Soccer

The highly favoured Otago team failed to live up to expectation and Auckland retained its 1968 title although it had to share it with Canterbury which last won the soccer in I960.

Victoria suffered a succession of defeats being beaten by Auckland 1-0. Canterbury 2-1 and Otago 3-2. The only points Vic scored were from its draws with Lincoln College 2-all and Massey 1-all which just enabled Vic to avoid sharing the wooden spoon with Massey.

This was an unhappy tournament for Vic which jointly won the Soccer with Otago in 1967 at Dunedin. The only bright spot in a series of black performances was the selection of Mike Peters for the NZU learn.