Varsity ahead in water polo
I-1 * g! University I stayed in the lead ejby halt a point with a surprising -draw against the national chamI pion water polo side Beckenbam•l Sockburn, when senior water ; polo resumed last evening. Wharenui remained within a; 'I point of the leader when it beat' llJellie Park handsomely, and, •! South Brighton moved into I ■ fourth place with a default wini ’ against University 11. depleted bj ■ I the usual demands of holidays. ' ! Points: University I 7J, Becken-! ! ham-Sockbum 7. Wharenui 6j,< ‘ South Brighton 2J, Jellie Park 2, ;: University II ij. > Senior reserve games results:—! '. South Brighton .1, Wharenui 3:i New Brighton 4, Sumner 0; Ser-
vices 4, Woolston Park 3; Ser- I vices 2, Wigram 1. WHARENUI 12: G. W. Campbell 4. R. A. Clark 3, P. G. McClure 3, I. L. Gunthorp 2. jjELLIE PARK 1: Own goal. ] This game was an unpromising . start to the new year. Jellie ! [Park, a player short, adopted i very spoiling and defensive tac- i I tics, and it was to Wharenui’s I credit that it always attempted i (to play constructively. I Wharenui’s victory was as con- < vincing as the score suggested,;! and only in the third quarter:’ did it lose something of its com- •’ pcrure. li
BECKENHAMSOCKBURN 3: M. A. Harding 2. B. M. Mustchin. UNIVERSITY I 3: P. R. Tweedie 2, P. J. Carpenter. Beckenhrm-Sockbum gave away a chance of taking the lead for the first time this season. Ahead 3-0 at half-time, Beckenham played as though its winning of the Ryan Cup was the season's only objective. University remained calm and steadily fought its way back into] the game. But the turning point came when Beckenham's goalie. 51. G. Davie, was sent from the water in a harsh and controversial decision, and Tweedie equalised. t
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Press, Volume CXIV, Issue 33433, 15 January 1974, Page 14
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