CHRISTIAN BROTHERS’ CRICKET CLUB

New Zealand Tablet, 11 October 1917, Page 30

CHRISTIAN BROTHERS’ CRICKET CLUB

ANNUAL MEETING. The annual meeting of the above club was held in the Christian Brothers' Schoolroom, Dunedin, on last Thursday evening. Mr. J. P. Dunn presided. The Rev. Brother Higgins (Director of the School) was present, and there was a good attendance, including several visitors. The following annual report was read by the secretary (Mr. A. Tarleton) and adopted: Your committee have to report that owing to the large number of the club's members volunteering for active service, only one team was entered in the competition for the season 1916-17. It was most gratifying to see, that notwithstanding the fact that the members of this team, although they knew that their play was not up to the standard of second grade (in which grade they were playing), could always be relied upon to take part in all association fixtures. Two of the club's members, Messrs. A. Tarleton and T. Hally, were selected to play in the Junior Representative match against the League. Congratulations were due to the school club on the success achieved during the season. The finances of the club are not quite satisfactory, and it is desired that members should pay their subscriptions early in the season. The committee regret to report the loss the club has sustained by the "death of four of its oldest members, in the persons of P.Xeligher, A. Clarke, J. Tarleton, and M. O'Connor, ' all of whom have made the supreme sacrifice on active

service. The club's thanks are due to the Brothers, who are always willing to lend a helping hand, also to those who subscribed to the club's funds. The chairman said that before proceeding to general business, it was fitting to discharge a duty—all a painful one. During the year, as the report stated, the club had to lament the death of no less than four of its former members whilst doing their duty for King and Empire, all of whom were present with them last year. One of these, Mr. A. Clarke, had capably filled the position of club captain from the first year of its existence. All present then stood in respectful silence to the memory of their departed comrades. . . Following are the officers for the ensuing year :—■ Patron, Very Rev. Father Coffey, Adm.; president, Rev. Brother Bowler; vice-presidents—Rev. Fathers Kaveney and Ardagh, Rev. Brothers Higgins, O'Ryan, and Geraghty, Messrs. J. A. O'Brien, T. Bell, J. Murphy, D. Galvin, H. Coughlan, J. McGrath, C. Burrell, A. McCaughan, H. Gallagher, J. Mills, W. Heffernan, J. Sweeney, J. Airey, F. Fogarty, D. Fogarty, J. P. Dunn, and J. J. Wilson; club captain, Mr. J. V. Toomey secretary and treasurer, Mr. J. V. Toomey; general committee—Messrs. H. Fogarty, R. W. Fox, D. Fogarty, A. Tarleton, F. Fogarty; delegate to the 0.C.A., Mr. J. P. Dunn. In some concluding remarks the chairman emphasised the difficulties encountered by the club owing to existing circumstances. With regard to players, their ranks had been greatly depleted, but this was to be expected during war time, and affected all other similar organisations in like manner. There seemed no justification, however, for some of their old school boys attaching themselves to outside clubs, a fact which was, to express it mildly, unpatriotic. He eulogised the junior players for consistently good attendance at practice and matches, thus filling every engagement. Financially the club started last season with a debt of £9, which amount had been reduced to £5 12s, a matter for congratulation, and he would impress upon the members the necessity of adopting some means to entirely liquidate the balance. It was decided to send greetings to all active members now at the war, and to organise a working-bee to get the pitch in order for the opening of the season on Saturday, October 13.