HOCKEY

Waikato Times, Volume 119, Issue 19896, 27 May 1936, Page 14

HOCKEY

HAMILTON MATCHES. KAIPAKI SHOW UP WILL. CAMBRIDGE'S LOSING BATTLE. (“By Left llalt’.") Hockey in Hamilton on Saturday was marked by two features—the game but losing ‘hntilc fought by a depleted Cambridge tram against Old Technicals .unl tiw rlmi- superiority shown by i\'.iipulii in imuiin: Old lioys, last year‘s Killip .\h‘mul‘iul Shield winners. by two goals to nil. The absence of Morgan, lhv usi-t‘ul hull‘, gave (tint Boys snnn' Mouse for lii-I‘m! :it tho hands of 'i(.iil>.iki in ”It“ ‘lrl'l‘lilliillitl'_\‘ round on the Iti‘tniulh Saturday. hut tin: can. \inring manner in \\hiuh thu rountry team mlnwl tln' hununrs for the NEI'OIHI tinn- on gtt'lll'lhly showed that Il‘wir (‘lll‘llL‘l' \ictnry \\'as no flash in the pan. Clmhrldgo'a Nina Mon. i-‘ielfling only nine men, Cambrian) did \\eil to hold 01d Technicals to a .\L‘OrPlt‘ss first half before. the Hamilton tmm Point} on with a rattle in the latter stages to secure a clear ndxantaxu nt three goals. Clark was commissionwi from Colts to till a sail in tho linr‘k line and. in I‘M‘lniklfly with N. .\[L‘KillllnlL put in some excellent work. nlthouizh the latter. playing hriow his iirst—rloss form of the previous \\m-k, \\'ns sometimes through the tor-:0 oi‘ rircunmtanrrs. encouraged into thr i.iloi f‘i'i'vl‘ of hitting across his goal-mouth. Had the opposing rentre I'm-\\arni. Hunter. been receiving greater support from his inside men. this fault Would have proved costly. Pountnoy Outstanding. Then: can be no disputing the assertion that Pountney was the outstanding hack on the tield in the Kal-paki-Ulit Boys encounter. He was a lower of strength to his side and his ability to stop the promising rushes of the rugged Kai-paid {ox-wards was responsible on several occasions for saving his team when a goal seemed imminent. Pountney‘s characteristic clearing shots make him one of the outstanding defensive players in the whole vomnetitinn and in the face of relentli‘ss onslaughts on Saturday he shamed to nilvantngr. Cowley filled a similar ruin I‘nr liuipaki and was the strongi-st llfllx in the country team‘s m ‘

defence. He was outstanding rather for his heady play than for hard hit—ting. and his successful tackling was a factor in reducing the efficiency of the vigorous old Boys forwards. Pluoky Winger. Probably the outstanding performance in the llambridge 01d Technicals game was contributed by the diminu—tive. Ilamhridgc winger. Chard. He did not show up to advantage in the pre—vious week‘s game, but on Saturday he was the mainstay of the \‘isitors‘ forward line, putting in some plucky burst-s along the flank. Although lacking in penetrative force, he could never be neglected and his clever yet fairly slow runs on nearly every occasion got the better of the Technical full--5 back, Linder, who was right off colour. e His determination almost yielded red suits on one occasion when he brought _ the hall in from the flank and sent in u an acute-angled shot which Magnall n padded to safety. tied the inside for—- : wards been with him a goal from the {u rebound would have been inevitable. 5 Hard Encounter. ” The expectation that a hard and ” own game Would be provided when ' Old Boys and Kaipaki clashed on Sat- ): urdaiy was fully realised. Lacking the " spcctacular play and sparkle of the t previous Saturday‘s game when dial[l paki ran out. winners with a one goal margin. the game was marked by grim and strenuous play in which bright 0 passing movements were seldom seen. 5 Over—anxiety frustrated many a prom- ” ising movement, golden opportunities 0 being missed by the tendency to swing r wildly when a hard, well~dlrected shot 5 would have culminated in a goal. It i) was an evenly-contested game in the 1 first half, but Kaipaki came on with a t rnlllc in the opening stages of the _ lmcond session and were two up be- _ fnl'c lOId Boys could rally. D Infringement: Too Frequent. 1 infringements were far too frequent ; in the Cambridge-Old Technicals game ; and there was scarcely a movement in—- _ Minter] without being held up through , Obstructionlst tactics, stinks or 011* 3 Side play. Hitting was somewhat wild and. partly as a result of the short teams and partly due to the tactical _ playing forward of the backs of both _ teams, there were innumerable offside _ penalties. Turning on the ball was ‘ another frequent misdemeanour. ’ Among the Wingon. 3 Hamilton played his best game for [3' Old Boys to date this season and get 1 through his work very creditamly, while : Jacks. on the other wing was not given a the same amount of work, but made a good use of the ball whenever it came 2 his way After his bright exhibition 5 last Saturday. G. Boyd was a little 1 disappointing. but on the other hand , he gained ground for his side re- ; peatedly. Uddy, the other winger. shone on attack when he could use his speed to advantage. However, the * contring shots throughout. the match were of a mediocre nature, all the wingers falling in this respect. In the Key Fosltlon. I Playing in the key position of centrelmlf for Old Technicals, Jenkins was again responsible for heady and versatile play against Cambridge on Satl urdny. .-\ tiger for work he was almuys on the ball. coming lbeck nicely .d. critical stages of the play to the ‘ltlllt‘f of his backs. A half of the Iwurrying type, he was just the man i for his job. J, Clark made a reappear—lunce as full-back and played sound if [not spectacular hockey. \ lOpportunluts Wln Day. l [{aipakl's margin over Old Boys was .directly due to the opportunities Egrasped lby Burrows and A. Boyd. whose snap shots at goal were crowned I with success. Kaipaki's first goal came when Burrows scored in characttorlstic fashion from rucking play in lithe circle and the second one was the rcsult of an unexpected shot. from the Isilck of A. Boyd, which came hard and high at the goalie and gave him ind chance. .‘\. Boyd played vigorously land was in the forefront of every at.tack and “as perhaps the. most conIspicuous of the \\inning team‘s veinguard. t costly Neglect. l Failure to follow in on the hall ' proved a costly error for the 01d Techinical forwards and there would have lbw-n 4: \ast, change in the fairly small winning margin had they shown the saline force and penetration as the crntre-fonvard, Hunter. \\'lth his exccption. the van showed a tendency to~ \\ards lagging hack and many excellcnt goaling opportunities went lbegging. De Lacey showed ignorance of the technique of bullying. and was recalled four times on one occasion before the umpire let the ball away. l\\hlle very little was seen of either of ‘tlie outside men. Davies Conspicuom. Davies was as energetic as ever on Saturday when playing for Old Boys and he headed practically all the ad—\dnccs into 'haipaki‘s territory. He was well supported by \\'cst who was an honest toilet‘ in all the hard play. Uld 3 Boys were without the services of Morgan. 'lmt :1 good suhslltuic was tound in Morris. .i llinemoa player of last ‘ season. Ewan was a tireless worker in thr hall'shnck lino. but hits hccn seen to hello!" advuntugc further back. Cambridge’s ’Kooper. Althonjrhwhis task may have "been facilitated by faulty shouting. Liondcr. {tho ILoniliridxc 'lrccpcr. put up n rr‘linldc pcrl'urnmncc anailisl 01d 'l‘ech—-tin-:ils List smson. .\llhnugll slow and tl times turn by indrrision, he “as tic--jtvrlnincd when the play lwcamc closv \ .ind oi‘t‘rrcul innrr than Hill! ul‘ tuo sur- | prises tn the opposing forwards, ills {ll‘k \\.zs nut nmdv msirr 1‘») the filth!“ in in. nltlmutxh i-ni-rlzctir. did not show Ile pntii'ulnrly \\cll. ‘1 Loot Chances. v Easy chant-rs in anal \\nnt hgggujg in ill" lx‘.np.il\i—ltltl Rhys cm-numm- hp. {Mlllsr i-l‘ \\ild md innm-umlc hitting in flip- circle, Iln other occasions srnr» llllh” ct'l‘msts .ippmrcd to 119 only half. .l-cirled and on our occasion it >ermed that Hid Boys must score. but ”1.; lmnenmbly “cal; Rooting shots “w”. rastl} stopped ivy the goalie who was. llactnz thrm‘ men unaided. .\ herd lunnl ncvliritn hitter “gum haw bps“ .l treat acquisition to 01.1 Envs on “ IIHV'HN 1"” It had to be rcmenibcrml .ll'lt tidipdlxl foiled in lhe same pus ‘ln‘i‘l H 4 l‘i‘l‘ldlll “tout, lx'nipnki \\t‘l‘l‘ llH‘i'll lps .l llllli- l'id‘lunntc that (”{l}an >lll 1' 7w”. M‘nrr ‘lurlnn :4 pnrimj m- “,7.“ “ l'rrlull ltl .ittnrk in the seem” SPO“ :"T "H ~"'Hlf'd in rum: that pint l~ lH‘ iii-st lll4'|l|\ “1' I‘.-fpnpp “hp” l" ".'l- "I” "1"“ ‘il'tlh \\--ll|rl IHVI‘ llclpml llll'llt will v-l lllrll‘ prwlt-nitw‘nl, _-_‘_.‘_