FOOTBALL.

Evening Post, Volume LVII, Issue 69, 23 March 1899, Page 2

FOOTBALL.

WELLINGTON FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION. The report to be presented at the annual meeting of the Welington Football Association to-morrow evening sets out that the past season was not on the whole a successful one. The number of clubs playing for the Senior Championship was the same as for the season of 1897, the newly-formed Petone Club entering the senior ranKs in the place of the Thorndon Club. The Committee notes with great satisfaction the increased numbers of players in the Third and Fourth-class Associations, and regard this increase as the most hopeful sign for Association football in Wellington. It would like to place on record its appreciation of the great services rendered to the game by Messrs. Fordham and Davenport in these classes. In this connection also the thanks of the Association are due to the Swifts Football Club for its generous aotion in presenting the Senior Challenge Cup, which had been won by the club outright,to the Association for competition among the members of the Thir^ and Fourth-class Associations. The question of providing sufficient and adequate grounds for the accommodation of these classes during the coming season is engaging the serious attention of the Committee. The New Venus Shield was won by the Rovers Football Club with a. record of 8 matches played, 7 won, 1 lost, 27 goals for, 4 against, and 14 noints out of a possible 16. The Senior Challenge Cup presented ,by the President was won by the QueenV Park Football Club, subject, however, to an appeal made by the Rovers to the English Association the effect of which has yet to be decided. The Junior Cup was Avon by the Diamond Football Club, with a record of JU matches ' played, 8 won, 2 drawn, 36 goals for, 6 agaiqst, and 18 points out of a possible 20. The Committee would like to tender the congratulations of the Association to the Junior Association on the success of its representatives on their Northern tour. The Third-class Cup was again won by the Red Crosa vJlub with the execellent record of 10'ihatches played, 10 won, 69 goalu for, 2 against, and 20 points out of a posniblo 20. This conHtitiiteH a record for any competition yet held under tho auKpicoß of the Association. Thy Fourtli-clojw Cup wa« again won by tho P<;»rl« with a record equal to that itl t\i<>, lied (Ji'ohk Club in tho Third-class— witwily, 10 mutch's* pluyod, 10 won, 6t» Koulx for, 1 itwumSi. atul 20 pointH out til ;t [uiHfMiUi '//), Two uh'u-f Hvent of tho MMon wim th« tttmmd touwunMsnt for the Ifrov/u HUUM, which v/iim lidd by WolYmntou fur tJ/<? sw/ml wuiwwulivo year. 'I't'dtn* Utfttt Aut&lfUttl, OI.Ngo, Uuuhinu, iwj'i Wi'.Wui-jl'm tottU yttrh, Ih's Khiold being v/im Si'j l,})f. hnt.k\>um fatuii, Vrniti a foot]>ttU \i>i'ntS, ot vWrf lbn Urttmttunml wan a MW** t Hhti thf WtMHMU't* f«s«l« that v wm*\ii!>n>Ulh UiifAlw ¥Jtm aivm to tho UtttUH ity )'■■ th Uftl¥«lHMlM, 'lOWOVor, of ihti wtttUhMi ttatitimt on Om i\mi, two tiny* l\i* alteiifaiu* VMS pwtt'p umJ Ujo timn/A* t/t lit* A*W'?#M«M aufforrifl iu> t'/tt'tittpij}/ f llih i.rtt*tjmi» for Uio npj//f/<*/:f/f/iij/ w^ttt «r« msMrmUy «m:r>uro.gh\%, Thn t))t>nifitifa ntv tttffwM oiitorlriK fot Urn ttwixi (ihfmyUrimMit, whldi will rfts>,U« /)■/« fa mi* hi th)H co/rif/titiUori, and titf, wimltftt ot temn* pUyUt^ \u tho Third hui\ (fuittii tlM* Aww)tiliotiH will bo matAtMlv Urn fttni. (livim yowl grounds Mit\ pwthy at Xh&iti, Urn (Jonimittoe con-

season. It again regrets that the finances of the Association are not in a satisfactory state, but the dclicit this year may be put down to the financial loss over Mie tournament.