HOCKEY.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 65, 7 September 1911, Page 5

HOCKEY.

LADIES' TOURNAMENT. TARAXAKI NOTCH A WIN. By Telegraph—Presa Association. Wellington, Last Night. Tlio fourth day of the New Zealand Indies' hockey tournament waa played' under perfect weather conditions. So " far as good exhibitions of hockey went, the games were practically the wowfc seen in the tournament, although several of the matches were very clo»e. Th« play was scrappy and uninteresting to the spectators, who attended in large numbers. The match between Auckland and Wellington was a disappoint- . rnent, the latter failing to come up to thoir previous day's form. ■ f ■ Auckland's victory over Wellington by ' I to nil would have been greater had,, it not been for the splendid display of ' Miss Jackson in goal, who stopped many . • hot shots. Auckland were the first to get moving, but after many speculating attempts Wellington got the upper hand and pressed solidly. For some time play 1 hovered round Auckland's goal mouth, and Miss M. Dement had hard luclt .in,.' 1 not Bcoring. One of her shot# went ■ clean over the cross-bar. Miss Cook then relieved the situation for the north- > erners, and play then became more even, each team attacking alternately. Finally the Aucklairaders succeeded in run- : ning their opponents down in their own . territory, but the northern forwards, who were much cleverer with the stick than the locaj vanguard, were unable to shoot at all accurately. What shot* did. look dangerous were well saved by the goalkeeper. Auckland's superiority ' was evidenced in the second spell, and they had the game in their own hands practically all the time. Their one goal, secured by Miss Delauney, was fully deserved. Wellington seemed to lose heart after this, and the remainder of tho play was one-sided. Only occa- 5 sionally did the local team break put the half-way line, but were able to do nothing. The whistle sounded without further score.

In the Manawatu A versus Southland matoh. the exhibition of hockey was" the best of the day, and the combination and back play of each team was very dean ' and exciting. The opening five minuter was rather dull. From then onwards the two teams attacked with vigor, and play drifted rapidly from goal to goal.. Each team's backs in turn played very creditably, but the Manawatu backs were most conspicuous. After several fruitress attacks, 'Manawatu secured their first goal through good work on the part of the right winder. Southland's custodian, stopped the ball from a "shoot," but Manawutu's winger was too quick,' and the ball flew into the net. Early in the second half Manawatu scored their second and final goal. Miss Kerslake, by a sudden rush, drew Southland's godkeeper and enabled the bully to send a hard shot into the empty goal . The pace was hot until tlie call of time, when Manawatu were on the point of scoring. The scores were: Manawatu 2, Southland nd 3.

The match between Marlborough and Manawatu B. lcsulted in a win for the former by '2 to 1, and was a very scrappy contest, as far as spectators were concerned. Neither side scored in the first spell, and the combination was not conspicuous. The second spell saw an improvement on both sides, and the three goals scored were obtained by fast forward play and excellent following up. Marlborough, on their play, deserved to ' win, as tlicy had the Alight advantage. Wairarapa beat Wellington B. by 1 to rel. The play in the first lialf was ■ ragged on both Rides, In the second an improvement was shown, and play proved very even, although Wellington' had the wrfst of the attack. At halftime Wairarapa were leading, through Misses Orr, R. Neil son and A. Hawke notching a goal a-piece. Miss Orr registered the only goal in the second spell. Taranaki beat Canterbury U. by 3 to 2. It was a hard-fought game, but monotonous, owing to the ball moving rapidly up and down the field. Taranaki had most combination and the letter forward work. Miss Younsj secured the first goal. Then Miss M. Pearce equalised for Canterbury, and just previous to half-time, the northerners registered their second goal. The second spell was far harder. Miss Winks was responsible for Taranaki's third goal, and Miss Pearce registered Gmterburv's second goal just a second before the whistle sounded

Wanganui l>cat West Coast by 4 to 1. The winners were too good for the latter, who went to pieces suddenly. Goals were scored by Misses Perrett "(2), Sutherland ami (i. Jones for the winners, and lliwj I). Lindsay for the losers. ' Bullcr defeated Nelson by 3 bo 2. Tho game was very poor, a« far as hookey' wns concerned. The 'winners displayed ' good hitting .in the circle, but in "tJi« field their play was much criticised. Scores were registered by Misses Emms and Simpson for Nelson, and Misses McIviiy, Vitaglich and Greenland for Buller.