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Salient. An Organ of Student Opinion at Victoria College, Wellington, N.Z. Vol. 18, No. 5. April 30, 1954
Victoria Last In Beer Bolters Battle
Victoria Last In Beer Bolters Battle
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—Christchurch Star-Sun Photo.
L. A.McDougall (C.U.C.). winner of the award for the most scientific [unclear: boser.] leads with a straight left to N. [unclear: Newolowalo] (V.U.C.) [unclear: McDougall] won on a [unclear: I.k.o.] in the first [unclear: roued.]
The cream of the New Zealand Universities' pot-tossers bumbled and fumbled with their beer in the grand finale to the Easter Tournament recently.
A youthful Canterbury University College sextet—the A ( probably for half-full) team—sloshed in half a glass and four driblets ahead of six soggy and equally youthful Auckland University College bore-bolters in 14-4sec.
Canterbury's time was a 0.4sec margin over Auckland, and one of the most conclusive victories the South Island has had over the north in any field of activity since Hare-wood was declared an international airport.
Rural Rivalry
A contest of particular interest to primary producers set the seal on the southern success. Representatives of New Zealand's two agricultural colleges—Massey and Lincoin—joined battle.
Lincoin, which had not had the best of the running and struck some heavy going in the earlier six-cornered ten-round froth and bubble scuffle, came in a clear glass ahead of Massey.
As the last empty glass was lowered with a resounding smack a great gurgle of applause from about two hundred and fifty males and three females momentarily drowned the rumble of passing trams in nearby Colombo Street.
The applause was the most stable feature in an extremely fluid situation.
Lower and Lower
But older stagers waded away disappointed. They claimed that the general standard was getting lower because the modern generation was not lowering quickly enough. Nevertheless the pence, as the following results show, should have been good enough to set a publican's pulse racing.
Round One.—Otago 15.6sec beat Auckland 16.7sec, Canterbury A 14see beat victoria-Massey 19.8sec, Lincoln 16.2sec beat Victoria 21.3sec, Canterbury B 16.8sec beat Auckland B 23sec.
Round Two.—Auckland and Canterbury drew. 14.2sec. Lincoln 16.5sec beat Canterbury B 17scc. Otago B 16.2sec beat Massey 19.4sec.
Semi-final.—Canterbury A 14.2sec beat Lincoln 16sec. Auckland 15.8sec beat Otago 18.6sec.
Final.—Canterbury A 14.4sec beat Auckland A 14.8sec.
—"Christchurch Star-Sun."
Victoria's team was as follows: A. Robinson. J. Stirling, L. B. Piper and J. Noble. Messrs Vallance and Thiele from Massey completed the V.U.C. team. Need we say more?