The Spike or Victoria College Review, June 1908
First XI Matches
First XI Matches.
V. C. v Hereawa. Won 9—0. Misses K. McIntosh (5), Casey (2), Tavendale (1), and McKenzie (1) shared the honours. Fast play by the green forwards kept the Hereawas cotinuallty on the defensive. Our backs were seldom called upon. We all enjoyed ourselves extremely. New green blouses much admitted.
V. C. v Kiwis. Win 3—0. At last the pride of the victorious Kiwis has been humbled in the dust. V. C. won the toss and took advantage of a gently zephyr that was shirting sand and fences in every direction. Forward combination in the first spell was none too good: hard and wild hitting with consequent loss of control of the ball were much in evidence. Good work on the right wing carried the ball into the circle where the Kiwi keeper lent some colour to the theory that in moments of extreme excitement ancient habits reassert themselves by adopting a method of defence that can only be described as "hatching." Miss McIntosh recovered the ball at last and shot our first goal. Shortly afterwards Miss Johnston got another in from the right wing. At half time score was 2—0 in favour of Victoria College. On resuming play Kiwi set up a strong attack, but from the resulting "corner" the "greens" anxious moments, on one occasion Miss Holmes had a fair chance right in the goal mouth and missed her stroke, on another Miss Gear's shot struck the goal post. At length Miss Tavedale got in some "slim" offside work. The referee let her go with dire results. The ball rebounded from the goalkeeper, but Miss Johnston swooped down upon it and placed it safely in the net. The work of our back division was excellent throughout : Miss Reeve showed excellent form both in attack an defence. The forwards made their best attacks from the left wing, though Miss Johnston on the right played a very sound game.
V. C. v Wellington. Won 7—2. Goals by Misses Tavendale (2), K. McIntosh (2), and Bisset (1). Miss Bisset justified her promotion. The most noticeable fault in the team's play was a tendency to get out of place among the forwards. They also beat one another for the ball continually, instead of getting into a good position ready to take advantage of the pass when it came.