HOCKEY.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 141, 12 June 1908, Page 3

HOCKEY.

On Wednesday, at Stratford, Stral£*"f »«"'" in a championsip fixture by I g oal to nil, F. {*„.. mist being the scorer. .Mr. McKav was rcK-rce. Yesterday at Inglewood a drawn w\>i ' V Uh ' " as l ,la - w ' l '"'tween New Ilyniouth and Inglewood. Wood Zv f ' o, '. N ? V I>l - v "' ul «l' «nd James Hams for Inglewood. Mr. R. j!. Ander son was the referee.

TRIAL MATCH. In view of the selection of a repre sentative team to meet Auckland in the challenge match -at Auckland on 4tli •'iil.v, the following teams have I/hmi selected to play in. a trial match at Inglewood on Thursday next:— A Team (left, to rigl'it)—(io>l, G. Anderson (Stratford); full-hacks, J J.Avery (New Plymouth), Cook (Il„wern); halves, Arthur Mc-Ewen (Car iington Road), W. D. Anderson (Stratford) Thompson (Hawera); forwards. «oo<| (New P.ymoutli), Fagan (New llymouth), Sargent (Hawera), Crawford (New Plymouth), James Harris (Inglewood). J> Team-Goal, King (Inglewood); -full-backs, W. Stevens (Kia Ora), H Oirtis (Inglewood); halves, Maunder (New Plymouth), Ward (Inglewood) \, j (nrtis (Stratford); forwards, John Harris (Inglewood), Reid (New Plymouth), M. .Sutherland (Kia Oral llVrham (Carrington Road), Craddock (Kia Ora).

R. B. Anderson (Stratford), who is to make the final selection, will not play in the trial match next Thursday A second match will be phived at N'eAv Plymouth-the following week.

WIIAKATIKAS v. RANK CLERKS.

On the Racecourse ground yesterday afternoon a large crowd witnessed a nialelt bdwoeii tine Wliakatikas and a team of hank- clerks styling themselves the "Toi-Tois." As 'a handicap the hitter played in skirts, and, contrary to expectations, some rf fliem showed great sprinting power, in spite of their unaccustomed attire. Sonic of tlii! skirts were pirtHilarlv brilliant, while the red leg covering of "Knstus" turn "Friday'' came in for no small amount! of admiration. The game, which was fast and inter-sting, ended J ill 'a victory lor the Toi-Tois by 4 goals |to 1. ]'<,r the winners, goals were scored hy Monk, (Irani. Ileditch and lleldt. while Miss Jlav McKwen notched | the only goal for Wliakatikas. The ladies played ii hard game, and, although milch lighter than their opponents, stood a good deal of bumping in splendid style, Misses McKwen, Smith, and I'enn being conspicuous for brilliant play. For Toi-Tois, McCord at hack played a slashing game, while Kastus and Friday in tlie forwards shone out •'on their own,'' the red stockings no doubt being responsible for their brilliant exhibition. Mr. Xicoll made an impartial referee, and Messrs. Clarke and 11. 0. Baker acted as umpires. Fortunately the services of the bruise-healer and the ambulance were not vei|ined. while the languagercstrainer found very little to do.