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,FUTURE OF RUGBY.j SWA- SEA CLUB AND "Tnt: NO CLASHING OF FIXTURES 1 '1', l' .1 There was an excellent attendance at | -the "aiip.uai u?eting "of uhe Swau?fa I ,-et aud i'outbaii Club held ou JPriday i veiling, Air. Ernest Davicsi presiding. -At the outset the ciiairnmu welcomed the Swansea Corporation representative, 'V.'lio -"uere present—Aid Wm. Owen, j Councillor A. it. Bal-l,vand Mr. W. H. Ashmoie (Borough TH'tasurer). He* also referred to the loss the club had sustained •through the respective deaths of Mr. My. ¡'.nill and Mr. S. J. Curnow. A vote of condolence was passed. QUITE UINC JC. I Proceeding, the cho described the mooting ai quite unique in the history of the club. This wa; the first meeting/since 1915, and they c<jui<t describe it as one held to rejuvenate the club, and to re- juvenate the IJugby code in the town. When the war broke out they closed down as a club a.nd their players, many of them, went in fOr a greater game. A shooting gallery was constructed in the grand tand, and in this connection he would mention the good services rendered by Colonel Trick. Subsequently the field was handed over to the military authorities for war purposes, and the footballers commenced training for war. lie thought, they could justly elpim that it was the members of the club who formed the nucleus of the Swan-sea Bat- talion—(applause)—;i battalion of .which Swansea was pretty proud. Swansea, as a torn, had every, reason to be proud of what her had done in the war, but he did not think that any part of Swan- sea HPo could be Tiiloi-si proud of its mem- b< ts than the Swansea Rugby Club. (Renewed applause.) HEROES ALL. I They were proud of ever.von ft who had served the country in her hour of need; they were very proud of those w ho were wounded in their country's cause • but Vi'ry tO tl)PDI very dear to thom all was the memory of tlioso gallant gentlemen who had laid clown their lives for the country. He suggested to the meeting that one of the flrt duties cf the new committee should be to consider the question of eroeting in the pavilion at St. Helen's a roll of honour containing the name of. every member who had served in the war- It would serve as an example and an Inspiration to- .the rising generation who would follow in their footsteps. i LEASE OF ST. HELEN'S. I Dealing with the question of the lease of the ground, the. Chairman dealt at ^length with the visit of the, drib's qnb, -AumittM to the Estate .Committee of the Corporation. T??py wore m?t. he sajd. by a very been and businesslike- body: of meitj. who questioned them V,-OTY" on various matters. The Corp(, r hp4 wAs glad to ray, had treated them very gener- ously. If all tht, matters affecting Swan- sea's interests were treated in the same business-like manner as this question had been, then the affairs of tbe town were in tltc town were, in the hands of a very keen and business-like body of men. THE SOCCER CODE. I Referring to their relatione with the Swansea Town Club, the Chairman said that they worked very amicably with those in charge of the fortunes of the sister code. Their fixture list was placed before the secretary 91 the Swansea Town d.110. and that wa$reciprQ- worked to their mutual advantage—(re- ..Yle,wed applause)—and to the benefit of sport in the town. It ensured a first- class heme match every Saturday of one or other of the codes. THE PRESS. I It was their duty, he went on, to extend a very hearty vote of thanks to the Press (Hear, hear.) Year in and year out the ,PreSt> hd done its best to fester sport in every way. He particularly wished to refer to them at tha t 'meeting for the very kind and sympathetic- manner in which they treated the question of the ejstenKioij. 1.Cèi the club's -lease. They were 1Hst and generous in their knew the-power of the Press, and the least they eoiild do was to thank them Iteartily for all they hlddorié to foster sport, and especially ?ydrt in which the elub was interested. (Applause.) THE SECRETARY. I In conclusion, the Chairman referred in terms of regret to the retirement of the secretary (Mr. F. E. Perkins), and paid a high tribute to his services. Whan in 1914 war broke out Mr. Perkins was gentleman enough to hand back i50 of his salary to the club. The committee felt that they were in honour bound to do something by way of recognising his value to the club. For 24 years he had acted as secretary, and they all know of the good work he had accom- plished. For .the last four years he had Sivon his.scrvicos gratuitously, and the cxmimittee had now decided to give him an honorarium. (Applause.) ELECTION OF OFFICERS, I .The following officers were President, Sir J. T. D. Uowelyn, Ilart, vice-presidents. Col. Morgan, Messre. i. E. Perkins, W. T. Farr, F. D. Trower, Enieet Davies, A. W. Cameron, J. A. iVucies, and A. W. Samuel; Captain Firft XI., Mr. E. A. Billings; Captain Second XI., Mr. J. W. Thorpe; Captain Third XI.. Mr. R. E. Williams; Captain Wed- .nesday XI., Mr. J3. A. Tyler; Tennis Captain, ,Mr. Aubrey B. Williams; Treas urer, Mr. G. 14. Hay. TRIBUTES TO Mn. F. E. PERKINS. I Mr. A. ,Vy. Samuel,. mproposing .a vote of thankg to. the retiring secretary, eulo- gised hio lua.iy sarvice-i to the cause of eport in the town. During the h«st four years it was a most difficult task to keep the club goipg. Out of 400 pi'e-war guinea members, only 200continuorl to pay their subscription^ t\uring -the war, and it was due to the indefatigable efforts of Mr. Perkins that thesh 200 had been.kept up to scratch. Ife was glad they had honoured li.r.. Pei-kin, by etpodng him vice-prcB?I?nt, and he thought that when Sir John Llewelyn re- tired from thp higher position they Mu!d 7)?. do better thn? ?ct Mr. P?rktBs to I ivike place. (Applause.) M'ilboUms B-; Williams seconded, and ^e?,-rs. W. J. Trew and ¡ \H' Morgan eunpoi'ed Mr. Perkins. wt/Ho was well wceiv-ed, briefly returned thanks. -Everything he had he Raid, had been for the sake of* sport 1f was notal) matter to give up the$eeretsry.e^ip after holding it for 21 years, but he felt it was time that -#=^oTihger man should take the duties on When he ccmme'ieed his duties in 1895, ♦ £ ,ere guinea members. la 191 -i nearly. 400, (Ap- plause.) Still that wa» suough for a club like • Swansea. xvli(",Ll they ought to I have at least a thousand members. (Hear, hear."1 THE NEW SECRETARY. ) Mr. \YtH.ip <?i?'ths was i"Uini:nous!y elM'tfd npcretary in pinco of ??. Perkins. Jtli1. Gi'itJlths briefly returned thanks. "UNWIELDY COMMITTEES." Messrs. W. Morgan (Docks) and iJios. Powell resigned from the committ-ee, and the following were appointed to the new wn').jttoo: Mesara. J. Davies. F. J. Gor. don, G. P. Hazel, D. B. Jones, Percy Mor- ris, J. A. Smith, W. Mitchell, W. Nichols, Harold Richardson, W. J. Trew, and D'I B. Williams. In seconding the election of the com- mittee, Mr. W. Morgan (Docks) said that the committee appeared to him to be 'too unwieldy. E. A. Billings, who has been selected to I captain the Swansea Crtcket Team tl is season. I In addition to the twelve nominated there was a long 1 i,t of ex-officio mem- bers, and these ex-offittio members could out-vote the elected committee. That was a weakness which he felt ought to be remedied. Another weakness was that when the committee was well attended, the members would argue until a very late hour, and it was often difficult for-him to explain o his wife that he had been at a coirpiiuee from say eigixt o'clock until nearly midnight. (Laughter.) As it was at present constituted the committee was uothftig but a talking shop (Laughter.) They took two or three hours to do a little thing that business men would do in half an hour ALD. OWEN ON SPORT. I It was decided to give the committee power to co-opt the following members of jCorBp^tion: The Mayor (Councillor eo ,Aldernien lien Jones. David Matthews, and Wm. Owen, Councillor A. 1\. Ball, and Mr. W. H. Ashmole (the- borough treasurer). Alderm.an ûwern, in returning thanks, said that as far as the Corporation was concerned the members were very pleased they had oome to an amicable arrange- ment on the question of the lease. The members of the Corporation, he assured them, had the befft interests of aport in mind. and would do their best for the club. Tha Corporation was only the cus- todian of someone else's money, and when they (the Council) were letting land they wanted to get the best-possible terms they J-T T "c" They had to trept the matter from a business point of view. (Hear, hear.) Not knowing anything of the position of the club; he had thought it waa in a position to pay more than .£] 00 per annum for the ground. When he thought that, he had the interests of tho ratepayers in mind. Now the matter was settled, and until 1922 he trusted they would work amicably together. What 1922 would bring about they, did not know. With reference to the presence of two codes in the town, he thought there was room for both. WHAT ABOUT ATHLETICS? I ,It was only a question of arranging fix- tures. But there was another question. Thev wanted to foster all kinds of eport, and not only Rugby What about athletic sport,?? Thev seemed to have died out altogether. Why should they not be re- vived ? That, was the work he hoped the new com.mittee would accomplish. TIe instanced tho case of Mr. W. J. Trew, who, he said, had been discovered in athletic sports. Councillor A. R. Billl and Mr. Ashm-ole ali.i,) returned thanks. A vote of condolellc,e with the relatives of all those who had fallen in the war was paseed, antl a vote of thanks to the chairman concluded the meeting. MR. PERKINS' SUCCESSOR, I Record as a Player and Organiser. I Mr. W. Griffiths, the newly elected I secretory of the Swansea Cricket and Football Club. is a member of the l scholastic profeeaton, and has always been keenly interested in athletic sports. When Mr. Griffiths left college in 1893 he immediately became a member of the Llwynypia Tfur'bv Club, and played with conspicuous success during the season 1R91-5. In the following year Mr. Griffiths obtained an appointment in his native town, and in !HflCy-7 played well in the third fine for the All Whites. Unfortu- nately Mr. Griffiths developed knee trouble, and was forced to give up the Mr. W. I game. "For some time afterward s there was littla call fcr the services of Mr. Griffiths, hut when the Rugby game was e&tablished in the schools he became a very active supperter of the Schools League. lu addition to his keenness in the schoolboy gam, Mr. Griffiths over the secretarial duties of the local senior league when Mr. Andve- vvartha resigned office in 19/tt. Mr. Grif- fith"* throw himself into the movement with his whole hca.T-t and soul, and so succc.caful were his efforts that, prior to the war, the Swansea Icagile was the strongest in Wales. Mr. Griffiths ia an excellent orgn, and the club is indeed fortunate to secure his services. He intends making the membership of the Swansea Club much larger than it is at present, as he contends that the privileges afforded the i-attmhers far exceeds the value of the auinea foe.

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