FOXTON FOOTBALL CLUB

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3641, 21 May 1927, Page 3

FOXTON FOOTBALL CLUB

FORMATION 47 YEARS AGO. Very few members of the Foxton Rugby Football Club are aware of the date of the foundation of the club of which they are'presentday members. Looking over the Hei’ald file of June 14th, 1880 (for-ty-seven years ago) we find the following report:— “A meeting was held on Monday evening last (May 30th, 1880) at Whyte’s Hotel for the purpose of forming a football club. About ten gentlemen were present. Mi’. Young was voted to the chair. It was proposed by Mr. Howe, seconded by Mr. Shore, and carried: That a club be formed to be called the Foxton Football Club. Mr. Shore was appointed secretary, and the subscription was fixed at half-a-crown. On the motion of Mr. Turner, seconded by Mr. Howe, the Rugby Union rules were adopted for the club. It was then decided to hold a scratch match in Whyte’s paddock to-morrow (Saturday) afternoon, play to commence at halfpast two. About twelve members have already enrolled themselves in the new club, and we hope that it will have a prosperous career: As we remarked before, there are several good players about this district, who only require a little practice to put them in first class trim, and if steady practice is continued, we confidently expect that the Foxton Football Club will be able to bold its own against any of the other clubs on the coast” There is no report of the “scratch match,” hut later issues contain brief reports of strenuous games.