WELLINGTON: COLLEGE OLD BOYS' ASSOCIATION.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 762, 10 March 1910, Page 11

WELLINGTON: COLLEGE OLD BOYS' ASSOCIATION.

, :; ANNUAL .EEPbKT,: , .:.'^ -.-. . u:-~> ■■'.■'■ .i-w.-.,:.-. .■■;.:■;■ asic-; o.'. ..■:■;'' .'•The annual off .the". , Wellington; College Old Boys Assooiation etatee that the: nnanoMiot <ijre.-ifl.-.-.a sound position", the 'credit balanc6',Cas shown .by: the.' bahnce-sheeb.vbeing;j<2s7. , lls., of. ivliioh 7 iSsp,is on fixed deport.. "The statement , . of •receipts ,aM '~ expenditure shows"ah :;excesa !.of,"fecpip'tß:-bVer expe'ji--diture of £S 7s';,id. for .the year. ■- During the year, the'■only social mrictibn. held was phe ."dinner,.which.'took place' on Waterloo: Day,- : the" 18th; June,' ./at':the" Hotel,Windsor. , :This was a' distinct eticceSs"in" every.way ? and, as shown b'y, the statement oi,Teoeipts. and expenditure, ft small profit was made. .The guest of the evening was Mr. Allan MacDoufpll, Rhodes Scholar 'for 1909, ; whp- was' givena !'send-off" prior to , -his departure. , for London.: , The membership nowrstanda at' 749, there' being" 557 ordinary memburs and 192' life -members.-- ■' : ■ ........... The thirteenth annual report, presented at the '• end- of the' 190S-9 ; eeaeon;''was the, last, for the-present,: 6f r the cricket "club as an .active institution., The" inaugural, tion of.the district scheme; by v the. Weirlington Griokefc"Association.prevented the. club from-participating in their competir' tions.- ■ The:club has not disbanded, but' 1 continues as-an. honorary Association .of tho old The idea is to keep the interest; etnfficiently alive .to .encourage the playing , 6_f. annual -, boy. matches whonever possible, ••> It.must,be. a source, of gratification to the,founders of the club to find the last .'report;,sobright and satisfactory. For'"the "third year ,ih ; succession , 'the. seniors ,'Von...their, championships' and thus firmly established the cltibas the leading-one in: the city. The: junior "sections, also did well,- and, with-the material at hand,' it 'seenis 'a-' pity that the career of the'club:should have been'out short,' especially after the : strenuous struggle the members had to go through to reach the top.. Krianci-. ally the,club .has no surplus to speak ofi -The committee thought it .would be, a graceful, act to -hand over , the dressingroom, lockers, etc., to Mr. Firth. To'him thuy will, prove ■ most ■ serviceable,, aiid the committee's, aotion. is jtist.. a siiial)! token of. appreeiation'.by the members of the many kindnesses Mr; Firth-has. ex. tended them during the existence" tlio c1t1b...-' -. ■ ■ ■■-..■'■ •■-■ -: •-■" ■-■■'■■" ;-.-■ The' active membership of the' football club for-last season numbered 62. ; Al-. though, none of the teams achieved anything . TemaTkable, yet the , club had a very, successful season. The winning b> the seniors of the eeven-a-side tournament was a'pleasing feature of. ..the season's performances. The second annual inter--collegiate tournament, was held at Christchurch during the season, and although our representatives did very oreditably,they were unable to wrest "the shield from the Christohurch High School Old Boye; This coming season tho tournament will be lield in Nelson at, Easter. • . The eum of i£soo, to be eaTfecribed by Old Boys and their, friends, to.the College Ground Extension Fund, lias - now been .reached—there are- a few'amounts promised and still- to be- received. However, some finishing touches • have still to be added to the ground, and any who have not yet. contributed,! but • wish to do so,.may communicate with llr.'-.W. Bi Bothune, treusurev of tho fund.