RUGBY FOOTBALL

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2416, 23 March 1915, Page 3

RUGBY FOOTBALL

ORIENTAL CLUB. The annual report of the Oriental Club congratulates members upon the sound financial position of the club. The cash balance amounts to £74 ss. 5d., and assets exceed liabilities by £346 16s, lid. The senior team finished fourth in the competition, juniors third, and third-class third. The Wednesday team was bracketed with Petono as winner of the championship. Members of the club are urged to endeavour to fill the vacancies oaused by the departure of old players for the front. The club sent a team to play the Kaiorau Club, Wanganui, at Easter, and this team won tnc match. Two teams were sent to the seven-a-side tournament at Palmerston North. The seniors were runnors-up in the competition and the Juniors won the_cup in their grade. The following' members obtained representative nonours:— Senior: J. Kyne, S. Shearer, J. Moffitt. S. E. Donne, N. C. Avery, Pegden, and Gair. Junior: J. Hills, W. Findlay, L. Carmichael, H. Vivian, L. Avery, C. M'Combie, and J. Allen. Wednesday: H. Browne, A. Lindsay, C. F. O'Brien, and H. Nelson. Mention is made of the loss of two valuable members—Gordin Kinvig, who left for Melbourne, and _ Mr. Alex. Hill, for many years president of the club, who died during the year. Appreciation is expressed of i the work done by the ladies' committee at social gatherings. Thanks are extended to: Messrs. Kinrif», Brown, Jordan, D. M'Leod, Ritchie, Prideaux,' and Hornig for donations, Miss Maxwell, Messrs. Washer, Simpson, and Lewis for trophies, Messrs. M'llwraith and F. H. Allen for debentures given to the club, and Mr. Hornig for the use of a room for meetings. PONEKE CLUB. The thirty-second annual report of the Poneke Club states that the first fifteen played thirteen matches, winning six, losing seven, scoring 112 points against 127. The individual scorers were:—Tilyard, 7 tries, 1 converted; M'Taggart, 6 tries; Gardiner, 1 try, 6 converted, 3 penalties; Fisher, 4 tries; Algar, 2 tries, 1 converted; Edwards, 2 tries; Israel, 2 tries; Jacobsen, Johnson, Malioney, 1 try each; Morris and Walker, 1 penalty each. . lhe record of the first fifteen to date 13 as follows:—Played, 362 games: won, e ' > draw/i, 31; points scored for, 1644. The juniors oid not do as well as expected. There is a tendency on the part of some of the junior players to follow the seniors on the chance of a game, senior, instead of playing with their own team, who were often short through this cause. The third-class team played a few. games, lost heart, and withdrew. The same applies to the fourth grade team. This, the committee points out, is not as it should be. od teams could be made of these two grades, and if a couple of older members would interest themselves in these teams there is good lilaterial to work on. The fifth-clars team shows good promise. _ They were runners-up for the championship, four members of this team_ being in tile fifth representatives who journeyed to Christchurch, namely, Baumber, Desmond, Fam'ilton. and Mence.

The sixth-class boys are a little team much, shows good promise. They finished the season as runners-up to Petone, the winners. The committee desires to thank Messrs. Griffiths, Wilkinson, and Magee for. coaching the various teams, lhe following members of the club represented Wellington: —Algar, Fisher, Keeney,, King, Gardiner, Mahoney, M'Taggart, and 1 Tilyard. The club's membe'.s have responded to. the call to arms, 31 members having 'joined the Expeditionary Forces, and 11 are doing garrison duties. The club congratulates its president (Dr A. K. Newman) on again gaining Parliamentary honours. The report concludes with thanks to the Referees' Association and St. John Ambulance. BERHAMPORE CLUB. The second annual general meeting of the Berhampore Football Club was held last night. Mr. A. Beu presided, and there was an attendance of about 24. The report and balance-sheet were adopted. The election of officers resulted:— Patron, Mr. 6. Flux; president, Mr. A. A. Whitelaw; vice-presidents, Messrs J. Campbell, A. Beu, W. Nidd, D. RusBell, H. Patience, A. Hindmarsh, M.P., E. Barton, H. Hill, M Beck, E. Edwards, A. Brewer, J. P. Luke, P. C. Watt, J. M'Donald, F. Howse, E. Feltham, G. Peek, A. P. Russell. W. Lobb, W. J. Hart, J. Moir, E. Fisher, H. Rudkin, Whitefqrd, J. udinson; hon. secretary and treasurer, Mr. C. Rus-1 sell; hon. auditor, Mr E. Edwards; delegate s to union, Mr. C. Russell; management committee, Messrs. R. Cotter, J. Peek, E. Whitcrod. . . The meeting unanimously decided to go up a grade this secfon, and the club will enter teams iii the junior and third-grad© competitions.