Close Contest in Swimming.

The swimming was remarkable, records being shattered in 7 out of 8 events, an achievement shared by A.U.C.. C.U.C., and O.U., and one that is very unlikely to be equalled, let alone bettered. As a result of brilliant swimming by D. P. Lindsay, N. Herrick. and Miss Y. Levvey, C.U.C. won the Shield by the narrow margin of one point. D. H. Symes and W. M. Platts performed splendidly to give O.U. 7 points, and the honour of runners-up which they divided with A.U.C., for whom Misses J. Thomson and E. Steele were outstanding. Miss N. Webber (V.U.C.), whose record of 59 seconds for the 66 2-3rd yards women's breast-stroke was the only one to remain unbroken, was narrowly defeated in this event, and performed splendidly throughout the meeting, in spite of having barely recovered from a relaxed throat. V.U.C.'s drooping spirits revived when their water polo team defeated A.U.C. in a specially arranged unofficial match by 3 goals to nil.