Senior.

Seven-a-side Tournament—The season opened with a tournament, but we were unable to put in our best team, owing to the fact that many of us were recovering from the Dunedin tournament and did not feel up to the high standard of training which is necessary for a seven-a-side game. We, however, managed to win two games.

v. Athletics; lost 21-5. The Rugby Union evidently expected a repetition of our opening game against Petone last season, as this game was played on No. 1 Ground, Athletic Park. The other side was superior in all departments, although College put up a good fight. Unfortunately, Jackson put his head in front of something hard early in the game, and we were deprived of his valuable services. To his efforts we owe the only points scored by us.

v. Poneke; lost 23-5. Played at Athletic Park. Our opponents, with the sun at their backs, managed to put on only 5 points by half-time, and we had prospects of a good finish. However, for some unexplainable reason, the second half proved a run-away against us. The back play was ragged, Chrisp's brilliant handling being the only redeeming feature. The forwards worked like Trojans aaginst a heavier pack, Beard being conspicuous as a leader. Of the others, Espiner and Martin- Smith were especially noticeable. Our score was the result of a forward rush, in which Low scored and Jackson converted.

v. Wellington; won 10-6. Played on Duppa Street Park. On this occasion there was a general improvement, although our backs still showed a tendency to juggle with the ball, and our lightning wings were again starved almost to the point of emaciation. In the first half the whole team played with considerable "ginger," and Scott and Aitkin succeeded in crosing the line, Jackson converting both times. This made the score 10-3 in our favour. After half-time our opponents gave us plenty to do, and the three points they added to their total was the result of inefficient tackling by our backs. Of the forwards, Beard, Hutchison, and Smith were conspicuous; Beard's line-kicking saving our forwards a lot of work. There was little individual brilliancy displayed among the backs, although Chrisp got through a lot of work in a convincing manner.

v. Petone; lost 31-14. Played at Petone. This was a particularly fast game, and was played in a good spirit by both sides. The big score put up by our opponents was due to our bad tackling, which is always emphasised when we meet a fast team of backs. Our forwards held Petone, and got their fair share of the ball in the scrums, but when the Petone backs got possession our backs proved that they did not know the elements of defence work. On the attack our team was quite a match for our opponents, each man doing his fair share. Barker was conspicuous, using his pace to great advantage, both in attack and in covering other players' mistakes in defensive work. We were sorely handicapped by the absence of "live-wire" Jackson, who would have proved a "tower of strength" on this occasion. We were glad, in this game, to have the services of Brosnahan, whose experienced head is of great assistance to our less matured forwards. In this as in the last game, "Johnny" Pope was behind the page 46 scrum, and did a lot of work in his usual nippy way. The scores were as follows: Penalty goal by Scott; try by Aitken and converted by Scott; two tries by Barker, making a total of 14 points.