HOCKEY.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXXV, Issue 3949, 4 June 1913, Page 7

HOCKEY.

SEVEN-A-SIDE TOURNAMENT.

One of the principal attractions to lovers of outdoor sport yesterday was the annual tournament of the Poverty Bay Hockey Association. A fair number of • spectators witnessed the representative matches in the morning between last, year’s ladies’, rep re-, sentatives and the next best eleven ladies’ team, while the match between the Thursday and Saturday men’s representatives drew a good number of supporters of both sides. pin ‘ the former game last year’s representatives proved! too good for their opponents, eventually winning by 9 goals to nil. The men’s match was a very interesting and even go. The Thursday team were stronger forward than the Satbut were weaker in the H T> n .. .1 1., .1A i ■ n .. «.i nn J. n rl

when the seven-a-side tourney was played, and great credit is due to the committee, consisting of Messrs O. R. Olsen, A. H. Ross, and W. Ogilvie, for the prompt way in which they got the matches off. Owing to there being a tie for first place in the B. section between Mercantile A. and West End, the final had to be postponed until Saturday next at 2 p.m., when the section winners (Mercantile A. and Civil A.) will play off. During the day Messrs H. Armstrong, Sinel, Lewis, Grant, Garrett, and Cassin refereed the matches.

Old Girls won both A. and B. grade ladies competitions: Ladies’ Representatives (9) v. Next Best Eleven (nil). Scores: Miss R. Malcolm 3, M.. Fairlie 2, L. Fanning 2, M. Fromm i, B. Butterfield 1. Saturday Men’s Representatives (2) v. Thursday Men’s Representatives (2). Huston and Hawkins each found the net for .Saturday’s, and Cassin twice for Thursday.

LADIES

A. Grade. Old Girls (3) v. High School (1) Gisborne nil v. High School nil. Old Girls nil v. Gisborne nil. B. Grade. Gisborne nil v. Old Girls (4). Gisborne nil v. High School (1). High School nil v. Old Girls (1).

MEN

. —A. Section.— Ciyils A. (3) v. Kla Ora (1). Mira (4) v. Mercantile B. (1). Civil A. (3) v. Mira nil. Civil A. (3) v. Mercantile B. nil Mira (2) v. Kia Ora (1).

Section.— Mercantile A. (1) v. Te Ran nil. Civil B. nil v. West End (3). Civil' B. nil v. Mercantile A. nil

West End (1) v. Te Rau (1). Te Rau (2) v. Civil B. nil. Mercantile A. (1) v. West End (1)

The final to decide the winner of the section resulted : Mercantile A. (2) a . West End (1).