Salient. Victoria University Student Newspaper. [Volume 39, Number 19, 1976.]
Sport on Campus
Sport on Campus
Interdepartmental Rivalry
Traditional antagonisms between Botanists and Zoologists flowered on the muddy fields of Boyd Wilson recently, when staff and students from each Department met to contest the ancient Kirk Cup.
Playing in a good mud, a motley gaggle of about 30 tripped and slid their way around for nearly an hour.
Stars of the match were Vince Knight (a fiery Welsh physiologist), and Gary Welsh (a 3rd year Zoology student). Together this dynamic duo overwhelmed the Plant men, leading their team to an eventual 30-nil win.
The Zoo team had the advantage of greatly superior numbers however - in fact there were so many that the great Wayne (Luke) Benton of the Zoo Dept gallantly played for the Botany Team. Despite this however the Botany team never really got off the ground and spent most of the match defending their territory against the piercing thrusts of the Zoologists.
Much of the play originated from the good control of the loose ball by the Zoo team, who handled well despite the difficult and greasy conditions. The Knight-Welsh combinations then provided the brilliant finishing touches with probing runs on the flank and through the centre.