55 a.m. SYDNEY. To-day. THE “Sydney Morning Herald" says that the performance of the New Zealand hockey team is the best of any Dominion team that has played in Australia.

THE team finished its tour with an unbeaten record. It played fourteen games, won twelve and drew two, scoring 109 goals, with only fifteen goals against it. A Metropolitan hockey team was yesterday defeated by 3 goals to 2 by the New Zealand touring team. This was the visitors’ final match in Australia. The New Zealand players were: Fletcher, L. Spiers. Soper, Mahoney, Morris. Hore. Worsfold, Seccombe, Bell, Watts and H. Spiers. Soon after the commencement of the game Bell scored. Fletcher made a clever save from a strong Metropolitan attack. The New Zealanders immediately

made a strong attack, forcing the game : and strongly besieging the local goal, but they hit too hard to score. At half-time the scores were: New Zealand 1, Metropolitan 0. In the second half the New Zealanders made a determined attack on the local goal and scored twice. After a strong rally Metropolitan carried the attack to the enemy's stronghold and scored. Immediately afterwards another strong local attack resulted in a further score. In the last few minutes the game was strenuously contested. Metropolitan making a desperate effort to even the score, but this it failed to do.— A. and N.Z.