FOOTBALL.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 144, 12 March 1908, Page 9

FOOTBALL.

MELROSE FOOTBALL CLUB; ; , ANNUAL .MEETING. The! annual meeting in connection, with the Melrose F.C. was hold ,in tho Victoria Hall, on Tuesday night. Thero was a crowded attendance, and the patron (Mr. A. W'..Fullford) occupied; the chair.. .'■< ; '-- Twenty moro new membere were elected. The. report, 'which was unanimously adopted, congratulated..members on tlio success which--wis experienced last season. ;Of. th 0.,49 matches.played, 30.were won, 15 lost, and four drawn, the. points scored, totalling 549, and those': made against the club's team aggregating ' 219. During the 1 season the club - was, represented in iuterprovincial matches by G. Spencer, J. Spencer,, H, - Dewar, B. King, G. Hamilton, A. Cameron,: and J. Murphy in the senior'matches, and by' J ; Murphy ■ . amongst the ju,niors., .v ''' ''• : . -'

The inclusion' ofthe Spencer brothers, both in-the North Island and the New Zealand t<km which toured Australia ' was . forred'tp in enthusiastic terms. The attendance: at tho gymnasium l during' thei season was 'highly^'satisfactory, ■ afid tho:'; attention: paid _ to training was .a. vast improvement :on previous years.- Dealing individually with the teams,' tho report pointed' out that tlie senior, team, which gained fourth - placo/ 1 played 13, matcnos,, of which/sevcn were, won and six lost, the points scored being- l''or, .143; against, 40. ■ .

.. Tho fact that tho- senior. teanv-was tho only ono .which; defeated tho rodoubtaftle Pe- 1 tono team was a-matter for'congratulation.' Tho juniors, who gained the proud position of runners-up, : won nine a.nd drew pno of tho .12 matches.played, the points.scored'being as follows':—Fo>r, 130;' against, .55. Tho fourth! ..class team, which secured tho positioh of nin-ners-up'in its class, played 13./ matches,, of which nine/, were won and ' four lost,'' , the , pointed "score 'being: For, ■ 161; against .44. The record of , the fifth, class .team/was live, ihatchcs. won, three lost and; three drawn, and this team scored a ; total of 115, points, , .74 being ! registered . against, them. .It was - predicted; : that tho vaVious .Jjeams_ ; - would : ' have a-r 'very 1 , successful '■'season' - this yeaiv Tho thanks of ~tho. ■Club wero. tendered' |to'the offid.e-toaarer's'; /special word of praiso bein'g-giveii to iKq pro-, sident, Mr J.;;Buriis, ,to Ms Jffoldsworth (who presented two handsome gold 'auedals: last season),. and to • tlio .club;, captairi,i..Mr.- C. Campbell; I .' to", whom • much -of - tlio t success .-.of' the Club was.'due.

The , election or office-bearers. resulted as follows-v-Patron: Mr. A.'' 1 H. Fullford; pre-, .sidont, Mr., J.-.Burns;'vict-prcsidents,Messrs. 0. Campbell, 8., J..,L00k,. Thos. FqlGy,,.W.Nidd,; F. Toiiks, C. Smith',; B. War.wick, R, Burke, C. Pearce; T. Spencer, sen., 'J:*Trevor,! A. R. Holdsworth, L. Sievers, J. M'Culloch; G. Howe, and A.Smith ;';hon. : ; joint secretaries, Messrs.- A.; G." Warwick and Mri G. l Hoive; lion, .treasurer, Mr. J.; Grant; manage-, merit committeo, Messrs. 8.. King, G,. Spen-', cer, JJattorson, C. Laughlii>,a'ndV A. , Came-; roii ; lion; auditors, .'Messrs; J; H. Burns • arid' E. J. Look;, trustees, Mr. A. H. Fullford and 3. Grant; delegates- to tho Rugby Onion, Messrs. C. Campbell, G. Howe and, J. Burns; and. coach, Mr. I). Gilchrist.. ■. /■ 'It was decided that practico should commence on Saturday ovehing arid . that ' the gymnasium should bo open on Tuseday ovaninp;.'. .; ; v-.'"•'- y ',•?■)':.,'" Votes of thanks' wore, tendered the chairman; the Press, . tho, hou.' secretary," ;h"nd i also to Mr., C. ■ Campbell, and M., J. Grant for their' ablo' 1 , services'; as cbach''hnd ; ; representative' of the club on tho W.R'.F.Ir. : respectively,' and ■to the I 'retiring'office-bearers.'