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Hockey Match:
Boy Prefects v. Girls' First Eleven
Although the boy prefects finally played against the girls' first eleven hockey team, the original intentions of the challenge had been for the boy prefects to play the girl prefects. However, even whilst the challenge was still echoing round the library, the girl sixth formers found their excuses and, one by one, they refused to play, until at last only four turned out to face the better team.
The match was played after school on the school hockey pitch in very favourable weather. The ground was very hard and was a slight handicap to the boys who were playing in football boots, but the handicap was slight indeed for in the first minute Smith (centre) scored for the boys off a pass from Brook (right wing). After this goal the girls pressed hard, and, for a moment, the boys' defence was penetrated, only to be re-sealed by excellent covering-up. Only ten minutes had passed before a further shot from Smith rocketed through the goals, again off a pass from Brook.
This roused the girls and, after much hard pressing, Gwenda Jones shot ahead to score. She must have been very disappointed to find that she was facing the wrong direction! So the boys were three up, and half-time saw a very tired girls' side, although the boys seemed quite fresh. The second half was very much the same with the girls buckling still more under the increased pressure. Two more goals by Smith made sure of the victory, and the boys left the field indeed victorious, having won 5-0.
The boys would like to remind the girls that there is a book in the school library entitled "How to play Hockey", and this book is strongly recommended to our opponents!
We should like to place on record the fact that none of the boys had played in any previous hockey match.
A. HOLT, 6 Sc.
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Brain v. Brawn
At a girl's suggestion, a hockey match was arranged between the girl prefects and the boy prefects. The teams were drawn up and on a fine Tuesday evening they assembled at the field. The boys turned out in thick woollen socks and football boots, some of which were studded with metal. Our opponents had previously read a book on hockey but judging from their tactics, it seemed hard to believe. It was fortunate that most of the boys' fouling was ignored, otherwise the match would have been stopped constantly. The girls, who had previously been accustomed to intelligent and skilful play by their opponents, were rather taken aback by the boys' play, which consisted mainly of brute force.
Our team found great opposition in the boys' backs, who had a tendency to shoulder their opponents. By half-time, although the girls' team fought back, the boys had scored three goals, thanks to their captain, Smith, whereas we had not scored (no thanks to their goalkeeper). Many boys had already had enough of this hardy game and would have preferred some gentler game - soccer or something like that.
During the second half the girls fought back against the stronger boys, but they had enjoyed the game and cheered the boys off the field. It was quite obvious that the boys had never played previously but after a few more practices they ought to put up a decent performance against the more scientific play of the girls.
BARBARA SUTCLIFFE.