FOTBALL.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 173, 15 April 1908, Page 9

FOTBALL.

"• ' • «• -•is !KTiMW»;7r>..i .tU i l .-: WELLINGTON ASSOCIATION. Management Committee of _the' Wellington . Football Association last evening were Messrs. Salmon Roberts,'- A. Williams, HiriAVatfcrsi, :J.:.Davidson, A. Barnott, L. .■ ,White, P;<>Bowatcr,vand R.' Mackav. :■ • ■ Mr.- Npwson wrote ,vaccopttfig.:a position on . . : JuMbr,'Selectioii , 1 , It .was; dccidcd -to, :grant; tho Hockey As§o- ir . ciation tile- use of ,the Miramar. Grounds, if , tho same wcro vscatedi;whcn required.by. tho -, ..Football 'Association. ; . /'/ W ■ yi..-/'j'. ■ Tho Y.M.C.A. notified, that the following' toams would be entered One. senior, 0110 jugrado team.: The Wanderers entered a somor / ' : '. : and; junior ' . •:: eacK J _ : of'-the.five; grades,; St/rJphn'.s entered two lumor' tpaniS C-'i jtK®'>nowly T forift'ed,' •*, . .: Association, it was.resolved to advise 'affiliation "with the; : ! .'•••• Permission . was ! ~to the IMI.C.A'. i Club.'to; matches''with Napier -at ', Hast-' v ings on Saturday and Monday next. .• Mr.-A; J. Abbott accepted offico .as vice- ■ . : president, and . forwarded a - donation of a guinea.;:^:.;^:^;-:;:;;!,'viviAi.'/J:; REFEREE,?' CLUB. A meeting of tbc -,Wellington Football As- . sociation Referees' Club was also held. The, ajinual report roferred feelingly to i the death of Mr. A. J. Hamilton, who for - -two-years' was' I 'a member of. the Association . and had also rendered .valuable service as bocrotary. In.his death a heavy loss, was-sus- ' tained. v-Ho WasVa most untiring worker 'and ' cohscwntibus ; :and;; /The '• . memory , of 1 deceased would bo long cherished y members;bfrthe';club i( and/by ■ /lors generally. < Tho report also' made refarenco to-the.success-of the-past'year:-■ A v complaint .was that old; supporters the .. ■■ gamo -.retired; just whbn'.tbero'.'was onost'.uso ;• tor thorn';: - Thanks! were 'expressed Itoi.the.ie-" ' •• forees-,for,.their loyalty during tho: 1 past sea.ion, and -tho Y-.M.C.A-. wore -also 'thanked ior tho..uso:of. their rooms for. meetings. Nino new members wero elected Mr- W / Auld vwas .elected: chairman,' and 'Mr Bf. Waters;, secretary. . Messrs. - Godber', .Salmon .and" Waters wore appointed a general com- ' , mitteo, .and, wuh the assistance of Mr Lyle, "• • thoy. will-go ,into the question of tho altera- ' tion of tho rules. . The Wellington team to meet Christchurch on tfto Athletic Park: on Saturday .'next'- will' : bo as follows.—L Bridge, W. Hill, L Hill) i ' A. H J il,..bollars. Abercrombie. Malfroy, Bar- . , . clay, irons, Thompson, ; Wilson, M'Kay Turner,. .Mills,.- and -.Hume.Emergencies • Sheridan,-O'Connell, Paul and W. Irons. ■ ■ 1 .' SCHOOLS!, RUCBY .UNION. . ThCaiiniial : ;:meetiri g :; of tho • Wellington ' Public. Schools Rugby Union was held reccntlj,.. when. therp were present- Messrs i oster .(m ■ thet..chair), •■.Hempleman, Look, Cowles, Kcanj. C'addick, Feltham, RodgerS . Basluville. .- , .. .. - : The-annual; report; stated that tho. past .season;had/;bden ; _a f sucoessful''one,' ; and. thatthe system . of _ all teams,.'playing on,tho - same 6rnis . (instead .. o£. .having, various ; grades)has- proved 'emihentJy. satisfactory. The championship competrtion had re-suited in a win for Te Aro School; The annual rc:presohtative -"match,-. Wellington, -v.' J Waira-. • - rapa;, was. won.: by the .country boys, tho icoro b.eingls ; points" to nil ;,it. is to bo noted however, ; tbiit, :the,:. : Wairai'apa ', schools'- team : included ..the, secondary^-' as'-'well as v.th'e primary .-schools., : r , .- Tho ,thanksr.of\ the 'Schools'-'.Union wero extended .to . tho::AVellington Union for providing,-grounds , at, Miramar; and for an annual donation; ■ also to v tho Atretic Park -.Coihpany-' for; free" jiasses *'to ' tho maiches.' TliO'.'anniial election of; ofiicors resulted ai follows President, Mr. J. Honkirk; scc--retary' aiul treasurer; Mr. F.-Hempleman. Tho ckction;.; pf. aX;s'ilccti6ri:: coriimittpo.. .Wag i.da- . f«rred/'!;'lt,,wa3 dccided-.tlmt matches botriii oil May 2. . , . . The Pi'dsident and, Mr. Look/- were appointed a deputation to wait on tho Reserves Committee.-of - the :.City Council with a''.'-re-' ;, quest for- unqualified permi'ssion ;to play on Newtown Park.