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Salient. An Organ of Student Opinion at Victoria College, Wellington, N.Z. Vol. 9, No. 9. July, 24, 1946

[Introduction]

With three months of initial pipe-opening and combination-making behind them, rugby players in July each season, usually start to turn on NZ's traditionally entertaining football. July 1946, in the University sphere at least, saw the tradition well upheld.

On Wednesday, July 3, a day of little wind and much sunshine, North Island Universities defeated South Island Universities, 13-9, in Wellington's finest match of the season to date—the cream of the combined teams taking the field against a Wellington representative side the following Saturday, the game resulting in NZ Universities 20, Wellington, 14.

A respite of less than two weeks and Massey College 1st and 2nd XV's met two Victoria XV's, the first of the latter winning under greasy conditions, by 6 points to 5; the seconds' game ending, appropriately, in a draw, 6 all. Victoria's remaining inter-College fixtures this season are with Canterbury and Auckland, no dates having yet been finalised.