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Hockey Club

For the past ten years the Men's Hockey Club has been able to boast a continuing increase in member-ship, but this year, owing no doubt to the decreased membership of the Students' Association, our numbers have fallen off. The Club had to be content with fielding seven teams in the Grade Competition: 1 Senior A, 2 Senior B, 1 Junior, 2 Third and 1 Fourth; and half-way through the season we were unfortunately obliged to default the Fourth Grade Team.

Shortly before the Annual General Meeting members were deeply grieved to learn of the death of the late Mr. C. Hain, Senior, Patron of the Club, who had always taken a keen interest in our activities. Mrs. C. H. Hain has very generously undertaken to continue the award of a stick for the most improved new player, as she feels that in doing so she will be carrying out the wish of our late Patron. At the suggestion of the Committee the stick is to be called the Hain Memorial Stick.

Mr. G. F. Dixon, always a keen supporter of the Club, has been elected Patron in succession to the late Mr. Hain. He has very kindly donated a stick for competition in the Club. This trophy is to be awarded to the team which gives the best performance of the season.

The Senior A team did better than last season, but still did not manage to come very near to winning the championship. Congratulations are due to H. F. Bollard, who has captained the Wellington Reps three times and to V. A. Stanley and K. N. Struthers who have also played for the Reps.

The Annual Inter-University College Tournament was held this year at Christchurch on the 1st, 2nd and 3rd of June. As Auckland was unable to be represented, Canterbury fielded two teams. V.U.C. managed to send away a strong team to defend the Seddon Stick, then in their possession. They won their first game, against Canterbury B, 2—1; but after a splendid game went down to Otago in the final by one goal to nil. We heartily congratulate the winning team, and also the following members of our own team who won their N.Z.U. Hockey Blues: H. F. Bollard, F. Newcombe and H. Williams.

On the 16th of June a Senior B team travelled to Palmerston North and played Massey College. The game resulted in a draw, 1 all.

The Club held its Annual Dance in conjunction with the Women's Hockey Club in the second term. The Committee very much appreciated the company of Mr. and Mrs. Dixon, and on the other hand deprecates the lack of interest taken by the members of the Club generally in our only social function this year.