HOCKEY.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2590, 26 August 1909, Page 6

HOCKEY.

TO-DAY’S MATCHES

v The following will be the hockey matches at Victoria Domain to-day, begining at 2.15 p.m. : — Y.jVEC.A. v. Civil Service ; City v.. Vest End. The following team will represent West End against City:’Goal, Burke; backs, Sim and Olsen; halves, Hooper, McLean, Coleman; forwards, McLachlan, Morse, Roderick,- Pirie, and Davey. Emergency, Roderick.

LADIES’ /CHAMPION TOURNAMENT

[Per Pimcss Association.! . NAPIER, August 25. . The weather • was delightful _ to-day for the ladies’ hockey championship, and in the afternoon there was an attendance of over a thousand spectators at the recreation ground. The following are the results:— Auckland beat Taranaki, by 3 goals to 1.- _ . Hawke’s Bay B beat Horowhenua by 2 goals to nil. Hawke’s Bay A beat Nelson by 4 goals to nil. Wairarapa A beat Wairarapa B by 1 goal to nil. . Most interest was taken in the gam© between Nelson and Hawke’s Bay A. The home team played effectively, but Nelson defended well, and at times made some determined attacks. The positions of the teams at the end of to-day’s play are ah follows: Hawke’s Bay A, 5 wins; . Nelson, 4 wins 1 loss; Auckland, 4 wins 1 loss; Hawke’s Bay B, 3 wins, 1 loss 1 draw; Taranaki, 3 wins 2 losses ;_W airarapa A 2 wins 2 losses 1 draw; Wellington, 2 wins 3 losses; Horowhenua, 1 win 4 losses; Wairarapa B, 5 losses; Wanganui, 5 losses. . To-morrow’s play will bo at -Hastings. AUCKLAND v. SOUTHLAND. INVERCARGILL, August 25. The first hockey match, Auckland v. Southland, played hero to-day, resulted in a win'for Auckland by two goals to 1. The ground was somewhat heavy and this interfered with the more dash--1 ino- style of the Auckland team. • The Aucklanders gave an exposition of hockey of a standard never before seen in Invercargill, their exceptionally clever stick work being particularly ad-, mired. Southland put up a stubborn light, and made the game very fast, '•’heiri play in the field was effective, but within the circle their ability was

sadly lacking, and they consequently failed to improve on the opportunities which their more knowing opponents would have converted into scores., Some say that the score was really 3 to 1, that the referee Was deceived by reason of a hole in the net, which allowed the ball to go through.