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Salient. The Newspaper of Victoria University College. Vol. 19, No. 8. July 1, 1955

Sporting Roundup

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Sporting Roundup

Golfers Want Lady Members

Perfect weather contributed to the success of a most enjoyable days golf at Paraparaumu on Sunday, June 19; a Stableford competition resulted in a win for Brian Bennett with 36 points gross—81. To some degree this reflects the high standard of golf which augurs well for Tournament. However, Tournament success, while most gratifying, is not the most important of the Club's activities; more satisfaction would be derived from greater success with regard to the fostering of golf within the University. It is therefore hoped that all members, particularly lady members, will not hesitate to attend Club days even though their golf is not "up to scratch". (There is provision for ladies golf at Tournament when sufficient interest is forcoming). Those who would like coaching contact the Secretary (J. M. Moulden—Weir House, Telephone 45-012) and some group or individual coaching will be arranged with a Wellington professional. Members are requested to watch the notice board for further golfing news.

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Inter-Varsity Rugby

Even the spirited antics of the Weir Haka Party could do little to instil some life into Victoria's annual game with Auckland University College played at Athletic Park recently. In a most uninspiring match Auckland ran out the winners. 17-6. Auckland were without several of their star players in Tanner, Ludbrook, Hutchinson and Fitzpatrick, and indeed took the field with some third grade players in their line-up. Notwithstanding this, they were not hard pressed to defeat a listless Victoria hide, who were conspicuous for their complete lack of imagination in their flay. The one Victoria player who Impressed was Peter Osborne at full-back, who was his usual steady self and gave one of his safest displays this season.

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Old Opponents Defeated . . .

Last Saturday. Varsity defeated their old opponents Poneke 17-9. For several seasons past. Poneke have proved something of a nemesis to the student side, but this time Varsity left the issue beyond doubt. The new backline with Watson and Barry in the five eight positions again functioned efficiently. Ron Jarden was again in great form on the wing, notching eleven points and only just failing by two to aggregate a century of points for the club season. In the forwards Stuart and Nepia again played well, while Bill Clark and Bristowe were outstanding in loose play.

Young Players Impress . . .

It has been noted with interest that several young players who have won a place in the senior Rugby team in the last season or so have made rapid advancement and should ensure a strong Victoria side for some seasons to come. The backline playing at the time of writing Includes four very promising young players in Webby, Watson, Barry and Tony Clark. In the forwards the younger players are less prevalent, but are lacking nothing in comparison with their rearguard colleagues. Perry Preston-Thomas and Gerry Blathwayt are two players, who although rather on the light side, will give strength to the pack for some years to come.

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First Soccer XI Show Improvement

After a series of disappointing failures the seniors turned in two outstanding performances in trouncing Petone 7-1 in a Chatham Cup Local Quarter-final and Marist 6-2 in a Championship game. At last the scoring potential of the talented forward line was revealed in gratifying glimpses of superb football. Nearly all the 13 goals scored in the two games came from passing moves, speedy following up, intelligent positioning and deadly shooting. All five forwards have played well with Naidu and Phillips perhaps shading the others in pace and shooting ability. The most pleasing shading feature of the games was the combination of the forward line which showed that by moving the ball about the players can keep the opposition guessing and at the same time conserve their energy for the sporadic dashes when an opportunity is presented.

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Wings and Fullbacks

The two wing-halves have also performed with distinction, particularly against Petone when Peter Preston and David Jones dominated mid-field play with excellent intercepting and passing to their own forward line. In the second game Jones maintained his high standard but Preston's performance was mediocre in spite of scoring a good goal with a tremendous drive. As soon as he curbs his tendency to go too far up on attack and fail to cover up on defence quickly enough because of his lack of speed Peter will be one step nearer to becoming the perfect wing-half. Kirk and Richardson, the two fullbacks have been very solid and efficient with the former having a slight edge in positional play. The clearing of both men has been first class. Page, the goalkeeper showed good form against Petone. Apart from one unaccountable lapse he maintained this form against Marist.

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Aldridge deserves Rep. Selection

The centre-half Bill Aldridge has fully justified his selection in the Wellington representative side which played so well against the touring Chinese team. In this game it was commonly agreed that Bill was the outstanding player in the home side. In spite of a cracked nose this courageous player has turned out 3 times in 2 weeks turning in a sparkling display each time.

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Stop Out Next

Next week the team faces the well performed Stop Out XI. If Varsity plays as it has done in the past 2 weeks then it should emerge victorious once again. The talent is there and all that is needed is the maintenance of the teamwork and drive that has made Varsity a team to be reckoned with in local Soccer.

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Second XI Notes

In the only game this team has played in the last 2 weeks, it drew with the strong Dutch team Zealandia. Varsity played with 10 men in the first spell. In the second half Zealandia had the benefit of a wind that had freshened and employing questionable rough-house tactics the Dutch boys gave the defence a torrid time. Goalkeeper Naisbitt rose to the occasion splendidly. Stan George also showed that he has plenty of courage and defended well. The team badly missed hard-tackling Clements who was not available. In the forwards newcomer Adi Raman made a good impression using his speed to score 2 good goals and working hard. Outside right Dick Holland showed that ho possesses a quick thinking brain when he took a free kick in a flash thereby making a scoring opportunity for Raman. For his size Dick's tackling is disappointingly sub-standard. He would do well to get his body right behind the ball when tackling.

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The Third Team

This team beat Onslow 1-0 last week but the score could have been 5-0 with a little luck, several shots shaving the posts. Eastgate playing his first game at right-half displayed very good ball-control and passing ability as well as speed and positional sense. Doomen gave an improved showing in goal as did Youles at left half who is very quick to learn. Former senior player, Reddy was an unusual sight playing on the wing in his first game of this year.