Rugby

A Narrow Win.

In the annual mutch against. Massey College, Victoria scored a rather lucky win. 13—11. As a spectacle, the game was nothing to enthuse over. Combined back play was lacking for the greater part of the game, Victoria providing what little there was.

McVeagh played a very good game at full-back, fielding and kicking well. His defence was very sound, and he had a lot of rush-stopping to do in the second spell. Eastwood used his speed and strong running to gain big stretches of ground, but was rather starved of opportunities. [unclear: Tricklebank] did some good line-kicking and made several good bursts on attack. He was, however, inclined to attempt too much on his own a mistake with two fast wingers like Eastwood and Harpur outside him.

Harpur provided the highlight of the game by intercepting when Massey were attacking hotly and raring the full length of the field to score. The inside backs were very subdued, but this was probably due to the very slow heeling from the scrum. Bridges hooked very well, but after securing possession the forwards allowed the ball to hang in the back of the scrum. When it was heeled, the opposing loose forwards gave the inside backs no option but to pass the ball on quickly.

The forwards played with plenty of dash, but were rather overshadowed in the second spell by the vigorous Massey vanguard. [unclear: McNicol], Russell and Blacker were in everything, and Corkill played a lively game in the loose. In the Massey forwards Terry played a good all-round game, and Thurston (ex Victoria) was prominent in the loose play. Campbell, the Massey fullback, was very cool and steady, and his line-kicking was good.