HOCKEY 1966 The weather was the worst for many seasons, causing the cancellation of four 1st XI, three 2nd XI and one 3rd XI fixtures. New fixtures were played against Archbishop Holgate's G.S. and Nunthorpe School, and two fixtures for a 3rd XI were arranged. Staffing problems were eased by the addition of Mr. Dixon and Mr. Clark helping with games two and three. Potentially the 1st XI could have been the best for many years, but as usual the bad weather early in the term prevented nearly all training so that our first match was played after only one practice. The halfback line of Vooght, Pickersgill and Abel were very sound in defence and their distributional play in attack improved with every game. Harding successfully moved from the forward line to right back and Richardson proved a very competent left back in his second season of Hockey. In the forward line Baxter at centre forward was the most improved player in the side scoring over half of all our goals. On the right wing Morris combined more stick work in addition to his speed, and will make a good inside forward for next season. The difficult positions of left wing and inside forward were filled adequately by Roebuck, Willstrop and Lancaster, and by the end of the season all were working well together. The 2nd XI, containing several rather inexperienced players, since the introduction of the new system won three out of their four games and contained some good younger players to replace the eight who are leaving this year from the 1st XI. The six-a-side competition at Welbeck was quite successful. We beat West Bridgeford in the first round, then beat Oakham, last year's winners; losing 1-2 to Welbeck in the final. The team was Vooght, Pickersgill, Lancaster, Morris, Harding and Abel. A new venture during the first week of the holidays was a School's Hockey festival, held at Scarborough College. Owing to late news of the festival we could not send a full team and just managed to get XI players, four from 1st XI, six from 2nd XI and one 3rd XI. Although all the games were lost, valuable experience was gained by the second XI players, and it is hoped to have a more representative side if it is held again next year. Lost 2-5 Abbotsholme King's Gloucester Lost 4-5 Lost 2-6 Reed's Cobham The players were Reiss, Harding, Dickinson, Scott, A. G., Richardson, Wailer, Smith, C. J., Pickersgill, W. R., Wood, J. R., Anderson. RESULTS Welbeck College ... Lost 1-2 Bootham School Won 2-1 Wed., 23rd Feb. v. Worksop College Lost 1-2 Wed., 2nd Mar. v. Nunthorpe School . Won 6-1 Sat., 5th Mar. v. Old Peterites .. Won 1-0 Wed., 9th Mar. v. Styx Hockey Club ... ... ... ... Lost 3-7 Matches against Leeds Corinthian, Trent and Scarborough Colleges and York Hockey Club were cancelled. 2nd XI Sat., 29th Jan. v. Welbeck College ... Won 4-0 Wed., 16th Feb. v. Bootham School ... Won 2-1 Wed., 23rd Feb. v. Worksop College ... . Lost 1-4 Wed., 9th Mar. v. Archbishop Holgate's G.S. 1st XI Won 3-1 3rd XI Wed., 9th Mar. v. Archbishop Holgate's G.S. 2nd XI Won 2-0
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