LADIES’ HOCKEY TEST
NEW ZEALAND OUTCLASSED. ENGLAND’S EASY WIN. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, This Day. England outclassed New Zealand by eight goals to two in the third women’s hockey Test match of the tour played on the Basin Reserve, Wellington, yesterday, before a moderate attendance. .England were unbeaten on their New Zealand tour, which has now concluded. Conditions were unpleasant, rain from the south falling practically throughout and the ground resembling a quagmire. Considering the conditions, the players held their feet remarkably well. From their display yesterday, there is no doubting that the English women can play hockey of an exceptionally high standard irrespective of the conditions, and it could be plainly seen why England is recognised as the producer of the best women hockey players in the world. England adapted their play better in the early stages and this was sufficient to give them a good lead in the opening spell. The strength of the visitors lay in the more even quality of their players, and excellent understanding in all departments, which New Zealand lacked. They displayed a fuller appreciation of tactics and the attacking movements were well devised and forced home resolutely. England fully demonstrated the great value of positional play, the halves always falling back into position after opening an attack and the backs doing likewise after breaking a New Zealand . On'the other hand, New'Zealand were being perpetually forced into errors by the smart manoeuvring of the visitors. It seemed that smart tackling and quick clearance of the ball by England nonplussed the New Zealanders, and, as a result, the visitors smartly found the loopholes in the defence and piled up the goals. New Zealand’s best performances in the match were in the first spell and toward the close of the second spell, when a number' of good scoring opportunities went astray through lack of finish in the English circle. The New Zealand goals were scored by Misses Aldridge and H. McLellan. Goals for England were obtained by Misses Thompson, O’Donoghue (4), Wright (2), and West.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 22 July 1938, Page 8
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