The Otago Match.

The chief event in the career of the Seniors was their match against Otago University, which resulted in a draw, each side scoring one goal. A considerable number of spectators, chiefly of the fair sex, went across to Day's Bay to see the match. To any one who was not a close follower of hockey, the contest would have been very interesting. It was decidedly fast, exciting, and even. Each side worked strenuously for victory, but many of the finer points of the game were absent.

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Very fair combination was shown by the visitors, and although it can hardly be said that had the better of the game, yet the order of their play was superior to that of the local Students. We were without the services of Beere, and were unfortunate enough to have D. S. Smith disabled early in the game. Ryburn and Gower, two of our last year's Seniors, were playing for the Otago University team. Medill and Rutherford were the most prominent of the visitors' forwards, and Goodman and white the most serviceable backs. White, goalkeeper saved quite a number of goals. Pope and Castle were the best of our forwards, and Skelley and Griffiths of the backs. Madill scored for Otago, and Paterson for us.

The following are the results of the various teams' play :—