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The Spike: or, Victoria College Review, October 1908

Sydney v. New Zealand

Sydney v. New Zealand.

The difficulties in connection with what has been called the Australasian Oxford v. Cambridge have at last been surmounted. The work done by Mr. Hyam Marks some five or six years ago, of which the immediate result was the interchange of visits between Sydney and Dunedin, has been completed, and for the first time the New Zealand University as a whole has been represented in the sport's field. For the first time the Sydney University man has been able to claim his Rugby Football "blue," and the same event marks the introduction of the "blue" as a New Zealand University institution.

The arrangements for the selection of the team, were carried out as foreshadowed in last number of The Spike. Otago University and Canterbury College met in Christchurch, on 24th June, and a team selected to play a North Island team in Wellington on June 26th. Mr. F. T. Evans of Christchurch was unable to come to assist in the selection and the work fell on Dr. Irwin Hunter of Otago and Professor T. A. Hunter of Wellington. The following is a list of the winners of the "blue":—

W. A. Gray and L. G. Robinson (Auckland University College), J. D. Brosnan, F. B. Goodbehere, A. D. Lynch, F. A. de la Mare and H. F. O'Leary (Victoria College), G. S. Collyns, page 24 W. H. Grace, L. Potter, M. H. Rhodes, A. J. Wigley, E. J. Wilson, H. P. Young (Canterbury College), R. Dansey, D. E. Fenwick, J. H. Lang, E. L. Lomas, R. H. Nuku, M. Ongley and L. M. Tansey (Otago University.)

Hitchings (Victoria College) was picked but was unable to obtain the necessary leave of absence. Robinson, who had been bar-bound in Onehunga, arrived in Wellington about an hour after the departure of the Sydney boat, and, as an extra three-quarter was wanted, he returned to Auckland and caught the Tuesday boat from that port.

The party was completed by Dr. Hunter and Dr. Tizard of Otago.