The annual meeting of the North Shore Rowing Club was held on September 15th. The following officers ands Com mittee wero elected :—President, Mr W. Buchanan ; Vice - presidents, Messrs M. Niccol, J. J. Swinnerton, R. Monk, E. W. Alison and A. Harvey (senr.); Captain, E. VV. Burgess; Secretary, J. C. Webster; Treasurer, 11. H. Dacre; Committee: J. McDonald, G. Chester, H. Gratten, W. Harvey and B. Lambert; Association Delegate, E. W. Burgess. Twelve new members were elected.
A football match between the Native Rose and Wanderers 11. (Thames) was played at Potter's Paddock on Sepb. 19, and resulted in a win for bho local team by three tries to one. For the winners Hale was best amongst the backs, and was well seconded by Davidson, Blewden, Sjmon, ' and Murphy, while amongst the forwards Harvey, Heffernan, Rodgers, and Tracey were mosb conspicu ous. On the visitors' side amongsb bhe backs Towers, Hawk, Bestic, and Laird played besb ; whilsb among the forwards Cullen, Hastings, Wilson, and Mclntyro were the pick.
The football match Auckland v. Taranaki was played at Hawera (Taranaki) on Sep tember 11th and ended in a draw, each side scoring a goal from a try in the second spell. In the early part of the second spell W. Bayly scored a good try for Taranaki, which E. Bayly converted. A little later on Jervis crossed the Taranaki line, and Pen nalligan scored the major point, making the scores even. Jervis, Braund, and Elliott were the most prominenb of the Auckland players. The game was fasb. Taranaki, relying on bheir heavy, fast forwards, con fined the game to them as much as possible, the backs playing chiefly defence.
