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The Spike: or, Victoria College Review, October 1910

Third Fifteen

Third Fifteen.

The second lap began when the majority of the members of our team were away for the vacation, and in consequence the only match which we had to play while they were away we lost, but only by a small margin. In this match, a team of thirds and fourths were defeated by Wellington (not the reps.) by 3 points to nil.

Since the vacation the teams have not been up to their usual standard, owing to the laziness of their captain and several other members, who had engagements on several Saturday afternoons. Great praise is due to Melody for the way he cared for the team on the occasions. The result of the matches is as follows:—

v. Orientals. The leading team for the championship. We put in a strong team and surprised them, and ourselves, by winning by 9 points to 6. "Major'' Dobbie scored two nice tries, and Inder kicked an easy penalty, but failed to convert either try.

v. Wellington College. Great was the fall thereof. We were conceited because we had defeated Orientals, and thought, with our team of nine emergencies, we would win. We lost, and the referee forgot the score after 45—nil.

v. Porirua. Our next courageous deed was to go out to Porirua with ten men and be beaten by them by 14 to nil. With a full team we could easily have won this game.

v. Athletics. By this time we were getting used to playing with less than a full team, and when thirteen men turned up at Karori to play Athletics we were not at all surprised to win by 11 to nil..McConnell, O'Shea and Melody each did their share of scoring, and Melody showed he knew how to convert his own tries.

v. Southern. Our match against this team on September 3rd was one that should be recorded. Sixteen men turned up, and if we could have played them all and a few more Juniors, we would not have been defeated by 12 to nil. We still have to play Petone, but perhaps it is as well that we will not have an opood one for practice, and a result of this match.

The season has been a good one for practice, and a good one for pleasure, but for honour—!

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Senior Football Fifteen, 1910

Senior Football Fifteen, 1910