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Salient. An Organ of Student Opinion at Victoria College, Wellington, N.Z. Vol. 18, No. 9. July 1, 1954

Soccer ... — University Joint Leaders in Competition

Soccer ...

University Joint Leaders in Competition

With the first round completed and one second round game played. University shares the lead in the Wellington Football Association's first division championship.

Earlier in the season it was predicted that this team would be hard to beat. With no stars in the side every one of the eleven players has had to pull his weight and the success of the team speaks for itself. Results of games played to date have boon:—
  • v. Diamond, won 4-1
  • v. Hospital, drew 1-1
  • v. Petone, won 4-3
  • v. Seatoun, drew 2-2
  • v. Railways, won 6-2
  • v. Stop Out, drew 3-3
  • v. Marist, drew 2-2
  • v. Diamond, won 3-0.

Notable successes have been the last minute victory over Petone, and the well merited draw with Stop Out.

At times the team's supporters have been subjected to exceptional nervous strain as the minutes have ticked by and the team has been left trading. However the ability to fight back and the undoubted physical fitness of the team has enabled the boys to at least break even, and, in the case of the Petone clash, to come up on top even when the team's most ardent supporters would barely have hoped for a draw.

It is many years since the University club has achieved such success. The way to the top has been hard. To maintain it there will be even harder. One obvious way to stay there is to play good winning football—forwards scoring goals and the backs defending.

Above all we feel that the team must keep its cheerful approach to the game and try to recapture that effective and entertaining attacking football with which it started the season.