SWIFTS CLUB.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 754, 1 March 1910, Page 4

SWIFTS CLUB.

The report to.be presented at the sixteenth annual meeting 6f• the. Swifts. sociation) Football Club to-night cohgrat- ; ulates tho.'semor... league'first: division , ' •eleven upon, the' double ■ success' obtained last season;in; winning both the Senior League Shield.; and . the.W.F.A. Charitv Cup, this-'being the first''occasion, upon which the'.Charity' Cup has been won by. the club. ..The' senior, second ' division': team could-'ti,ot ; be'-lield together, and had' to be withdrawn , " from the leagub owing to the paucity'of; members.' -A'o junior' league first, division'team was entered, but second'arid third division', teams were, entered' with' fair 'success." These teams; contain some coming, players,' .and' it : ishoped byithe committee'that'they fwill' remain with'. ; ,an'aV;help ;tg ./strengthen'.; tie' higher teams, in-succebdirig. sca'sons.' : The record .in all club contests was:—. . ;:r:rg-"" ; |7:|;:^ v -.t'; , ■.•'■•'■:-:...' /^: '■"«■;; 'p--'- : .|"''-.:^! ; . Seniors ......■...:....; }I.;■' 1" .2 ~' U■■ i 5 Juniors 2nd Div. ', ; 8... i ... 1 47 y .'B Juniors 3rd v Div. r .; , l 5. :: ~5; ,; -'3 .''.2B ':. 24 : . J. H. Pye-Smith.i.'.D. Scott, ,M.. H. Kirschberg, ,D.' -Twohill, C.iD. Vcssej;,.| and F. Sanddrs'.represented the club'in various representative games. -"''\V." IK Sparrow,, G;, ]J.,.Guise, Q. ."\Vilson, -and' H. Graves .took-.'part in the Colonial .v; Homo Country-players. -. : ■'■:: Thanks are■ -due , , to the honorary and.executive officers 1 for.: their support, to Mr. E. Hutchison (the'seniors', linesman), and to Mr.; E. Pye-Smith- for, use of a room for committee meetings'. The following medals wereawarded at lastannual meeting:—Junior second division: Best forward, 0. Foote; best back, G. P. AVilliamson; most improved "playor, A. J. Overend. Junior third division: Best forward, S. Luxton; best back, H. Shields; most improved player, C. Spearman, ' ~ The committee express satisfaction at the advance the Association game ; has made in AVellington during the past two seasons, and congratulate the W-P-A. upon progress, made. The number of competing, teams has now reached 64, and this number will probably be -much increased during.-the coming stason. The balance-sheet of the club shows a credit balance of «£H Ms.