HOCKEY.

Taihape Daily Times, 15 August 1919, Page 5

HOCKEY.

_Yesterday the second match in the second round-for the cup was played -"between the Old Girls and Huia B. Hui. won the t.oss,'alnd elected to play with the sun in their favour. As: ‘ anticipated by the Huia supptriers, the B team put. up a good figs‘: but were beaten by their opponents. The Old Girls were the flrst to attack, and had the Huias busy defending, a free hit relieving the situation somewhat; but the Old Girls were not to bedenied, and were soon again attacking, and from a smart piece of Work the Old Girls notched a goal.Qld Girls 1, Huia 0. On resuming, play hung in neutral territory for some considerable time, when the Huia forwards took the ball down thefield, and scored just before the call of half-time.-—Old Girls 1, Huia 1. On resum. in-g after half-time, play was fairly fast, the ball travelling up ‘and down the field, when the Old Girls got away and took the ball down to Huia’s territory, scoring.—-Old Girls 2, Huia 1. Play now became interesting, and the Huias were attempting to even up the score, but were held back by the solid defence of the Old Girls’ backs. The Huias, however, were not to be denied and kept up the pressure, scaring: Old Girls 2, Huia 2. This apparently put the Old Girls on their mettle, and they livened up considerably, giving the first bit of eombinnation during the game. The forwards took the ball down the field and _lscor.ed.—O%l-d Girls 3, Huia. 2. On resuming, the Old Girls were liagain iqu‘i’ek'ly* jattackiilng, Land notdhed andther goail.—-Old "Girls 4, Huia 2. Shortly after time was called, Mr S. Reid gave every satisfiaction as referee. ’

i NOTES BY ‘ ‘ ONLOOKER. ” ’ Yesterday *3 game was rather disappointing, as a total lack of combination was shown by both teams. However, this was som'ewh«a.t compensated for by the brilliant individual efforts of several of the players on both sides. For the Old Girls, the twomost prominent -were.E. McAuliife‘at half,- and 13. Jones, on the wing. J. Spooner, at inner forward, also showed prominently up. N. Brown, in the backs, is showing c-onsiderable improvelnem‘..The balance of‘ theteam seemed to lack combination. For ‘the Huias, the most prominent was E. Dowling, at wing, Mrs Webb, as back, Beattie, at half; Campbell at centreforward also played well. M. Owen is showing improvement. ,' ""”‘7