HOCKEY

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10665, 21 June 1912, Page 7

HOCKEY

YESTERDAY'S MATCHES. • The championship, fixtures of .tlic tWair'arapa Hockey Association won? continued yesterday. Although the gromud .was soft, yet the weather was ideal for this popular sport, and ?everal good games resulted. A surprise was in store fo'r hockey en'thusiast's aJfc Carterton, where Excelsior came to grief, and .suffered a defoat by n much stronger team, which oufcfclaased them throughout. At M;vstertou, Feather ston seniors put up a creditable display against P. and T., itho leaded M* ; ftio .championship. •and are' to be congratulated on rho narrow margin cif their defeat. 'lho Sfollowing are the results:— SENIOR. CARTERTON (5) v. EXCELSIOiR; (0). At Civrtcrton, Excelsior's wove do eisivc'ly beaten iby .Carterton to Uk. extent fl'f six goals. 'The winners p\u ■ a very strong team in the field, •notable? old players as Stan. Morga.i and G. Sievc-rs 'again taking the field. The Cartertorr forward \v.m was excellent, and held their ouvli' throughout. iGoals were scored by Tutiurcliffe (2), Roid (2), and Ordidi brothers one aeh. Mr F. Ros'scn. r.a,> albly controlled rfjhe game. P. AND T. v. FEATHERSTON • Post Office had a marrow victory against Featherston. at Lansdowne, . winning by one gear. Featherston ■BO'oni got goicg, and -were the first to score, AiitHhiiS'on. scaring about ha J way through the first ha?.?. Exe*teirnenifc was liigh •■wJ'iiJc the Blues mainitainod the lead, but the yellow arid .blacks were not to be beaten ?v.& managed to score three, goals to th'-ir . opponents' two. The P. and T. ;<-r- | ward h'n.e appeared to he very wedc, I the men being off colour. The Fea- i th-e'rston backis (played well throughout, and sent P. Amd ,T. back to d*vtfefod their goal bimo and again. T. .Miller played a geed game for Feaitlieorsibcair'e rearguard. Mr J. Gray refereed. . ' ( JUNIOR. ST. MATTHEW'S (5) v. EXCELSIOR (1). •*■•-. After a ..poor exhiHtioU; '■: St.. .Mntr. tihew's defeated Excelsior juniors Try 6'.goals..to. cm©. . The; formre. had a strong team, of which Bii'lington in ftihe forward® and Peters in the banks •were the* pick. Excelsior lo ; st several ■'goals through bad shooting. Of this (team, Tait was the pick of the backs j and the forwards, were all much of a .murjmess.