A reasonably satisfactory season's football has been concluded, and, after the Ruru Shield match on the 23rd the club will go into recess for the summer. Perhaps the two most pleasing features of the season have been the play and championship position of the Third Grade "A" team, and the keenness and spirit shown by the Third "B" side.

The following is a summary of the various teams' activities:

Seniors.—Finished fourth in the Hardham Cup competition, having played one less game than the other teams. Vacations interfered considerably with personnel, but the side should have beaten Upper Hutt, Sea-toun and Miramar.

Juniors.—Were tenth in their competition. Failure of the backs, in the early part of the season, to find form commensurate with that of their forwards, was a large cause of their nonsuccess. The other great cause is to be found in the depredations of the Senior team.

Third A.—This team finished third in its grade, one point behind the second team, but well behind the leaders. The loss of the first three matches created a handicap which it was hard to overcome. This team owes much to the generosity of the Juniors' captain and coach, who refused to break into the team when it was doing well, and consequently weakened their own side.

Third B.—Although finishing twelfth equal in the competition, the Third B had no reason to feel ashamed of itself, if only because of the spirit and enthusiasm with which it played. The club's thanks are due to the captain of the side, Ewen Drummond, whose energy, keenness and co-operation have done the major part in holding the tears, together. It is worth while mentioning that this is the first time since 1941 that a Third "B" team has survived the season.

Victoria v. Canterbury.

Travelling to Christchurch, for the final inter-College game of the season, Victoria were able to defeat Canterbury College severely by 23 points to 6. They had the upper hand for most of the game, but were unable to settle down for the first twenty minutes, so that the movements lacked the finish that would have brought tries. Later, however, the forwards, playing with excellent cohesion and vigour, found their true form, and the backs began to function extremely well. Goodwin, as first five-eighth, was first class, especially on defence, and Mataira, on the wing, besides kicking magnificently, more than held his own against McIntyre, the Canterbory rep. winger. The forwards, except perhaps in the Navy game, have seldom played better. Cormick was outstanding as a loose forward and Kurtovich played an excellent all-round game. This latter, in scoring his two tries revealed a very tricky sidestep and we are pleased to hear that he is willing to impart the secret to the Weir House backs for the forthcoming Ruru Shield game.

Altogether the game, played as a curtain-raiser to the North v. South Island match, was an extremely good one and the team is to be congratulated on its effort.

Scorers for Victoria: Mataira, Kurtovich (2) and Lewis scored tries: [unclear: rataira] converted one and kicked three penalty goals.

For Canterbury: Doldge and Gudsell tries. The V.U.C. team was as follows: Blakely, Loveridge, Lewis, Mataira, Te Punga, Goodwin, Ryder, Cormick, Girling, Butcher, Grayburn, Dobson, Brian, Creed, Kurtovich and Cutler.