MERELY BANK GOSSIP.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1752, 17 May 1913, Page 12

MERELY BANK GOSSIP.

CLUB NOTES AND CHANGES. •'Vfinthnisiasts" (as they are fond of calling themselves) should note that jnritches at Athlotic Park now hegin at J.'Ja p.m., not 3 p.m. as previously. The Eyan family at Petono havo a groat record in tho football realm. Thero .were nine boys in tho family, eight of .whom have played for the Petono Eenior team, and, in a year or two, the baby ("Con") will be heard of. Ho is at present playing at school. Of tho older boys, "Tom," "Pat," and "Mick" retired Eome time ago. "Jack" is dead, and "Jim" has definitely decided to givo tho game best. "Joe," William, and Edward 'are still going well. Regarding this family, an old footballer onco aptly said:— "All tho Eyans must havo been born ,-with a football in their arms." Comical printer's error in a southern paper:—"They are already selecting 'the best half-back in tho Dominion. This according to the New Zealand Rugby Union showed a loss of lis. Id. on last year's working. Iho Breaker can only add that this gentleman must havo been the costliest half-back on record. JCII9I ought to bo sufficient to buy up tho world's Rugby lock, stock, and barrel. "Tom'' Cross, tho well-known Petono player, and Wellington and New Zealand representative of a few years ago, has just recovered from a serious attack of typhoid fever. \ p. M'Ken::ie, I'etone's Saturday senior captain, donned the jersey hist \Vednc>(!nv- fni 1 his club'.- mitl-wif >- h • 1 co!!en"iioi were not used lo his sidi-stcp ~i;i*rr "ui'v-. and in M>lis;'<|nonce were "badly left" at limes. ; :i |,:inai, who hp been (ravelling of l;ito -is Slateit in hf again available fo^