1939-03-06 — Page 22

THE CHINA MAIL, MARCH 6, 1939

Mrs. Akroyd As Inside-Left?

Ladies Interport

Hockey Trial

Mrs. Read, Miss Harker & Miss J. Wong Earn Their Places: Probable Half-

Back-Trio

(By "STICKS”)

LTHOUGH it failed to produce a solution for the inside-left

for the leader's berth, in spite of the fact that she has played in goal al- most throughout the present season for "Y" Ladies!

Her clover déflections and pace were very much in evidence, while she at- tempted shots from all angles and at all speeds. She gave the opposing de-. fenders a gruelling time and only Miss Wong's speed and timely "long-arm" spoiling prevented several goals.

.

Miss Westcott was again the pick of the two left-wingers, although Miss Doris Hunt worked energetically, but without much success, failing in her

final

ALTHOUGH it the departure for England of Miss Marie mal touches... Miss N. Eardley and

Smith, the final Interport hockey trial held by Hong Kong Ladies Hockey Association yesterday morning, on the Naval ground at King's Park, brought to light several interesting performances and cleared the air in relation to most positions.

tions.

were

Four goalkeepers tested yesterday, but there is little doubt that Mrs. Lun- son must fill the Interport berth against Shanghai. She was very cool and saved two certain goals.

half.

left berth in the first and second halves, respectively, did not come up pectations.

FIRST HALF

to ex-

8 Ladies' Selected

For Hockey Interport

Selectors Not Yet..

Satisfied With Forwards

(By "STICKS") FOLLOWING YESTERDAY'S

Outstanding features were the performances of Miss B.

COLOURS: Mrs. Lunson (H.K.L.); Harker, at inside-right, Mrs. M. Read, at centre-forward and Miss I.

Miss G. White (St. Andrew's) and Mrs. Woolley and Miss J. Wong, both of whom filled centre-half posi-Wilmot (Seaforth L); Mrs. I. Stone INTERPORT TRIAL, THE ("Y" Ladies), Miss I. Woolley (C.B.A. SELECTION COMMITTEE AN- with Miss Harker, during the second Ladies) and Miss H. Reid (St, An-NOUNCE THAT THE FOLLOW- drew's L); Mrs. O, Burnett ("Y" La-

TRIP TO There is no doubt but that the Co-ties), Miss M. Simpson (H.K.L.), Mrs. ING HAVE BEEN SELECTED lony right-wing should comprise Mrs. M. Read ("Y" Ladies), Miss I, Bu- TO MAKE THE

and Miss. M. SHANGHAI, Burnett and Miss Harker, who have chanan ("Y Ladies) had the advantage of playing success-Westcott ("Y" Ladies).

WHITES: Miss D. Moss fully together throughout the present Caer Clark Cup season,

Ladies); Miss. P. Everest (C.B.A. La- Of Miss Harker there is much I dies) and Miss M. da Roza. (St. An- Miss J. Booker (C.B,A. can say, but will not. She has improv-drew's L.); ed beyond recognition and was easily Ladies), Miss J. Wong (St. Andrew's the outstanding inside-forward on view, L.) and Miss B. Greaves (D.G. School); always being up with the hall and Miss J. Ewing (C.B.A. Ladies); Miss Miss H. cleverly drawing her opponent before M. Booker (C.B.A. Ladies), disposing of the ball to

her Bockler ("Y" Ladies), Mrs. F. Dalziel (H.K.L.) and Miss D, Hunt (C.B.A. winger or inside-forward.

Ladies).

Colony's probable intermediate line was by no means at its best yesterday. Miss H. Reid, at left-half, being very erratric while her distribution of the ball left much to be desired. It has bean said that she is the fastest lady but playing hockey at the moment, speed should be sacrificed for skill if we are to make our intermediate line invulnerable.

Polished Display Although Miss J. Wong did not find her true form until the second half of the trial, she later gave a very polish- ed display of spoiling and distribution and opened up play to a very big ex- tent. There is no doubt that her spoil- ing is invaluable, but I think it would be a mistake to include her as centre- half, although she should find her posi- tion in the Colony team as left-half, a berth she could quite easily fill. Miss J. Wong's biggest fault is her inability. to keep to her place the centre of the field.

Mrs. I. Stone and Miss I. Woolley, at right-half and centre-half, respective- ly, maintained their usual soundness and did all that was required of them. One of the best performances in the intermediate line was that of Miss B. Greaves, of Diocesan Girls School, bul I am inclined to the opinion that her tack of experience and youth will keep her out of the Interport team.

Best Trio

As far as I can see, the Colony could| do no better than field an intermediate line comprising:

Mrs, 1. Stone, Miss I. Woolley and J. Wong.

her

Miss G. White consolidated chances for Interport honours with a sound display at right-back for Colours, in both halves, while her partnership with Mrs. Wilmot, in the first-half, and with Miss A. Fowler, in the second proved interesting. Mrs. Wilmot un- fortunately struck an off day, or per- haps the bumpy, nature' of the ground foiled her attempts at making effective clearances. Anyway, she made acveräl

·blunders and did not recover her posi- :tion in time to prevent the opposing right-wing from carrying the ball into the circle. Miss Fowler, who succeed. ed her in the second-half, gave a much better performance and was very cool under pressure,, although appearing at times to be erratic in her distribution. She was, however, instrumental, in partialling Bubduing the strong right- Miss wing forward combination of. "Harker and Mrs. Burnett, mainly through timely interception of passes from Whites' halves.

Right

The anders

Miss J.

Mrs. Burnett, who wore on view in both halves on tho right-wing gavo interesting per- formances. Miss Ewing, who has only this last podson or two come into tho public eye, was very fast and display- "ed "some clover touchos, but ruined there through centring olthor too late or too carly and invariably at right- angles instead of diagonally or in front of her supporting forwards.

Mrs. Burnett, showing no signs of

either

A Possible Solution! None of the inside-lefts on view yesterday came up to Interport stand- ard, although Mrs. Akroyd, of Seaforth Ladies, who is an inside-forward but who was seen at centre-forward, could quite easily fill the role and very auc- cessfully too.

player with a

An unselfish' powerful shot in the circle, she should provide the selection Com- mittee with the answer to their problem!

Mrs. Road, in her first trial at centre-forward, gave a dazzling per- formance and is the logical choice

APMENT

MINKEI QLD MATURES NOUSE OF LORDS

·DAY GIN

BOOTAS

PINEST OLD

SECOND HALF

(C.B.A.

COLOURS: Miss J. Hall (St. An- drew's L.); Miss G. White and Miss A. Fowler ("Y" Ladies); Miss J. Booker, Miss. J. Wong and Miss B. Greaves; Miss J. Ewing, Miss M. Booker, Miss E. Chang (D.G.S.), Mrs. Dalziel and] Miss D. Hunt.

WHITES: Mrs. M. Read; Miss D. Moss and Mrs. Wilmot; Mrs. Stone, Miss I. Woolley and Miss H. Reid; Mrs. Burnett, Miss B. Harker, Mrs. Akroyd, Miss N. Eardley ("Y" Ladies) and Miss M. Westcott.

(Continued on Page 28)

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GOALKEEPER: MRS. J. LUNSON, (H. K. LADIES).

FULL BACKS: MISS G. WHITE (ST. ANDREW'S). MISS A. FOWLER ("Y" LADIES). MRS. M, WILMOT (SEAFORTH L.).

HALF BACKS: ... MRS. I. STONE (“Y” LADIES). MISS L WOOLLEY ·· (C.B.A. LA-

DIES).

MISS K. REID (ST. ANDREW'S L.). MISS B. GREAVES (D. G. SCHOOL).

FINAL TRIAL

As the Selection Committee are

with

By the not yet satisfied forwards, they announce that a final trial has been arranged for

next Sunday against Recreio Ladies when the following 11 forwards are requested to appear, changes being made at the interval:

Mra. M. Read ("Y" Ladies), Miss M. Westcott ("Y" Ladies), Miss D. Hunt (C.B.A. Ladies), Miss J. Greig (H.K. Ladies), Miss I. Ewing (C.B.A. Ladies), Mrs. W. Dalziel (H.K. La- dies), Miss M: Harker ("Y" Ladies), Miss I. Buchanan (“Y” Ladies), Miss M. Booker (C.BIA, Ladles) and Mrs. 0. Burnett (“Y" Ladies).

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Recreio "A"

Beat H.K. Ladies

Miss C. Silva's Last Minute Goal

Recreio "A" secured two valu- able points in the Brawn Cup Len gue yesterday morning when they defeated Hong Kong Ladics, strongest contenders for junior honours, by the only goal of the match scored in practically the last minute of the encounter by Miss C. Silva.

Miss S. Baskett, H. K. Ladies' goalkeeper, played an inspired game for the losers and undoubtedly had much to do with keeping the score down. Recreio were best served by their defence in which Miss P. Gonsalves, at centre-half, was bril- |liant, keeping Miss J. Greig gun dued throughout. Recreio “A's" marking of H. K. Ladies forwards was one of the highlights of the game.

The position of those two teams at the moment fa:

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L. D ̃F.A. Pts, 13 11 11 28 3 29 10 9 2 0 25 7 18