HOCKEY.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 490, 24 April 1909, Page 14

HOCKEY.

■J! i "'. W>-;TO>JI<EBD CLTTB. , •'■■'.'.'• ■ "" The* tenth annual meeting of tho United Hockey .Club was. held last.night, Mr. W. J. Qrgan presiding."i^ , .t-^ , ,'.-.'■ > : : . ;' is'as follows':—Senior team: playea U, won-H"/ di'awn 3, lost 0; goals for 57, against 24; points for 25, against 3. Junior l.team: Played 14, :iron'6, drawn 0, lost 8; goals for 3i, against &; points for 12j against 16. Third team-: Played 15, won" 2, drawn 0, lost 13; goals for 16, ..against 51; points fori, against 26.. . ' ■]" ■ ■ ■..._■■■ : ■ - "■The-: annual' report and balance-sheet "were read and ajdoptea. ..., . - : . ■ ■ The following officers • were.: elected dent,.Mr..'.C. ■' jL- Eichardson; vice-presidents, Messrs. W. , E. Bethnne and T.. S.Eonaldson; captein, Mr. W.E. Pearson; secretary, Mr. E. H..y.6n Starmer; treasurer, Mr. Q. Eonaldson; committee, ;Meesrs. W. J. Organ, M. F. Luckie, and.G.-Smythe; auditor, Mr. A.-Pavitt; eenior selection committee, Messrs. W. J. Org'an, G. Hickson and G. Smythe; junior, selection com;mitteo, Messrs. A. A. Bennett, A. Pavitt, , and A. ; Cameron; third-dass,selection committee, Williams, and.C. Pavitt,-dele-gates : to association, Messrs. Ludde and Von ..Stunner.. .■;.•■•'■■.■::■■: .■' ■'■■;■:'■'.:.''.'•■■'■

thanks was. accorded 'Mr. F. L. Ashbolt for his services to. the club during the past .ten years....: ./ / •■■•/.... :, : : . LADIES' ASSbCIATION, -V ': In :'presenting fEe-third annual report and balance-sheet .for 1908-9, the .committee ■ state thattfle.past season-vhas/been a most successful one./ The interest in the game was more pronounced than/ever, it las been in former years, especially in the jiuiior andthird grades, but thesenior championship suffered somewhat by having ,only five competing teams in place ot seven the previous year. The prospeots for the commg season appear to be good, but it is ;to ..-be regretted - that more clubs cannot see their.wa7. to, place senior teams in the field - ■Five .-senior,- seven-, junior, and -four third-class clubs i entered for the competitions' during the pnst.. season as compared with seven senior jthreo junior,. and four third-class in the previous year,,and,these" clubs furnished five teams ■for the senior, twelve for the junior, and-* thir-teon/for-the third-class' championships. The m °r ; an d. junior championships were won by the/Victoria'College 'Club with an unbeaten record, and that club is to be congratulated on its performance; The Kiwi Club were runners-up inthe senior contest, and the Girls' in the junior. Tho Terrace.High School Club is to be congratulated ori winning the third-class championship with an unbeaten record.. ThpiEndeavourers Club ..secured second place in this grade, also ;with an unbeaten re- , cord; ;A /representative • tournament was held under, the auspices; of the association; from' September 4.t0 13, 1908, and proved a great succesa. -Entries /were received from . the JiawJie a ..ijay,', AVairarapa, "Wauganui,-Nelson. and jHqrowhenua/.Associations.- Hawke's Bay won the_6enior_c6mpetition enp presented bv 'Mr.. C.-.H. Izard,- and' Wellington A won the .•■i? l^'-,??,?^] 1 ;? presented by Messrs, -^^•il IIIS i^ C - 0 " Ltd - ?- win S to a consider*P le .. <™cnlty, being' respenenced' in billeting ,TBiting players, the association had to provide accommodation at private hotels, and. this .constituted-a,heavy drain on' tho tournaroent'a resourcea, resulting m a'debit balance of about j>l Matohes were played'between Wellington and Wanganui , (won by .Wellington A to ml), ■ and iCanterbury Jost 6y ,5. to /nil). ' At the inetigatjon;.Bfj.this association th« New Zealand •— Association was formed, an m which t will prove of incalculable value,.to_hockey.throughout the■: Dominion ~J h ?. J!™** lo * °t Providing better grounds ia ...onejor.eaniest.consideration by the incoming ;<»™ffi!yee,;ae.;the conditions,of those used last season .was: S rfch;ae to.militate against the best hockey resulte.' The"thanks of the associaHon are presented Jo Dr. Izard for the keen in- ; jexest; ; *C % ha8 f :,t4kea J in.:the past season's workwith • the tourna- : association are also TV W it l^ 68 Be °?'f ti; . M^-; Bankine-Brown; Or. M. Holmes, and Mr. T. M: Wilford M P ; H. hJd and Wa! rfe^'V^iUs/and-Co;,' Ltd.;-for silver ; to:Mrs.;.Hislop.and others who billeted visiting ;.? ll » T , e ffi d t u Sfiß , ithe?;tournament; to -the ladies ;and g ; entlemeni«ho; s o, kindly contribnted To athCAtHome giVenTthe: ,visitor!;;.-to those,;.;gentlemenvwho .refereed' in ' tlle T TS : Tious...ohampibnsliip3 and • representative• ; p^^piliat^sfeSca Sloane for vToi ■looW.for.mee.hligs.aihe.fmancial position of fepStjon^.^t.iSuch.. as; the Committee i~woMd have.,.liked i '..to :i ;placo .before' members! of a3 ilieilS^alTato^ ,three, and in- : •.f^^pma.fei.'.clubsr.ehall ; be' .'one and a half'

KeHeway, De Lambert,-Gayford, Chaplin, Gen Ml Emergency: Clarke. B/Team: M'Nknght Irvine, Gower, Sincl, • Burdßkin qvlif Brooke, -MilJs,; Smith/ HegLbothkm,-^ , Emergencies: Harris, Guise, GfdaU,' Mo"^