The Indians At Gisborne

With four Olympic players in the team, the Indian Wanderers put on a magnificent display of fast hockey when they came to Gisborne last month and played the local representatives at Childers Road reserve.

At no stage of the game did the visitors lose their mastery over the Gisborne players, but as the unequal contest progressed, the home team began to find counters to the racing Indians, and their sterling work on defence reduced the visitors' goals to four in the second half. The final score was 12-nil. A crowd of 3000 watched the match.

This picture, shot through the wire mesh of the P. B. goal, tells the story of the match, as Indian vice-captain Charanjit Singh aims a sizzler through apprehensive defenders.

Teams line up for Indian and British national anthems. At rear, umpires J. W. L. Purcell (P.B.) and D. J. Denniston (Hawkes Bay).

R. Piper makes attempt to take ball from flying Indian Darshan Singh. In support, left to right, are P.B. players H. Underdown, A. Hughes, K. Hughes, and W. Horsfall.

Referee Purcell keeps up with the play as right-winger Madan Mohan Singh takes a ball past R. Piper.

The story of the early goals. Before P.B. defenders learned to break fast, Charanjit Singh has plenty of time to stop penalty corner ball for Gurbax Singh to shoot like a bullet for goalmouth.

Toppo, the Indian left-winger, gained the crowd's plaudits time and again for brilliant sorties down his side of the field. Here he jiggles a ball past P.B. captain H. Underdown.

The Poverty Bay representative hockey team. Front row, left to right, D. Burns, A. Hughes, H. Underdown (captain), D. Lewis, R. Clarkson. At rear, A. Coker (manager), D. Pritchard (reserve), R. Piper, K. Hughes, J. Carr, J. Page, W. Horsfall, R. Griffin, R. Taylor (reserve).

Jack Squires (a member of the N.Z. Hockey Assn.), Gurnarain Singh (manager of the Indian Wanderers) and G. Slade (Gisborne) snapped at half time.

Captains Udham Singh and H. Underdown toss for it.

One of the visiting players.

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The Gisborne Photo News

No 85 : July, 13, 1961

The Indians At Gisborne