Otago 4—Victoria 0

This first round game was played on the Monday morning on a ground made heavy after an overnight frost. Playing was further made difficult by the uneven nature of the ground.

This was an uninspiring game which at no stage looked like attaining the heights of last year's corresponding fixture. Otago were soon into their stride and at no stage did they let the fast Victoria forward line settle down and assert their true worth. Only good defensive work on the part of the VUC backs kept the score down and Taylor in goal made some excellent saves. However, it was only the brilliant positional play and stickwork of the Otago captain Patel playing at centre-half that prevented Victoria from scoring on several occasions.