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Salient. An Organ of Student Opinion at Victoria College, Wellington, N.Z. Vol. 9, No. 5. May 7, 1946

Soccer Club Will Field Four Teams in Competition

Soccer Club Will Field Four Teams in Competition

The fourth Annual General Meeting of the Soccer Club was held on March 19, and was attended by a large and enthusiastic gathering of players. Since its inauguration in 1943 the club has increased in membership from 1 5 to 50. In our initial year, one Senior B team was entered, whereas this year we shall have four teams in the local competitions: Senior. Junior A, Junior B, and Third Grade. A survey of our talent shows promise of very strong Senior and Third Grade (under 21) teams, while the Junior teams will be well up to standard. We specially welcome back Ken Johnstone and Ted Simmonds, who will materially strengthen our Senior team. Faiz Sherani and Musif Ashrof must have put across some pretty good sales talk for us in Fiji, where soccer is the national winter sport, as they have brought back five fine players from that fair land. Prospects for Winter Tournament are again exceptionally bright, and we confidently expect to see the Soccer Trophy (if someone donates one) reposing triumphant amongst V'UC's fine array of wooden spoons.

Mr. A. R. Key of the Wellington Football Association, briefly addressed the meeting and gave us an interesting and useful insight into the workings of the Junior Management Committee. The Club offers its heartiest congratulations to Nev. Swinburn on his recent election to the Management Committee of the WFA. He also was mainly responsible for the passing of the two remits, put forward by the Varsity Club, at the Annual General Meeting of that body.

A pleasant afternoon was had by 18 members of the club, at an unofficial kick-around one Saturday at Te Aro Park, despite the hotness of the sun and the extraordinary height of the grass (the existence of the latter being viewed with amazement by members of last year's B team).

When the football season begins officially we hope to have the use of Kelburn Park for weekly practice on Thursday afternoons and evening from 2-5 p.m.

Club officers elected for 1946 are:—
  • Patron: Professor Gordon.
  • Captain: J. Y. Walls.
  • Vice-Captain: R. M. Dickson.
  • Secretary-Treas.: B. Sutton-Smith.