WELLINGTON COLLEGE.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 435, 18 February 1909, Page 7

WELLINGTON COLLEGE.

I OLD BOYS' ASSOCIATION. The annual - report of tho Wellington College Old Boys' Association, to be presented; j . at tho annual meeting on. February 26, states v.that the finances of tho association, havefered to some extent-during, tho past year'j through losses incurred on the annual dinner j and two dances; the :credit. balance, as .shown.' j > by -the balance-sheet, being now £51 6s. Bd.; V of which £50 is on fixed deposit! ~ As recom-. / mended bv members at tho last annual meet- • ing, a further sum of £25 was placed on deposit during the year, making a total: of* £75, but it : was found. necessary'to after- . wards Tvithdraw £25. Tho number of active < • .members is now 819, thero being 620 ordinary members .arid '190 life members; - The annual i dinner was held ;at the. Empire ,Hotel .; oa i \ May, 18, advantage being taken of the.pcca- i. sion to celebrato the '.winning, of the : Senior, cricket championship. for . the second year iii 1 succession. ' The.function was better attended.. than usual, and a ' very ... enjoyable 1 evening-: 1 ' was spoilt. The; annual; ball was held at the > Svdney Street ..schoolroom on-June 17i„ and, ;': ' althqugh it resulted in a financial loss., proved vory successful otherwise. This present season; ,' ■ has been a most successful one: for' the as'so-;'. ciation from a • crioket point of view. Thosenior,eloven has so far been unbeaten, and,'' if' tho present- form is : maintained, should' again win'. the championship, The junior-,-/' team, although, unfortunate in losing' its first;? •' two matches, has since then been- uneaten. ."; The :third eleven; also : finio.Ved 'a.'stees'sfui.i' : . season 1 with: five, wiris' and one . .loss up - to date, / > hnd ...should .'occupy :-.#•• fairly high position .in.j '- the ehampionship'by. the.cnd;of the'year. ; is usunlj tho.fourth-oliiss team has been; Ham- jpered by want.of niember3, but it'.has, under t-he| circumstahc.es,' done fairly well/ 1 After'i an interval of four years, the match oir Novem-.'' 1,.. her 9 against the college was renewed. Only j one match was nlayed, 1 theoollece. winning | easily by seven wickets. Instead of having af- j ternoou. tea on the ground as in formor years, p ; both teams lunched , ,together; The cricket j club's financial position, is not as strong as it. should be. - This is in part put down to tho { lack., of membership,; there ; being / hardly,;; enough plnyers to mako up four completfl- 1 teams. Also,: heavyexoenses ' are - incurred '-i ' annually; by: reason; of : the; engagement ;of : ij s . - Coach ;and of a man to - put .'up. the practice sv! nets.,;The'-football:club has now a',member-: ship of 70 ( and last year had a successful-' season. < Tho first of the .annual Inter-Collegav j: Old Boys' tournaments was held in Welling-'' ton at -Easter, . and proved a- great' success.- j A pleasing feature of thc'pa3t season was thosj • successes of . the'fourth fifteen; whose example-) -. in training and keeping together might be-followed by the senior teams. At thai annual; college . sports . the" Old .' Boys'; Racb^. \ lOO.yards, was won by-H. Dawson. A tropliv.f was presented: by tho ' college. As usual,' 1 donations of £5. ss. arid£2 were made to I' the College Ground Fund and Prize Fund;' respectively.. Regret , is. expressed -it tho -TC-j moval by death::during .the ..year -of one of ! its members, Mr. G. W. Leslie."