FOOTBALL MEETINGS.

Evening Star, Issue 12766, 20 March 1906, Page 8

FOOTBALL MEETINGS.

ZmOATa-RJCIIMOND CLUB. The twenty-eighth annual meeting of the above club was held in the Stock Exchange Buildings last night. Mr W. MTieath was in the chair, and there Were about sixtymembers present. The Chairman congratdlated members on the largeness of the attendance. In moving the adoption of tho annual report (already published), he said he thought the position of the club was very satisfactory. He was glad to see that more attention was being given to the accident insurance scheme. He counselled members to go in assiduously for practice, and expressed the hope that the club would be. more successful in the field this year than they had been last. Mr R. Procter seconded the motion, which was carried without further discussion. The election of office-bearers resulted as follows; President', Mr W. M‘Beath; rice-presidents—Messrs J. Carudus, J. B. Simpson, G. Dunn, R. C. Procter• secretary and treasurer, Mr B. Collie; assistant ■secretary, Mr E. Smith; delegates to 0.R.F.U., Messrs J. T. Lilburne and E. Austin; delegate to Sports Protection Society, the secretary ; Committee—Messrs C. Stewart, W. Brown, J. Graham, G. Smith, R. Abbott, A. Fordyce, A. E. Austin, A. Rice, and G. Stirling; auditor, Mr G. Smith ; temporary Match Committee, Messrs W. Hobbs, G. Stewart, and W. Brown ; insurance fund secretary, Mr E. Smith; practice captain, Mr C’ Stewart. Mr G. Smith, when the delegates to the O.R.F.U. were being raised the question of whether or not, in the event of Mr Dey’s motion to amend by-law 6 being carried at the annual meeting of the 0.R.F.U., Mr Dunn, a present member of the Committee of that body, would Ire able to stand for re-election* Were the Committee to be elected by the delegates or frorii the delegates? Mr Dunn said that he did not intend to stand for the Committee this year, as he would not be able to give the necossarv time. He thought every senior club should be represented on the O’.R.F.U. Committee, and he did not want to stand in anyone’: way. He believed that Mr Dey’s motion in regard to the question of representation would be carried this year. He decided not to be a delegate. The opening of the club season was fixer for Saturday, 3ist inst. ■ Several new members were elected. Votes of thanks to the Referees’ Association. the Press, Mr G. Dunn (retiring delegate to the O.R F.U.), and the chair concluded the business. SOUTHERN FOOTBALL CLUB. About ninety members of the Southern Football Club attended the annual meeting —the twenty-second annual meeting, counting from the birth of the Caversham and Pacific—held in the Forbury Gymnasium last, night. Mr J. M. Gallaway (president) oiccupied the chair, supported by Mi T. K. Sidey, M.H.R., Air D. Stevenson, Mr A. K. Lawny (vice-presidents), Mr V. G. Cavanagh (secretary), Mr H. T. Leyden (captain), and Mr H. Alexander (assistant secretary). —ln Memoriam.— At the outset, on the motion of the president, members rose and acquiesced silently in a motion recording their deep sense of the loss sustained by the sad death of William Bailey, whom they would always remember as a first-class footballer and a beloved and respected member. Mr D. Stevenson moved that a letter of sympathy be sent to the widow of the late Mr T. W. Stothart, one of their vice-pre-sidents, and this was carried in the same way. —Report and Balance-sheet.— The President moved the adoption of the report (published in the ‘Star’ a few days ago). Ho said that if the report was not quite .so brilliant as it had been on past occasions, still it contained sufficient rriattei to make them thoroughly satisfied with the progress and the future of the club. There could be no doubt that the play last season had been- remarkably good, taking it all through; and he had been glad to note that the younger members showed signs of following in the footsteps of their senior predecessors. It was always important that the younger players should aspire to the first fifteen. If, after the young members had been in for a year or two, they were content to stay in the third or fourth fifteens, and then to become mere barrackers, the prospects of the club would not be hopeful. However, he thought he properly gauged the feeling of members when lie said that the Southern players were never satisfied until they belonged to either “ firsts ” or “ seconds.” 'The club had established a recotd that he was sure they were nil proud of, and one which he hoped they would be spared to add to. The honor of the club could only be sustained by hard practice. A man who merely joined a club, and never .took part in practice would never make a player. He believed that ;is many’ matches were won in practice under the club’s efficient trainer as were won in the field. Of course, the -chief event of the football world this season had been the sending Home of the New Zealand team. From the point of view of the Southern Club, it was with great pride that they remembered haring contributed so efficient a representative as Mr Steve Casey.—(ApElause.) He wondered whether Casey felt is responsibility to the club in that connection. The reSnlt of the trip had been to make ehch member of the junior fifteens anxious to be another Steve Casey. It was a good job, under such circumstances, that Casey was so good a man. If their youngsters led the clean life that Casey did, and played tho steady and workmanlike game that Casey had made his own, more Caseys might come from the junior ranks. Casey was a good example.—(Applause.) Mr Sidey seconded the motion. Jif it bad not been for the extraordinary success of the Southern Club in the previous season, when they won the banner, they would be speaking in the most eulogistic terms that night of the club’s record for the season just ended, for, taking the points scored for and against, the Southern had done remarkably well. Air Stevenson supported the motion, and referred to the improvement in play generally- during the quarter of a century he had ! been connected with football in Caversham and South Dunedin. The motion was carried. Mr Lawry moved the adoption of the balance-sheet, which showed a credit of £2 10s sd, and this was carried after a little discussion about the item for covering a deficiency on the smoke concert. ■ —Office-bearers.— ilr Sidey moved and Air Stevenson seconded the re-election of Air J. M. Gallaway and Dr W. D. Alilne as presidents, and this was carried unanimously amid applause. Nine members were nominated as vicepresidents, and to save a ballot the meeting rescinded the rule fixing the number at eight and elected the lot—viz., Messrs T. K. Sidey, D. Stevenson, G. Reid, P. Smeaton, P. Shacklock, R. G. Whetter, C.Latham, J. Fogarty, and E. Briggs. The other appointments were: Secretary, Mr V. G. Cavanagh (the meeting insisting that he should retain office, though he said he wanted to retire after five years in the position); assistant secretary, Air H. Alexander ; general committee—Messrs W. Kindley, H. T. Leyden, W. Foster, A Miscall, J. Spence, A Chambers, P. Sheehan, S. Casey, and W. Bean (the latter representing the Wednesday team); dele£ates to 0.R.F.U., Messrs Cavanagh and iriggs; delegate to Amateur Athletic Protection Society, Mr Cavanagh; auditors, Alessrs Aliscali and Kindley. It was resolved that Mr Alexander be authorised to collect subscriptions to the footballers’ accident reserve fund, and the president took the opportunity of,commending this fund to the notice of members. _ Coming to the appointment of a Selection; Committee, Air Leyden moved that the secretary record the number of votes accorded each member nominated, in order that .in the event of a vacancy the member with the most votes on the list might fill any vacancy that occurred. ~ Mr S. Isaacs moved as an amendment that the Selection Committee be appointed by. the General Committee, and this was carried. ■lt was also decided that practice captains be appointed by the General Committee.

—New Members.— v Seventeen new members were elected. —lnstructions to Delegates.— Thd meeting spent much time in considering what instructions should be given to the club’s delegates as to certain questions that are to come up at the annual meeting of the Rugby Union, and it was resolved to instruct'the delegates thus—(l) To vote for admitting the Volunteers as seniors; (2) if this be carried, to vote for the admission of Port Chalmers also, so as to save a bye; (3) to support the motion for the increased representation of the dubs; (4) to support the proposal for reducing the subscription to a guinea and a-half; (5) to vote for Mr Dey’s motion giving only delegates votes; (6) if this be carried, to move that only delegates be eligible for appointment to the Committee; (7) to give Mr Sincock’s motion general support if the intention of that motion is to appoint five selectors for the first thirty, and. not to interfere with the sole selector for the final. Votes of thanks to the Press and the chairman terminated the meeting at 10.40 p.m.