With the advent of the present season, football has once more regained its old position as the leading winter sport, and as a consequence the Football Club is once more the most enthusiastic and successful of College Clubs. Two seasons ago the Club was represented in the football competitions by one team. Last year, by the strenuous efforts of the committee, two teams were put into the field. This season, with the advent of numerous freshers and the return of many old players, four teams have donned the green jersey or its substitutes. A great difficulty has been experienced in procuring a supply of jerseys, and the teams have been obliged to turn out clad in jerseys of various colours, and consequently have been subjected, in the local press, to the uncomplimentary remarks of several scribes and arm-chair critics. It is hoped that next season there will be a supply large enough to satisfy all requirements.

Teams have been entered in the Senior, Junior, and Third Grade Competitions, and although they have not been very successful up to the present, it is expected that a little systematic practice will make a great deal of difference. As usual, the question of practice has been a burning one. Early morning practices are being held twice weekly in addition to night practices in the gymnasium, but owing to early lectures, and the distance at which players live from the Park, the attendance of some players has not been all that could be desired. The backs of the first fifteen are, for the most part, the same as last year, but the forwards have undergone considerable alteration, being for the most part replaced by a heavier pack.

The Club desires to thank Mr. E. Perry for the trouble he has gone to in coaching the forwards. It is hoped that the Canterbury match will again take place this season, but up to the time of writing a definite date has not been fixed.

The following are the results of matches played up to the time of going to print:—