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The University, Club held its annual meeting on Qatar day i evening, when a satisfactory report was presented. The election", of»officebearers resulted -as ■ folows :— 'President,/ Pro* fessor! Sale (re-elected); vice-presidents, Professorj Scott (re«eleoted) . and Mr W. D. i MUne, 8.A., L.L.8.,;, captain,,. Mr R. ,F. Cook-; deputy-capteiDfjMr^. Torrance; hop. secretary and treasurer, Mr A. 8. M. Poison; general committee— Messrs R. H. Hogg, E. B. Fooks, G. A. Simmers, and J. S. Tennant; match, committee — Messrs Cook, Fooks, and Milne! ; delegates to the 0.R.F.U.-^Messrs Cook, Fookd, dnd Polaon. ff ' Of she matches on Saturday the principal one was that between the Dune^in and TaieriClabs, whicfcj ended in a hard-earned' victory for ;the , Dunedinites. A great deal of dissatisfacftion was expressed among supporters of the D.F.C. that Sonntag had been relegated, to the ranks of the second fifteen. A man who is- good enough to represent the South Island of N.Z. against the Englishmen is surely &leetUbi\i too good for »-.D.F.C. second fifteen ! . I'm afraid the 'Dun* edin executive is not what it ought to.be; .and, tell it not in Gath, there are worse men than Sonntag in the first fifteen.)

' But to return to the match. The heavy gale which was blowing spoilt to a great extent the passing of both sides. The Dark Blue* won the toss, and played with the wind. After - some j fast play Stepherison made a dwti and secured a try, which was not' improved upon. 1 Stidrtly after Lynch pott^dja goal and t Hunser, n obtained a try,,which was, not improved upon. The Dark Bines narrowly escaped, scoring npon two other' occasions before half -time. In the second spell the Taieri, witfi. ihe wind' at their backs, began 'to press thejr opppnents, *nd Murdoch, obtaining possession, potted a goal very nicely. This was the only score during -, the second spell, the ball travelling from tjne end of the ground to the other with gte&t rapidity. ' The Taieri team played exceedingly well. Their forwards are a heavy, strong lo*» who work right through from start to finish* and are quite good erfbugh, for most of the town teams. Their backs are.very safe and good kicks, and took every, advantage that the wind gave them. Elder, Murdoch, Stevenson, Gibson, Allan, and Matheson were perhaps the most prominent. The Dunedin forwards showed great improvement on the. previous Saturday's form. They could with great advantage; however, tare a lesson from their opponents in working ana following up. A change in this respept would make them hard to 1 , .beat. 1 The backs pUyefl well. Johnston and Lykich especially so. ' ThY Pirates meVthV High gchool on toe

• hraok grdtlt/d, and an interesting, game was' Shortly after s the' fefck <M Crosby '*nfo dribbled over the School's line, a force 'resulting. After 'some even play Bell d a try for. the Pirates after a dashing run, Vt was not enhanced. The School retaliated '?v dribbling rush, and Owen made the run ? the day, scoring right between the posti, m which an unmistakable , goal yras placed. ??»« minutes later H. Stronach passed neatly M'DonaW, who potted a goal for the Pirates. rhflgeores wore even when the second spell was tried, but shortly afterwards Montgomery, by Vonderful kick from the centre of the ground, J/Lj » goal from a mark, — the School having > for an advantage of 3 pointß., Prom this oat J? b»U was almpst^entirely in the School's Lgntyfire. A. Mprris, Farquharson, and Milne , % gcored tries j for . the Pirates, but the top* 8 at goal were, fruitless, and the game nded in a draw, each side having scored 7 jjJtots (Pirates' 1 one potted goal and four triad Sjtfae School's two' goals and one try). The \«ot th 6 Schqol surprised the spectators. The ?1 division is strong, Owen and Stephenson f^jg most conspicuous. Taiaroa displayed a ten of speed which should enable him to upyd the reputation of his brothers. Montgomery !Led a tower of strength and was well backed ,L by M'Brear,ty, Macdpnald, and Boydell. AooDg the Pirates backs, Lang and M'Donald i* r0 the pick; H., Stronach, at half, passed neatly and stopped rushes well ; and Howison ] Lte& and played smartly. A. Morris was in Le form among the Pirates forwards; 0. jif orr iB, M'Lareti, Stables, and M'Beath playing i sterling game. The game was played with ' Ijjig ntmost 1 good feeling, the" decisions of the ijjjpirea arid referee being unbiased and received litboab demur on either side. Mr Ronaldsoa jnjpired for the Pirates, and Mr A..V. Smith for lie School; Mr Rose officiating- as referee. Ooe of the surprises of the day was the pitch Alhambra v. Union, which was. played on jl, a North ground before a large number of MacLaugbiin captained the Alham[,fs (red and black), and won the toss ; while flight officiated for the Union (maroon), j flight kicked' off for the' Union, and the Albsmbra forwards, with - a ' combined rush, immediately forced the Union down. Very fast play then ensued, and Restieaux getting the bill from the scrum made a slashing run, passing til the Union backs, and scored a try, from fbich he kicked an easy goal. After the jrick off the' Alhambra were kept going for ifeff minutes clearing their lines. Crawford then relieved his side by kicking the ball well down the field, and getting the ball from a throw jn be passed to Noel, who 'scored the sec6nd try for the Alhambra, which Restieauz converted into a goal. The Union forwards now made Mveral determined rushes into their opponents' twenty-five, and the ball being passed to Porteons he made an ineffectual pot at goal. The game was very even until half time was - called. Ob resuming it seemed as if the Alhambra were going to have a lively time, as the Maroon forw»rds,heftdedibyWright, Gorman and ,Tatterssl!, dribbled, the ball ,into their twenty-five, but spoilt their.ohammby Hard kicking, and, a force down resujJteoL Shortly afterwards the ball was t imartily heeled put to Restieaux, who passed, to Noel, who, after running nearly half theiehgth of the field, scored another try for his side, from which Reatieaux placed an e'aay goal. After this the Alhambra we're kept busy clearing their goal line, but Foray th crossed the line and scored i try for the Union, no goal resulting;. The gime became very fast, but the Alhambra playing on the defensive managed, to keep their opponents off until the call of time. For the Mhambra, , Restieauz, Robertson, Strong, and Weltzel (forwards), and all the backs played a jphdid game; white, for the Union, Wright, Gordon, M'Kinlay, and Tattersall (forwards), tad Beadle and Crozford (backs) played best. Mr Morrison made an efficient referee, whilst Messrs Wedderspoon (Alhambra) and Hunter (Union) wielded the flags. The Montecillo First Fifteen played their first match of the season on Saturday, when they met the Zingari-Richmond First on the Caledonian ground, and won by two goals and a try (7 points) to a try (1 point). Simpson, Stenhouse, and J. Beck secured the tries for Monte-, cillo, and W. Esquilant for the Zingan*Richmond.' For, the Montecillo Bolton, Simpson (backs), and Isaacs, Beck (2), and Roberts (forwards) played about the best game ; while for the Zingari-RichmOnd M'Farlane, A. Bsquilant, and Proctor ' (backs),' and W. Esquilant, Honey man, Edwards, and Peterson (forwards) were the most? conspicuous. The exodus la<t year has had the result of introducing Rugby football in Melbourne, as there are now three clubs established. The PakehaOlub is the latest of these.. Dr Leger Etßon, late of Auckland, is president, and Messrs D, J. M'Leod* W. Gibbin, H, Brett, G. M. Reed, tod W. K. Bishop vice-presidents. The colours idopted were'crimson with silver fern on breast. It was resolved to co-operate, with the Melbourne and North Melbourne Clubs with the view of selecting a combined representative team to meet Warbrick's Native team on the Queen's Birthday, at the East Melbourne ground. . '