April 1939

Page 60

ST. PETER'S SCHOOL v. HARVESTEHUDE, HAMBURG. Played at Home, Monday, March 6th. Result—St. Peter's School 2, Harvestehude, Hamburg 3. In an interesting fixture with the junior team of the Hamburg Harvestehude Hockey Club, who were touring some of the public schools of Yorkshire, the School were beaten by the odd goal in five after a fine, fast game. This odd goal, it may be said, was scored by Kruger, the German centre forward and captain, with two minutes to go after a severe bombardment with corners, long and short. This Hamburg team had only played one game on the softer English grounds, but they started off at a fast rate, and after Garnham had been brought out of his goal for minor considerations, Schonewalf, the manager, sent through a crashing drive from the circle edge. The School insides were put off by the continental system of defence, which ignores the man approaching the circle, but which tries to prevent a constructive pass into it. When this phase passed, there were chances in plenty, but Brockbank was never able to make fair contact, and it was Cameron, cutting in on the right, who equalised from a narrow angle. The game in mid-field was fast and furious, and the Germans, with their quick stickwork, were a constant menace, but the School defence, though it did not clear hard, was at least stubborn. The visitors regained the lead immediately after halftime, when Henckell drove the ball in from the right after a shot by Krilger on the left. There followed a long period of pressure by the School during which Brockbank brought the scores level again, but try as they would the School could not take the lead; Graham and Milburn worked hard and Andrew came out occasionally with a good cross-pass, but the German defence held out, though at times it became rattled. With five minutes left, a draw seemed an inevitable and a fitting result, but a strong rally by the Germans led to the winning goal ; Henckell put the ball across from the right to Kruger, whose shot, if not hard, was possessed of a terrific leg-break, and it spun out of Garnham's reach. Team :—J. S. Garnham ; G. P. G. Stephenson, H. C. Belchamber ; P. A. Andrew, R. C. Lynch, F. F. Steele; T. F. Cameron, P. R. G. Graham, J. T. Brockbank, H. A. Milburn, L. W. Bennett. 53


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