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HOCKEY

THURSDAY'S GAMES .

The Wa.irarapa senior champion.'jhips were d:sec<iitiiracd yesterday, in order t-o' give ili'io representative team a .practice game, in view of the Nor<Jen Cup ma'trili, which iake spkice on Thursday next, whew the Poverty Bay representatives will endeavour to wrest tlie coveted tayphy from YVa.i•raii'apa., the present holders. Tue reprcsentavivcl team that won the Cup from Manawiita played a B tcialm confe-iE'ting -rf the remaining rcresentatives cf tlie Waira-rapa teams. The gawia he o'lid to have been other than. one-sided., the A fc-nv.irds especially predominating over the opposing backs. In the first spell, the A tea'm initiated-'scvora.l very gocd forward .rushes, in. w.luidi Douglas and ■Fi-ylicr appeared to advantage. The A rearguard was also very ri\So, n.ll tlie backs phvyi;:ig a very sound game. The B team lacked the com'bitintion cf their opponents', owi.ng no doubt to the fact that sever.il of the players were, not in their usual placce. In the first spoil Bougkß, Reid and Fit'hcr -scored for the A team, tlie spell e'nding A 3 goa:s, B nil. In the second epc-11 It. Williams, of the B team, replaced It. Hatch i-n. the A team, and Morgan changed places with Clarke. The- change in, the former instance had a, good effect, and strcngtheined the A forwards. The B team played up better in the second spell,'and on several occasions looked like scoring, bulb faulty shooting destroyed tlie opportunities. Play was, however, mostly confined to B'<s twenty-five, Fisher, Douglas and Williams taking part in several oretty passing -rushes. Uoals were t'jored by E. Douglas and Tunnichfre, the game endiimg in favour of l ;he A team by 5 goals to nil. Messrs Reason and Smith were referees.

JUNIOR. EXCELSIOR (7) v. ST. MATTHEW'S (2). I 'Excelsior cawly defeased St. Matthew's after a very ordinary game. ,Neii;ther .side displayed much ec;mbinutioii, but what there was favoured Excelsior, whose forwards were a good deal faster than their opponents. The game ended in favour of Excelsior by 7 goals to 2. For the former, onls were scored by Vile, Morris, Tociby (2), Ward (2), and Jones (1). For St. Matthew's, Billington and Jones wCr* the scorers. Mr W. C. Ory&tall refereed.

Tlie Poverty Bay team arrive on Monday, in ordor to get used to the ground. They will spend a goor' deal of tlie intervouuig time in piMetiee. 'J'lie Wairarapa select are iw gocd form at- present, and the visiter.-, will have to be at itheir Ibc&t if they are to take the N.rden Cup Back o Gislbor.no.

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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10678, 5 July 1912, Page 7

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419

HOCKEY Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10678, 5 July 1912, Page 7

HOCKEY Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10678, 5 July 1912, Page 7

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