FOOTBALL.

Evening Post, Volume LXXI, Issue 68, 21 March 1906, Page 7

FOOTBALL.

THE ORIENTAL CLUB. The annual report of the Oriental Football Club, which is to be presented at a meeting on Friday night, compliments members on the great improvement attained by all teams in the various grades. The improvement is in a measure credited to the fact that members had the use of a gymnasium. The club's ttams finished as runners-up in five out of sis championships. The senior team played 11 matches, won 8, drew 1, lost 2, and scored 143 points for, and had 23 scored against. The juniors played 10, won 8, lost 2 ; points for 125, against 26. The thirds played 11, won 9, drew 1, lost 1 ; points for 199, against 10. The total matches played by the club were 78, of which 47 were won, 6 drawn, and 25 lost. Altogether, 795 points were scored for, and 528 against. Messrs. A. Wylie, Wells, Collerton, Gillespie, Anderson, and Manning represented the club in senior representative matches, and Messrs. Cleary, Baker, Kerr, Tyrrell, Brenchley, G. Mowatt, and W. Mowatt gained places in the junior representative team. In Wednesday matches, ihe Orientals were represented by Messrs. Evison, Urwin, Kelly, Lambert, Sinclair, W. B-iske-ville, and Horing. The membeiship of the club now stands at 210, of v horn 175 are active. Regret is expressed at the departure from Wellington of Messrs. A. Hill and B. Best, and thanks are extended to Messrs. E. Bush, A. Wylie, A. Hill, W. Woon, Jordan, W. Nimmo, Corrigan, Horing, and Houldsworth for donations. The committee consider the prospects for the coming season are bright* The following recommendations from the committee will come before the meeting of tho Petone Football Club tonight:—(l) That the Rugby Union bo recommended to issue receipt books in triplicate to each affiliated club, one receipt to be given to the member paying, the duplicate to be forwarded to the Rugby Union, and the other kept by the secretary or treasurer of the club. By this means, a receipt -would also be given for any defaulter's money sent to the Union, and a notification given of each player being insured. (2) That no member of a club be allowed to take any part in a match unless his subscription is naid on or before Ist June. Tho Management Committee of ijbe Rovers' Associaxion Football Club met last evening, and made arrangements for the annual meeting, to be held next Wednesday evening-

There has been a slackness in the Wellington engineering trade since tho end 1 of last year, but a little betterment has been lately manifested, though there is stilj room for improvement. The dairying industry has b««n providing a little employment for foundries of late, but dredging — which once occasioned a good deal of engineering work in this city — is dead. An odd repairing job comes along from tho W«et Coast of tho South, Island at raro intervals, but the surplusage of dredges constructed in the boom-time of years ago has prevented any recent orders being placed. In Dunedm there is some dredge-construction now in progress, a prominent firm being still busy on an order for South America. The timber dietricts around Wellington aro providing a fow orders, and two loghaulers for Taihape are now being turned out at the foundry of D. Robertson and Co. There is nope of further improvement in conditions being effected shortly, the calling of tenders for construction of railway locomotives in New Zealand being likely to give tv fillip to engineeT- ; iaz. generally.