EXCELSIOR FOOTBALL CLUB.

North Otago Times, Volume XXXVI, Issue 9409, 6 March 1899, Page 3

EXCELSIOR FOOTBALL CLUB.

Tho annaal mooting of tho Exoolsior Football Olab vran hold laal Friday evon« Ing In tho lloyal Ilotol, Thoro wa-i a Inrgo attendance, and Mr Ogilyio (vioojfroflldono) occupied tho chair, Tho annual report and balance-flheob wore road and adopted. Tho annual report wan aa follow : your Committco, in plucing boforo you tho aixth annual report of tho Olub, dosiro to congratulate tho members on their ouo» coasful noason of 1898. During tho year tho Olub nufferod a sovoro Ions by losing some ©f their benb membora, viz,, ft. Jonca and H, Boo, who did yooman service for their Olub, Tho members showed thoir appreciation by giving thorn a mrmll memento for thtiic sarvioos j also to W, Townsond, but who, wo airo ploaocd to say, h»n returned, And wo hope that ho will don tho bluo and black again, But novorlholosH tho Olub memberw wont into propor training through tho aid of thoir olub room, and woro ablo to hold thoir own, as will bo seen by bho numi ber of matches phyod. During tho your tho first fifteen played 8 mafeohoa, winning 6, drawing I, and loiing 1 ; flooring 98 points for* with only 11 againnt, and our first fifteen hold tho honor of being tho promior juniors of North Ot»go for 1898. Your Committee also congratulate tho members of tho firob flfteon for not having thoir lines crossed by any of tho local toatna during tho ioaaotit Tho Olub received a visit from tho Pacific Olub at Kanbor to play thoir annual match, but) lihoy roturnod homo with thoir flrit) dofoat einoo tho two toania mot ; bub thoy eucoccdcd in defeating our boy« on thoir roturn match, playod in Duncdin on 24th May, but t only by tho vory small margin of two points. A mixed toam mado a trip to Kukanui, and dofoated thab Olub, and thoy_ roturnod homo aftor a plouoanbi day a outing. Financially, tho Olub in in a good pooition, bub to «avo your troaauror considerable trouble wo would llko tho members to xeapotid moro frooly. At tho latter ond of tho noaaon tho Olub hold its annual social, which proved to bo tho bout tho Olub over hold. \ our Oommittoo do* wiro to thank all thoao who a»sinlod in making ib e, nucccso, Ab tho oloso of tho ncason our members took part in a tou/na« monb which was in aid of ono of our old members, which proved a real auccosa in cvory way, Your second flfteon ployed two matches during the yoar, but wcro defeated both timeii ; but wo wonid ltko tho incoming committee to try and arrango moro matches j for tho second flfteon in tho coming coason, In conclusion, your Oommittoo would iiko tho incoming committco to ar ranga about a oinb room for tho season, which will prove | a groat holp to she momboro, and also to nrrango, if possible, about scouring a drag for tho season ; and also to try ancf mango tho annual fixture with tho Taoiflo Olub, as 9, matoh bo early in tho season io a groat holp to the toam ; and aleo that wo should like to sbo tho members go in for active training, and lcoop up tho icputation of tho bluo and black, It wa» decided (o apply to tho Obago Union to play in tho senior rsnk. Tho following officers woro olectod : Preaident, Mr S\ W. Olayton ; vicepresidents, Mensra Ogilvlo, Ohnroh, Alox« andor, Moss, banning, Oravo, Hamilton, M'I*aren, Grant), Uorron, Oonio, Oart. wrighr, and StoY^tiBon ; Oaptain, Mr If. Hamilton (pro, torn.) 5 dopnty-captalo, Mr W. Townsond (pro. tem.J} flccrobary, Mr H t Mills { troaaarer, Mr F. Booth j m&ioh committee j Captain, depaty-onpiain and Mr S. Dixon ; general committee ; Odpfcalo, deputy captain, fieorobary, fcreasuror, Moesre Oixon, Oalder, and Ooabman ; auditors, Messra Barry and M'Konjsio ; delegate to tho Obago union, Mr R, Boo. Twenty now mombora were proposed and elected, Tho chto of tho opening match was left to tho Oommitfcoc.

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