Soccer Honours Shared With Otago

An Unfortunate draw meant that the Soccer team met stiff opposition on the first day when the grounds were heavy. Consequently despite good results against Otago and Auckland they nearly lost to Massey.

Victoria looked decidedly sluggish with the defence crumbling disastrously in the latter stages of the first half. A rest on the Tuesday afternoon proved a tonic and the team went on to dispose of Lincoln and Canterbury with ease.

This was good enough to give Victoria joint first with Otago, leaving the match against Massey one of the great might-have-beens of Tournament, although, ironically, it was one of the few games that pre-match pundits would have given us a chance of winning.

The best Soccer from the Victoria team came from K. P. Too (an NZU player), whose footwork was remarkably good. The powerful R. Howell was worth his weight in gold (or should I say goals?).

Worthy of mention was the whole defence, specially the goalkeeper, R. Bustard. Apart from the lapse in the Massey debacle the rearguard played consistently well and set a standard for the forwards. inspiring them to give more than their best.—evidenced by the rout of Auckland.