HOCKEY.

Waipukurau Press, Issue 298, 20 August 1908, Page 5

HOCKEY.

LADIES’ MATCH. KAIKORA v. WAIPUKURAU. [BY “ KNOCK ON.”] A beautiful day was the verdict of every one present to witness the games held on the local ground at Gaisford Terrace, Waipukurau. The first match of the day was between the Kaikora ladies and the local girls. It was generally anticipated that the Kaikoras would win easily, but such was not the case, the local girls putting up rather a good fight, and honours were about even. At the half time adjournment Kaikora wre leading by 2 goals to nil, th e ocal girls appearing to be downhearted. On resuming, the locaLgirls appeared to have the better of the game and had bad luck in not making a draw. For the winners, Miss Clark, in

goal, not asked to do much, but like most goal-keepers she waited too close to her goal. The backs, Miss W. Taylor and Mrs Taylor, did a lot of useful work, but did not look where they were hitting when pressed. Mrs Graham, at half, did not play her usual safe game and was responsible for getting her side into trouble, on a number of occasions. Of the other halves, there is little to say, except that they did what came their way in a useful manner. Of the forwards, the one that calls for most mention is Miss W. Ingleton, who was responsible for the goals scored. The wing forwards put in a lot of useful work, but of the ladies playing in the Waipawa Sub-Association I consider Miss Ward the best wing forward I have seen. She is a sure hitter and a clever dribbler.

Of the local girls, Miss Merrylees, when shifted to back, proved herself a very serviceable player and it was quite a treat to see her hitting. It was a good idea shiftting this player to the back line. Had she not been there I think the score would have been larger. Amongst the half-backs, Miss M. Rood played’ a solid game. Miss E. Rood has yet to learn to stop rushes, and she makes a great mistake in not trying to block the wing forward of the opposing side. Amongst the forwards the player that put in the hardest work was Miss Laura Rood, who is one of the best forwards playing in the competition. Of the other forwards, I consider that Miss H. Baily played the best game. Miss Nelson and Miss G. Jolley did not seem to put in their usual good play. Miss Bailey was the fortunate one who hit the ball between the posts. The score at the end of match was Kai kora, 2 ; Waipukurau, 1.