KAIERAU FOOTBALL CLUB.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume L, Issue 12145, 18 March 1908, Page 3

KAIERAU FOOTBALL CLUB.

The following is the Seventeenth Annual Report of the Kaierau Football Club, to be held '■ on Friday evojiing next:—

The membership of the Club exceeded that of tbo preyious year totalling 70 active members,. wJiioli is one of the best endorsements t':e Club could have, showing that it was in a flourishing and thriving condition. : For a club to have ' a largo number of members is, to our mihdia, niiuoh better than to have a ]>rofitabla b>lance-she&t, and shews that the; Club w-ill not b& without plenty of material to draw' upon for its future Senior team. : .

:. SENIORS.—At the bagininin'g of the: season your Ssnior team had every prospe:t of again', winning the Senior Cup; but owing to loss of players through ac•■■idents and sickiv?ss, the tenm.^ns it wp-re, bocanio disjointel, and had to bo content with being runnors-up to fche T'irato FootbTll Club. Taking everything into consi delation, however, your tram in the har_ circumstqneo^ unc'or which thfv laboured came throiuh the feas"n t-reoitablv. and finish,'l with the ,good rr-rord of 6 matches won, 1 drawn, and 2 lost.

JUNIORS.—TIiis team, wliicli had "won tho Junior Oiln for 3 years in suc-res-ion, finished 3rd in theoompetition. Tliev cannot, however. l-_ Llamed so much for this as th-> ta\inj; o? men fi'oii their ranks to fill vacancies in the in the Seniors retarded their progregss, and broke up their combination. 'The Juniors it should 'bo borne in mind requiro a great deal more attention than even the Seniors. Seniors taken as a whole .are men vrhm understand what they are required to do in oider that their team may 'I>3 -successful. With younger players there is too great a ten.dencry to ignore form. One player may have pace, another may bo a good kick, and another a. hard worker, but unless one and all study form they cannot expect that success will lie theiis • THTRDS.-The Thirds played pluckily but tlio same remarks made with regard to the Juniors apply with equal fores to them. Everyone who aspires to football fume must begin at the bottom and work up. No voting player who only turn-, out to play for his team on "a match day con ever hope that representative honours -will be his. We hope, therefore, that the preceding .comments will ba taken to heart by^our voun" p.ayers, and this season will see" them bring the name of their Club once more lusfi up on tho list.

I REPRESENTATIVE TEAMS._>fp J. Hogan was picked to ]>lay in the . v. South Inland match an.l Mr. ;A. Giiicott chesen as emergency. .The forirer also brought honour to the Club by subsequently being picked as a New i Zealand Representative to tour AustraI lia. Prior to his departure, he'was t_ii- , dered a sond-off in, Mr. DustinV rooms and as a mark of appreciation in which" he was held by Club members was presented1 with a travelling rug. Mr. A. 'Gruscott Avas cihosen^ to'represent the combined WellinsApn, Province versus i Ne-A- Zealand, antULddel fresh iaureh to himself and Club.^

"\Yjth regard «to the Wanganui R^prehad a 'large qifotn in all the, 4 B_p. matches, and five memI>er3 went with tlie team to Auckland to play Shy tli© Banfurly Sliield. The names of th-e. players were as follows :-'- Ivilratrick, Dowe, S liter, Daly and Guscott. TRAJNING.-T^e erection of ' th P new Training SnoJ % tho -Rucrby Union was responsible, for traminw boin'^ clS.ivA a eatisfattoiy nrmner. FINANCES.—Tfie finances* of fchClub are in a, very satisfactory condition and Mr. Cade; the Hon. Treasurer, will present the Balance Sheet showin" that wo ha,ve a credit balance at-the Jiink of £29, whiefiydn will agree reflects credit on tfife- Management Committee, k ' ANNUAL RE|TJNION.--The OldTimers v. Present Players match, followed by the Smoke Concert eventuated on ' 28th Saptomb-i-r The Old-Tinioi-is ica'n was romoosetl entirely of ex-repTeu tentative players, and thre^ memJhi_ of the original senior team in 1891. ■ An eujc^aMo game took place and eud<<:wi.i a draw. Ths Smoke Conco-t" in. the evening was w<?ll attended1 by, both present and past members, over 80 being .present. Apologies wore re-reive-J from 'ex-unentbers from all p«rts of the Donimion. .

MELROSE FOOTBALL CLUB.-For s-me tia^e past your Committee have fc.iQU_h6tf tlrat a visit from an </htside t^m at Eastoi- thne would be a good thing -r O r tli<? Club jrenerally. _fatters navn now TeaoU-ed a definite conclusion. an-1 w> lrive to announce that the Melj'rs- Foot Club of Wellington are coniuio to }Asly us here on Easter SaturTay. Tt i-. to be hoj orl their visit here will bje marlo a pleasurable one and that a good fricn Ilv game, will be played. THANKS.—Thanks of the Club are flue to Mr. Dustin for his many kind actions for the Club. We think we can s-ifely s-iy that the Club and football ftenerally are bound ta prosper while mon, like Mr. Du&tin have the ganie at heart, and no* must swv he has proved himself an ai-Jent football enthusiast Air. Campbell our Club Captain, is also f'< serving of praise- for the. whole-heart- <*■! manner in vrhWt he throws himself into the affairs cf the Club. Another matter whiehi Me must comment on is the fa.c> that the Captain oF tlis Seniors, Mr. Alc(* Takaranori is retiring from acth c participation in t1 cgame._.Mr. Takarangfi has been a <ri'Gat man for our Club, has stuck to us through-thick'and thin, aid everyone regrets that he--has at last crjn'l enough. ._ - Tn con, lu-ion. ltl>£.scj>uin" Comraittea ••nd offir.e-b^ar rs liave^to th^k niern^ bei-3 for their heai-tv sinnwit/nVd ho^&? tlir. incoming Committee will liave as '■itisfactorv a teim of .pffi-e*arj it has 1 eon our pleasure t& haA'o. . .",