The Archive · 1938

Germans Trounce Highlanders

Brisk Hockey Match in First Division; Wetzell Gets Winning Goals

In a fast and brisk game the German Hockey Club scored a 3-1 victory over the Seaforth Highlanders in a First Division contest at e Race Course yesterday. The soldiers held the opponents to a tie of one-all in the first half but were Outplayed in the remaining period and lost two successive goals Wetzell was the hero on the German side as he netted the two winning shots, showing both speed and marksmanship. The defence was fight, with Remmele playing a great game at centre-half. Von Aster and Schroeder as full-backs were also good, Melchers was a much better wing-half than Paul who failed to check the Highlanders' movements. MacDonald and Yardley became very active on the right flank and the latter tallied the soldiers' only goal.

GERMANS: Schoemann, von Astor, Schroeder, Paul, Remmele, Melchers, Guenter, Berg, Wetzell, Wiecke, Soenksen.

SEAFORTH: Wilson, Vickers, Capt Richie, Thomison. Aberdeen, Cunnin ham, Morrison, Gunn, Cheney, Yardley, MacDonald.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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