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The Spike: or, Victoria College Review, October 1908

First XI Matches

First XI Matches.

V.C. v Petone. Won 2—0. Goals by Misses Tavendale and Casey—Referee absent. Petone footballer recklessly filled the breach.

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V.C. v Wellington. Opponents could only muster seven players and defaulted.

V.C. v St. John's. Won 8—0. Scorers Misses Bissett (4), Casey (3) and McIntosh.

V.C. v Kiwi. Won 2—1. Misses K. McIntosh and Bisset scored. Considerable interest attached to this meeting with our old rivals, but fortune was again kind.

V C. v Petone. Won 2—0. Last championship match of the season. Petone pressed hard in the first spell, but sound defence kept them at bay. Our goals by Miss K. McIntoth and a. luckless Petone maiden.

V.C. v Carterton D.H.S. Won 4—0. In spite of defeat, opponents played a fine combined game. Their coach, Miss F. Scott, formerly one of our own shining lights, almost scored on two occasions.

V.C. v Craven School (Palmerston North). This match, played on the Basin Reserve, on the 15th of August, was the best experience our girls have had this year. They were beaten by seven goals to nil. The ground was faster than anything ever dreamt of at Miramar—and so were the Cravens. From the bully off there was little doubt as to which was the better team. The combined rushes of the Cravens—and all their rushes were combined—were on a much higher level than anything ever seen here, even in Men's Senior Hockey. Their passing was as near perfection as possible; there was never a moment's hesitation looking for someone to pass to; they knew where a girl ought to be, passed there, and were never disappointed. A marked feature of their play was that they wasted no time stopping the ball with hand or foot; with the exception of the full-backs and the goalkeeper they all stopped the ball with the stick and always with certainty. The defence of the V.C. backs—Miss L. McIntosh at centre half, and Miss O. Cook in goal were most prominent—was strenuous, but the best defence against a team such as Cravens is attack. There were several flashes of brilliancy by our forwards but the Cravens proved themselves as stalwart in defence as their opponents. Misses Beale, Monckton, Burns and Abraham scored for the winners.