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Hockey Notes.

The 1930 season has now concluded and may be looked back on as one of the most enjoyable, if not one of the most successful, in the history of the club. Although one championship has been won the standard throughout the seven teams has been such that the club finished in second place in the club championship.

A gratifying feature of the play during this season has been the performance put up by the lower grade teams, which augurs well for strong Senior A elevens in years to come.

The Senior A team, a much younger and more inexperienced team than that of previous years, was not expected to do well, and the fact that it finished bottom in the championship accordingly does not cause the Selection Committee any panic. Three wins and one draw, is under the circumstances quite a satisfactory record, and the team had the distinction of being one of the only two teams to defeat the championship winners, Karori.

The Senior B "A" team was a very strong combination and, as was expected, had no difficulty in winning the championship, suffering only one loss. Several members of this team could have played in the Senior A grade, and the performance of the team as a whole was well up to Senior A standard.

The Senior B "B" team included several of last year's Senior B team and put up strong opposition to every other team in the. grade, although not winning as many matches as could have been expected. A gratifying feature of this team's work, in view of the poor standard of forward play in the club, was that three of the forwards were selected to play in the Town v. Country match for this grade.

The Junior "A" team finished up in a fairly good position in the grade, and the performances of several members of the team who last season played third grade was very meritorious.

The "B" team also did well, and not only did it on several occasions beat the "A," but it secured the honour of getting one of its members in the Town team for the Town v. Country junior fixture, whilst another was selected as emergency.

The Third "A" team had a very successful season.