RUGBY FOOTBALL

New Zealand Times, Volume LII, Issue 12095, 24 March 1925, Page 7

RUGBY FOOTBALL

THE PETQNE CLUB SUBURBAN CLUB HAS MOST SUCCESSFUL 1 YEAR. FINE PERFORMANCES IN ALL GRADES. ; The annual report of the Petone Rugby Football Club, submitted at the meeting last night, records a - most successful yt "The club,’’ said tho report,' "was; successful in winning the senior and fifthclass championships, and; in addition tne seven-asid© tourney. The Dewar Shield, for most points scored in the club cnam» pionship, which ihas been in possessions of the club for the past two seasons, was won by- Wellington College. JDunng the season tho third grade team were'-guests of the Levin Football Club, and the fifth class team werd also guests of the xvaiI rean Club, Wanganui. Keen games were played, and our players are gratetul tor the welcome accorded them. 'Before tne commencement of the season a party, consisting mainly of senior players, under the guidance of Messrs W. Wilson, O. Tregear, and C. Green journeyed over the Tararua Monntains. A very enjoyable Master, -which wound, up with a Kanio against Otaki, was spent. This was the first occasion on which most of the play- . ere - had made the trip and there is no doubt that the training benefits derived therefrom formed tbs basis on .which they-were able to carry through a sucoeesful season. * . __- ■ . "From tho. following summary showing the games played, etc., it will be noted tihat our lower .grades have performed very satisfactorily. By giving to the lower grades the attention _ and __ care which should be the duty of the officials to bestow on these boys, the club must always be in a good position.:—

128 92 88 4 1885 690 188 "Club; championship. 188 points, second position. .... Position in grades.—Senior, Ist; junior, sth; third, 4th; intermediate, 3rd; fourth, 4th' fifth A., Ist; fifth 8., 7th; sixth, 2ndseventh, 4th. “The follovjfbg ‘comparison with last season’s results, might be of interest : 1924; Played 128, won 92, lost 82, drawn 4, points for 1865, points against 680, ! chatppionship points 188, championships [won 2. -, . , J "1923. —Played 113, won 76, lost' 34, i drawn 8, points for 1286, points against ] 735,. championship points 155, cham- ! pionships won 1. ! “Senior.—The past season marks the 1 third year, in succession and the twelfth I occasion on which the club baa annexed: the senior championship, and the members of the team’ are to be congratulated j on their performance. The season as i far as the senior grade was concerned was, ' very difficult, for after haying establish-; j ed a good lead in the championship sev- \ eral of thejeading players left the dis- ; trict. This necessitated the advance-! : ment of several juniors, but the change l I did not have any serious effect on the ; championship position. The training [ was as last season, very keen and good 'attendances were recorded at the gym-. [ nasium each training night- The great- ! est praise is due to. Mr S. Abfims for the i capable manner in which he coached the i team and for the points given to the ! younger 1 players, whioh proved highly; beneficial. There is no doubt that he is j deserving of credit for the team’s success, i Thanks are also due to Messrs C. Ful--1 ler, A. James, W. Martin, H. McKay, ; and E. Swaysland, who acted as trainers,! j their efforts added largely to the success ; and were appreciated' by the players; 1 I "Junior. After commencing'- with a j first-class team, several serious aocidents ; and the advancement of players te the [senior grade considerably weakened the junior ranks. The position, was so had that on one occasion it was necessary to default a game. This was regrettable but it must be understood that at the end of the season there were only about four of the original team playing. These were the reasons why the dub did not ’ tgure more prominently in this grade,! ut all things taken into consideration,. the effort was ,very pleasing, the form shown by the promoted player® leaving ltitle to be desired. The - club’s thanks! are again due to Mr L. Drummond 1 , who ] has coached this team for the past three seasons and whofe advice has been high-' ly valuable to all, junior players. • The medal donated by Mr J. Gallagher for ; tho most improved forward was awarded to A. 'Warden. "Third.—This team showed a marked improvemeilt in form -over that which has been displayed ip previous years. There werS quite a number of first-class players : who will no. doubt b© heard of in senior ranks within the next fewseasons. The position, gained on tho ; championship ladder was very pleasing: to the committee, and in this'connection' .they feel indebted to Mr Smyrkei for the very active interest, he took in the team." The expetaditure in the general' account! was lighter than in the previous season, the principal items being footballs and Wellington Rugby Union entry and inentrance fees.. There were no outstanding accounts, the balance being Ml 15s, aa. against Mo Iss 3d brought fofwardi in 1923. The gymnasium account showed a balance of .£B3 16s, although attention to, the gymnasium was urged. . ‘ It was pleasing to note the successes gained by tho players in representative teams. The most notable achievement was M. Nicholl’s inclusion in the All Blacks. In the Wellington senior team were A. E. Nidkdls, H. G. Nicholas, M. Niobolls, M. Corner, O. Haddock, A. 'Thomas, D. Fitzgerald, C. Hawkons and D. King. H. Williams and T. Love Were included in the junior representative fifteen. In conclusion the report anticipated' that the return of- the All Blacks would give still further , impetus to the game, and a strenuous season could bejooked for.' It was hoped, therefore, that members would unite to make the season even more prosperous than the last. - BERHAMPORE CLUB ANNUAL MEETING. The, ninth annual meeting of the Ber hampore Football Club was held last evening, Mr A. A. Whitelaw was in thochair. There were about 110 members present. In putting tho annual report and bal-ance-sneet before tho meeting tho chairmandated that tho nanie of Mr J. Foley was omitted from the list of those who donated trophies to the club . last year. this matter rectified the report was .adopted.; There were thirty-one new members elected. The selection of the first senior team to take the field, it was decided, would be left to the management committee. Every effort is to be made during the coming season to augment the funds for the proposed gymnasium to be erected near the Berhampore School. The "working bee,” consisting of a number of the enthusiastic members of the club, has already commenced working up the site allotted for the erection of the gymnasium. A request made for more workers met a good response. A request made during the evening for medal donations towards the last year’s Berhampore primary school senior team, which won the championship, was readily responded tq. 1 .The election of officers resulted as follows :—Patron, Mr Geo. Flux; president, Mr A. A. Whitelaw; vice-presidents, I

Miss K. O'Brien, Mrs S. Standen, Messrs H. Bedell, P. C. Watt, H. Brewer, Jack Campbell,. IEL Cooper, D. Bussell, P. Bradley,.. ;8.. T. , Bailey, D. Matheson, senr., J. Duncan, F. Gibson, H. Lippett, G. Taylor, V. Allen, J. Jenkin, J. Moffitt, F. Fordyce, L. Green, E. Smith, J. Hart, R. Patience, G. Gray, H. McKenzie, W. Douglas, W. Bedell, A. Murray, S. Brown, G. Keys, EL Burd, G. C. Taylor W. Chatfield, C. King, P. Burlace, G. Brown, J. Johnson, N. Barker, A. Prid--dle, H. McGuire, A. Roberts, K. Murray I. Blyth, J. Eves, C. Bary, Aiex. Russell, D. Mason, W. Hedgmun, H. Norriss, F. Martin, J. Janson, S. Standen, R. McKeeii, J. Wilson, A. P. Lindsay, R. Cowley,'A. Parsons, F. Hally A. Williams, Rev. Barnett, T. Collerton, Dr. Morgan W. J. Moontjoy, J. Gorgonson, R. D. Christie; hon. secretary, Mr C. S. Russell; hon. treasurer, Mr C. S. Russell; assistant secretary, Mr A. Pope; hon auditor, Mr N. Miller; club captain, Mr S. Standen; delegates to Rugby Union, Messrs E. Perry, J. Moffitt, S. Standen; management committee, Messrs J. Moffitt, C. Spearman, W. Murray, G. Walden, N. Walters A. Duncan, G. Laing, and A.

P. w. I/. D. Points Chp. For agt Pts . 15 IS 1 1 161 77 27 15 8 7 0 146 111 16 Third U 9 5 9 231 140 18 16 11 3 2 149 54 24 14 11 3 0 902 99 22 Fifth A i» IS 0 0 887. 16 26 Fifth R. 6 7 0 67 143 12 ' 12 3 © 213 61 24 Seventh : 9 3 1 264 49 19