Senior A

v. Marist. Lost 3—4.

A slippery ball and the fast-breaking Marist forwards spoiled any chances we may have had of making the Marist game a good one. Nevertheless, it did have certain satisfying features, the first of which must be Burke's amazing hooking. He raked from scrum after scrum with clock-like regularity, but a feast of ball proved of little use to our backs. It is a sad confession to say that a 'Varsity pack has forgotten how to wheel a scrum, particularly with such men as Rude, Murphy and MacLennan in key positions. Yet such was the case. However, Johnson and Caldwell played particularly well, the latter thoroughly deserving his try. Much praise to Dave Tossman for the way he kept big Jim Gillespie in check, and using pace and determination on attack himself. Perhaps we were unlucky—but our bad tactics in not varying our play enough cost us the game.

v. Seatoun. Won 16—5.

Sam Meads and Stewie McNicol made their farewell appearance for V.U.C. in a game that was somewhat lethargic in the first spell. However, the second half saw these "venerable old gentlemen" come to life with a vengeance, and with Murphy, MacLennan, and Harry Martin (ex A.U.G.) right on the job, the Seatoun pack failed to stay the distance. Harris, after a week's rest, went a great game, and the versatile Tossman, back in the forwards again, was as good as the best. Pile, the Maori All Black half, gave us good service behind the pack, and two good tries fairly reflected the quality of his play. Shades of Bill Elvy in Hadfield's try! He side-stepped two men, swerved round another, fended off a fourth, finally to crash through the full-back's tackle and score in the corner after never having moved more than two yards from the sideline. Ryder, on the other wing, played his best game to date, showing surprising pace and kicking with judgment. Quite a satisfactory day all in all.