FOOTBALL.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 12604, 6 March 1903, Page 7

FOOTBALL.

THE PIRATES CLUB. Tho annual report is to the following effect:— In presenting for your consideration tho twenty-first annual report and balance sheet your committee are pleased to report that the past season has been a fairly successful one. 1 Tho First Fifteen, as will be seen by the record ! given below, have maintained their position, { and this must be considered very satisfactory, ! considering the number of accidents awl i changes during the season. The Second Rf- / teen have been only fairly successful. Through so many changes in tho First Fifteen this team ! suffered considerably, and that, together with. j acciclentE and illness to various members, is I accountable for their record not being up to expectations. We trust that the Second Fifteen will be favoured with better luck during the . coming season. The Third Fifteen have been 1 very unsuccessful, and the remarks as to the First and Second Fifteens will fully explain tho , reason of same. They also have our sympathy, | and we wish them an exceptionally good record | for 1903. In justice to the players, it must be . raid that although their team was greatly cut up through so many changes, they stood well together. The Pirates sent a team to Christf church on the 25th .Tune, and tho annual fixture ; was played the following day at Lancaster Park in tho presence of a very largo number of spectators. On account of tho Coronation holidays having been postponed, we found it most difficult to get a team away at all, and when lined ; out it was found that tho majority of our 1 players were juniors. This explains the result of the match—namely: Christchurch, 29 points; Pirates, nil. As against our crushing defeat, wo shall always have the most pleasant remembrances of the treatment meted out to us by the Christchurch boys, and it behoves thq Pirates this year to do their utmost to make the visitors' stay here most enjoyable. Matches.— I The First Fifteen played 11/ won 4, lost 5, drew 2, scored 33 points,'and had 76 points scored against them; thfi Second Fifteen played 7, won 3, lost 4, scored 31 points, and had G2 points scored against them; tho Third Fifteen played 11, won 1, lost 8, drew 2, scored 20 points, and had 87 points scored against theiu. The committee again arranged for the use of the machinery room in tho Agricultural Hail Buildings, but the support given by members, especially senior members, was'most disheartening, and the incoming committee will have to seriously consider whether they nro justified in putting , the club to the expense of the training hall if the support given by members does not improve. Although wo havo already given the reasons for the only fairly satisfactory results of tho various teams, we would like to add that results might havo been much better had the members gone in for consistent training, and until tho same is dona the club cannot expect to show very good results. The club were well represented' in tho Otago representative team by Messrs Matthewson, Fenwick, and His'op, and Mr Fenwick has the club's heartiest congratulations on bsinrr one of the most prominent forwards in the South Island team. Wo are pleased to ro-

port that although eorne tf our old members havo left us, the membership is still very satisfactory. Wo regret, however, to again report the loss of several valued players, among others being Messrs J. R. Burt, G. H. Buchanan, R. L. Fisher, and A. P. Cameron. Our old friend Jack Burt, who !ih9 always been a most . prominent and successful member of the club, has left us for an extended sojourn in tho Old Country, and wo are suro he has the very best : wishes of every member of the club. We have | a fair credit balance in hand, j In conclusion, your committee would again I urge members during the coming season to devote themselves particularly to most consistent training, as unless this is done they . cannot -expect to hold tho position they are ; so anxious to attain,

jj MILTON- FOOTBALL CLUB, ti | The annual meeting of tlio above club was g held in St. George's Hall, Milton, on Wedncsy day evening, when about 40 members were pre--0 sent, Mr C. L. Grant being voted to the chair. Tho annual report stated, iilter alia, that the _ postseason had been tho most successful in j the annals of tho club, having won tho banner i presented by the O.U.F.U. They would have p the honour of being the first club to have their _ name inscribed upon it. Thirteen matches r wero played during the season, the seniors r } Paying 9, 6 being won, 2 drawn, and 1 lost— 3 points for £2, against G; while the junior team £ played 4 matches, winning 1, drawing 1, and 1 losing 2—points for 3L ajjainsfc 11. The report congratulated Mr James Comber on iiis appear- * ance in tlio trial matches last season, and expressing the hope that if the union were to ' i loolc around a little tlioy might chance on other . country players worthy of being included in j tho trials. Tho club was represented in th? I j I North v. South match at Balcluthn, by Messrs t Grant, Powley, Lynch, Littlcjolvn, and Archer, ' and by Mesrs Grant and Powley in the South ' team, which played tho junior representatives of 0(ago. The balance sheet showed ■ a credit balance of lis lid, which, the report 1 1 fltpted, would be considerably increased if all | debts owing to the club wero paid, and recom- • i mended the appointment of a "debt collcctor" 1 to help the officials. Tho matter of p, dressing shed for the grounds and also the advisability of fixing a round of junior matches were touched As there was plenty of material in tho district only waiting to be brought out to malco a first-elass team, it was strongly urged upon members to ''stick in and practise." Tho election of olEce-bearers resulted in Mr E. F. Palmer being unanimously elected president for tho ensuing year, and that gentleman thereupon took the meeting in hand; vice-presidents-Messrs W. W. P. Hall, M. W. Fleming, L. Burn, C. Grey, J. Simpson, J. Parlane,. J. Breck, W. Moore. J. W. Prtrie, G. 11. Thomson, Rev. Gsorgo-Millor, Dr Sutherland, R. A. Pylio; captain, Mr C. L. Grant; deputy-captain, Mr Joseph Lynch; secretary, Mr George LiUlejohn; treasurer, Mr E. Ransome; committee—Captain, deputy-captain, secretary, and Messrs D. Hattou, A. Littlejohn, J, Comber, and J. Powley; Finance Committee (to act with treasurer as collectors), Messrs Joseph Lynch and J. M'Leod: Match Committee—Messrs Grant, Lynch, and Littlejohn. The subscription was fixed at 5s for seniors and 3s for juniors. In view of a suggestion that a trip would be made to Queenstown at Eastor, the opening day was fixed for Saturday week, and it, was put as a, recommendation that for the futuro all players should wear white pants in the matches, and that club jerseys and wbita pants be the club's uniform. Mr G. Littlejolm was appointed delegate to the O.R.F.U. At a meeting of committee held after the annual meeting Messrs C. L. Grant and Joseph Lynch were appointed delegates to the South Otago Union, which it was proposed should meet iti Milton on Wednesday week. The question of erecting a dressing shed and light fence round the ground was also considered, and Messrs Palmer, Grant, and Littlejolm wero appointed to wait ou the Domain Board ro assistance.

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