During the summer vacation the Boxing Club held a series of meetings, with a view to preparing for the Inter-University Boxing Tournament. The team, as originally selected, included Messrs. E. Stewart and J. D. Brosnan. Unfortunately, neither of these was able to compete, the former owing to an injured hand, and the latter owing to pressure of work. Thus deprived of its two best boxers, the team was necessarily a weak one, and we were unable to send representatives in either the Heavy or Feather classes. Our men, however, all put up good fights, and Dudson succeeded in getting into the final of the "Welter" weight, while Hudson won the Light-weight Championship.

The results of the various bouts were as follows:—

Welter Weights.—First Round.

H. McP. Marshall (Otago) a bye.

W. Dudson (lost, 9lb.) defeated Jolly (Canterbury), lost. 41b. Dudson made all the fighting, and easily outclassed Jolly.

Final.

H. McP. Marshall (lost. 1½lb.) beat W. Dudson. In this bout Dudson met a really good man. Marshall opened out willingly, and showed plenty of pace, combined with skill. He proved very successful with his left. Dudson put up a good fight, but was rather hampered by insufficient training.

Feather Weight.

J. R. Cuthbert (Otago), 8st. 10 ¾ lb., was defeated by V. Holderness (Canterbury), 8st. 9lb. The verdict went easily to Holderness.

Light Weight.

A. Hudson (V.C.), 9st. 2 ½ lb., beat Reed (Otago), 9st. 5 ¾ lb.

Götz (Canterbury), on account of being in the tennis finals did not box, so this bout was the final. In the first round it was chiefly give and take, Hudson doing the bulk of the leading. In the two following rounds Hudson went right after his man, and by means of a tempestuous attack soon tired out his more scientific opponent.

Middle Weight.—First Round.

Jolly (Canterbury) a bye.

T. H. Nisbet (Otago), 10st. 8½ lb., beat A. F. Meldrum (V.C.), 11st. 2lb. In the opening round Nisbet did most of the leading, but Meldrum put up a sound defence, and gave evidence of a very powerful left. Nisbet had a very long body punch, and, in the close fighting, showed up well with brilliant rights and lefts. With a little more attack, Meldrum might have won, but as it was the verdict was easily Nisbet's.

In the final, Nisbet secured an easy victory over Jolly (Canterbury).

Heavy Weights.

In the final, McLean (Auckland) defeated T. Denniston (Otago). Denniston gave a fine exhibition of forceful fighting, but he was quite outclassed by McLean's steady scientific defence. In the final round the Otago man slowed off somewhat, and McLean made most of the leading.