FOOTBALL.

Press, Volume LV, Issue 16470, 13 March 1919, Page 4

FOOTBALL.

LIN-WOOD CLUB. The aunuai oi ims _m\vood Footbau' cu'iu ttc.a .uil instil m tlio l-iuUs roojidj mr x. l>. Acsieveu pioiiiaiiiu; over a good attendance. Xlie tliirty-sccond annual report, a resume of which nuo been published, was taken iis read. Xao chairman, inmoving- the adoption of tho report and . bulance-sneet, said Uwt the dill) \'. as untortunute in not having won trie senior cnanipiouship last reason, though 11 :*ot very cloea 'lito coming aoason. 10 witness ft revival oX Kujjby iootbail, us !;ecn interest wus niaai-i-eftted amongst tiluca and yiayeis. liverytiling indicated that the season would bo a very intciissting one. 'JLiio report and baianco-shect were adopted without discussion. Uliicers v/cic olcctect ua follows: President, Mr I''. 1). Kcafeven; vicc-pie«idfciils, •aieiara J. JJalliti, i".. J. JL'cgg, C. Xo«iu», X. Coiiev, h. J. Jerman, V. Vv. Hcrvey, I'. Mickonbottoui, Or, Unuandy, and Captain A. \V. Owlcj; club captain, Mr C. Evans; hon. secretary, Mr 11. Wilson; Jion. treasurer, .Jlv D. J'itcaithly; assistant lion, secretary and treasurer, JU' G. Mcintosh; committee, Messrs A. J. Barrett, A. Dow, L. Harris, G. Parker, and L. Edmonds; to Canterbury Rugby Union, Messrs C. Evans, A. Barrett, H. Mcintosh, and 11. Wilson; delegate to Sport* Protection Association, Mr H. Wilson; hon, auditor, Mr A. J. Allard. Selectors: Senior gTade, Mr H. Mcintosh; second grade, Mr L. Harris; third grade, Mr H. Wilson; the appointment of selectors for the fourth and fifth grades was left to the committee. The secretary of tko Union Club, Duneoill, wrote inviting a team to visit Dunedin and meet a team from the Union Club at Easter. It was decided, to refer the matter to the committee with a strong jccoiumendation that a team be sent.

Matters to be discussed at tho annual ( meeting of the Canterbury Hugby Union were left to tho club's delegates, who were givon a free hand. It was decided that the season bo opened ou April sth. On the motion or Mr C. Evans, members standing, it wus. decided..to convey the club's sympathy to the relatives of members killed at the ftont and of members who died during the influenza epidemic. After discussion regarding the establishment of a fifth rrrado section, it was decided to lecomuiend the committee to draw up a. circular to headmasters of schools, stating that tho club -would Ue pleased to receive boys leaving school as members free of subscription, and ashing that headmasters should recommend the boys to join the Linwood Club, aud supply the club with the liauips and addresses of boys who left school last rear.

The chairman said that- if the club got a nfth grade section going he would supply jerseys. [Applause.)