Prospects—men's Hockey.

In view of competition matches commencing on May 1, hockey practices began at Karori Park in earnest last Saturday. Membership of the club is lower with Training College now playing under their own colours, but there is a promising contingent of new members. There will probably be five teams from the club this year, possibly six. Five of last year's senior team are playing again. Abraham. Newcombe, Shaw, Innes and Johnston. Shaw should be very valuable as centre-forward, always showing plenty of dash and powerful shooting in the circle. Newcombe in the halves and Abraham as full-back, both N.Z.U. blues, will give the benefit of experience to the team and build up some sound tactics. The club is fortunate in having some new members with reputations in senior hockey in other centres; these include Ives and Cole (Christchurch), Ballantyne (Hutt), MacMurray (Palmerston) and Struthers (Otago). It will be interesting to see if any of these can gain places in the senior team. Others who are in the running for places in the senior team include Kean, Oram, Long, Dixon, Evans, Pickering, McIntosh and Orams.

Henry Abraham, the club, captain, has sound ideas on training and on coaching lower grade teams and assisted by Newcombe and Shaw has already begun mid-week practices. There was a very good turn-out on Saturday, over fifty being present. Consistent training will be necessary to get combination into the teams, but the material seems to be there. More points are looked for from the lower teams if University is to get near the club championship, and the thirds and fourths may manage something in this respect this year.