VARSITY BEAT HUTT.

Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 102, 4 May 1925, Page 9

VARSITY BEAT HUTT.

In lieu- game against Ilutt on Saturday Varsity secured-a win by 8 paints to 3. Iho ground was wet and s | ip . pery, and shortly after tho kick-off thf ball was so slippny Uw.t it could n,.t be handled with absolute certainty Varsity, playing against the wind, commenced strongly, and made IS onie promising passim; rushes, in w l,i«h ove did good work. Hult proved stron» in defence, however, and gradually shifted the scene 01 activity to neutral territory. Determined efforts by the suburban men enabled them to improve their position, and Cudbv went very dwe to RoUuig a goal. The initial score of the

match came as the result' of a penalty goal, well kicked by O'Regan. 'Varsity 3, Hutt 0. Strenuous forward play forced 'Varsity to give ground, and from a line-out, AA 7hiterod secured and touched down. Cudby failed to convert. 'Arar«ty 3, Hutt 3. The ground by the tirao the second spell commenced was in a bad condition, and quite the bulk of the work fell to the forwards. Love sensed an opening, and with a good burst ot speed scored between the posts. O Regan converted. 'A rarsity 8, Hutt 3. A few minutes later Hutt had a fine opportunity of kicking a goal from a mark, but the_ ball failed to cross the bar! Hutt tried hard to break through the opposing defence, but 'Varsity confidently met all the suburban men*s rushes. Ihere was no further score, and the game ended : 'Varsity, 8; Hutt, 3. Mr. J. Moihtt was referee.