RUGBY FOOTBALL

Press, Volume LXXII, Issue 21728, 10 March 1936, Page 13

RUGBY FOOTBALL

HIGH SCHOOL OLD BOYS*

CLUB

A successful season is recorded by the Christchurch High School Old Boys' Football Club in the thirty-first annual report, to-vbe presented to the annual meeting on Monday evening next. • . ~ _ The club-was represented in the Canterbury Kugby Football Union's competitions by seven- teams, compared with six in the previous season, the report says. The senior fifteen won the Rugby Union's championship, and also the Payne trophy. All the lower grade teams put up good performances, and the club finished well up in the competition for the Evans Shield. Fifty-' two new members joined the club. Although there were no representatives of the club in the AH Blacks, three members—K. Mortlock, G. T. Nolan, and A. P. Cobden—played in the practice games. J ± „ , _ ■ Receipts for the year totalled £6OO and the expenditure £498. leaving a credit balance of £lO2. There was, however, a considerable decline* in the number of clubroom subscriptions paid.

CHRISTCHURCH CLUB ANNUAL MEETING

Members of the Christchurch Football Club looked back last night, at their sixty-ninth annual meeting, oh a year in which they consider themselves to have fulfilled worthily their objects. Organisation, enthusiasm, and sportsmanship had played their parts in making the year successful. This, they held most important, although they were agreed that in some cases their position in the grade competitions might have been bettered. A matter for satisfaction was that the club was doubly represented in the New Zealand team which toured Great Britain. Mr Denys Hoare was in the chair. t Membership stood at 365, compared with 392 in the last report. A balance of assets over liabilities, of £2Bl 13s 7d was shown in the statement of accounts. ~ Officers elected were:—Patron, Mr H. Frost: president, Mr Denys Hoare; vice-presidents, Messrs F. S. Taylor, L. C. Matson, N. P. McGregor, A. I. Hughes, E. H. Johnstone, and C. H. Stonyer; club captain, Mr G. H. Frater; deputy club captain, Mr A. K. Johnson; secretary and treasurer, MrE L. Stephenson; assistant secretary, Mr E. G. Ware; assistant treasurer, Mr W. Fleming; management committee, Messrs A. T. F. Stokes, J. E. Manchester, F. W. Thornton, J. Frengley, G. J. Busfield, and W. G. Stonehouse: delegates to Canterbury Rugby Union, Messrs H. L. Stephenson, A. I. Cottrell, G. H. Frater (ex officio), and E, V. M. Philips; solicitor, Mr J. R. Hampton; auditors, Messrs J. B. Taylor and R. A. Morgan. SUNNYSIDE CLUB GOOD FINANCIAL POSITION

The excellent financial position of the Sunnyside Football Club was remarked on by Dr. R. W. Bellringer at the annual meeting of the club, which was held last night, Dr. Bellringer presided in the absence of the president, Dr. A. C. McKillop. The performance of the senior team was quite good, said Dr. Bellringer, although it was -not up to the standard which it should have been. This was caused partly by the large numbers of injuries which the players had suffered. „, A credit balance of £3O 19s 3d, which the club had, provided an excellent opportunity to set aside the nucleus of a fund to assist injured players to meet their medical expenses, it was reported. The election of resulted:— President, Dr. A. C. McKillop; vicepresidents, Drs. R. T. G. Lewis, M. Brown, R: W. Bellringer, and A. G. Couston, Messrs W. H. Ellwood, W. Turner, E. Hall, F. Coutte, F. Wilson, F. Crowder, F. A. Cocks, E. Condon. T. Quirk, T. Rose, M. Kelly, P. Kelly, M. Moir, T. G. Fox. R. Hilder, L. Mahoney, and W. P. B. McKenzie; club captain, Dr. R. W. Bellringer; delegates to the Rugby Union, Dr. Bellringer and Mr A. J. Marshall; honorary secretary, Mr A. J. Marshall; treasurer, Mr G. A. K. Guy; auditor, Mr W. H. Ellwood; senior selector, Dr. R. W. Bellringer; senior coaches, Messrs L. Odell and H. Watson; third grade coaches, Messrs J. Freear and A. Woodslord; committee, Messrs' J. Freear, T. Simpson, D. Cocks, A. Rowe, W. Oliver, and L. Hawthorne. ASSOCIATION CODE REPORT OF THE SEASON IN CANTERBURY

"The revenue of the association was again not sufficient to meet the working expenses last season, mainly owing to the lack of support for the Otago and Wellington representative matches and insufficient revenue from English Park during the summer, and it is regretted that repayments of £SO a year under the second mortgage to the New Zealand Football Association have had to be postponed for the season,"" states the thirty-second annual report of the Canterbury Football Association which will be presented to the annual meeting at 7.30 to-night. ;. The gross revenue from English Park had shown an improvement but at present was barely sufficient to meet the standing charges on the park and left nothing for upkeep. The prospects for increased revenue from the pane during 1936 were considered much brighter. Negotiations had been enteral into for the sale of a half share of the park on the conditions that the association had the use of the par* first from April 1 to September 30 each year, and the purchasing body to have a similar claim for the other half-yean The association and the purchasing body would have equal representation on the board of trustees which would be set -up. , ■ • The play during the season had been of a high standard and great progress had been made in all the grades. Fortysix teams had entered altogether m the grade games. Interprovincial matches had been played during the year against Otago and Wellington, but Auckland had not been able to .arrange a date for the Football Association's trophy. Other important trophy games had been played, and" Canterbury had had a fair measure of success.