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Salient. An Organ of Student Opinion at Victoria College, Wellington, N.Z. Vol. 16, No. 17. September 11, 1952

Women's Hockey..

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Women's Hockey...

The women's hockey team met with a moderate degree of success. Their three points were due to a very good effort against the host college, Canterbury. The general standard of play was uneven, Otago had an exceptionally strong team containing many provincial players, while Canterbury and Victoria were not up to an acceptable tournament standard.

Their main weakness lay in lack of determination near the goal. Too often there was a readiness to allow the defending players too much lati tude thus giving them ample opportunity to clear.

B. Haldane in goal had a torrid time, being continually subjected to strong attacks. The full-backs, P. Burr and L. Holland. also hud a lot to do. Lack of cohesion with their halves added to their difficulties. The halves, B. Kingdon, A. Wellwood and P. Simmers were quite proficient at directing attacks but were too inclined towards individualism.

Of the forwards P. McKenzie showed strong determination but failure to centre more quickly marred her play. R. Baird also gave a good performance but the same criticism is applicable to her.

A general lack of fire amongst the forwards robbed them of many chances. They will have realised by now that physical fitness is an important consideration for Winter Tournament. A general lack of team work seemed to indicate the lack of any extensive coaching. The results were:—
C.U.C. v. O.U. 0-5
A.U.C v. V.U.C. 1—0
C.U.C. v. V.U.C. 3-5
O.U. v. A.U.C. 6—0
O.U. v V. V C 9—0
C.U.C. v. A.U.C 2—3
I O.U.. 2 A.U.C. 3 V.U.C.