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The Spike or Victoria University College Review October 1915

Senior Fifteen. — Matches Played:

Senior Fifteen.

Matches Played:

June 19th: v. Poneke. Lost, 42—9. Comment unnecessary. The Poneke backs got away badly. Tries for us were scored by O'Sullivan, Beard, and Kerr.

June 26th: v. Selwyn. Won, 8—3. A fast and willing game. Tries were scored by Beard and Churchill, Beard converting one.

July 3rd: v. Athletic. Lost, 14—3. Played during the vacation. Thanks to the assistance of Messrs Ryan, Faire, and Brosnan, we managed to put up quite a good fight. Lyons was the scorer.

July 24th: v. Oriental. Lost, 23—6. Oriental proved too strong for us in both back and forward division. McKenna and O'Sullivan scored our two tries.

Aug. 7th: v. Wellington. Won, 16—3. We made the game fast and open from the start, and the issue was never in doubt. Beard in the scrums, and Churchill and Lyons in the loose, were perhaps the most prominent of the forwards. Kerr, among the backs, made some fine dashes. Tries were scored by Kerr, Lyons (2), and Churchill, while Beard converted two.

Aug. 21st: v. Athletic. Lost, 9—3. A fast and interesting game. By the spoiling tactics of the backs and the willing co-operation of the forwards, we managed to give our opponents all they could do to get over. Beard did a lion's share of the forward work, though all did well.

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The greater part of the defence fell on Chrisp and Melody, the latter of whom volunteered to fill a gap in the team, and played a great game at half. Riley was very sure at full-back. Our try came as the result of a forward rush, Smith getting over.