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RUGBIY FOOTBALL UNION ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING held at the MAY FAIR HOTEL, LONDON, on Friday, 27th June, 1958, at 5 p.rn. The following Clubs (341) were represented:- Aldershot Services Civil Service Union Harrow School Army R.U. Clifton Hartlepool Old Boys Mons Officer Cadet School Colchester Hayle 3 Trg. Regt. R.E. Colfes Grammar School Hayle Colts R.A.P.e. Trg. Centre Combined Birmingham Old Boys Headingley A.C.C. Trg. Centre Coopers' Company School Hendon 6 Trg. Regt. R.E. Cornwall A.T.C. Hertfordshire Union 1 Trg. Regt. R. Signais Cornwall Colts Hitchin 28 Bn. R.A.O.C. Cornwall County Union H.M.S. Flying Fox 2 Trg. Bn. R.A.c. Cornw~Il Junior Group Holman Sports 26 Field Regt. R.A. Cornwall Schools Honourable Artillery Company Depot & T.E. R.A.M.C. Cornwall Tech. College Hornets Royal Engineers Coventry Hove Scottish Command Crawley Hoylake School of Military Survey Cuaco Ibis Alliance Davenport Ilford Wanderers Ashford School Derby Inland Revenue Aston Old Edwardians Devon Cou nt y lnsurance Officers' Union Aylestonians Didcot K.C.S. Old Boys Banbury Dorset & Wilts. Union Kent County Union Bank of England Durham County Union King Edward VI School Barbarian E.A.C. (Nuneaton) Barc1ays Bank Ealing King Edward's School Basildon Eastern Counties Schools Union Kingsbridge Beckenham Eastern Counties Union Kodak Bec Old Boys East Midlands Union Launceston Bedford Ely Lawrence Sheriff School Berkshire County Union Esher Leeds Grammar School Bickley Park School Esso (Fawley) Leeds University Biggleswade Eton Manor Leicester Billingham Exiles Leicestershire County Union Birmingham City Officiais Fairbairn House Letchworth Blackheath Falmouth Lewes Bournemouth ' Falmouth One & Ail Lewes County School Bowdon Finchley Lichfield Bramley Old Boys Five Ways Old Edwardians Lincoln Bristol Ford Sports Lincolnshire Union Bristol & Dist. Combination G.E.C. London Liverpool Bristol University Gidea Park Lloyds Bank Broad Plain Gloucestershire County Union London Rugby Union Burnage Gonville & Caius College London Irish Camborne School of Mines Gosforth London Scottish Cambridgeshire Union Gravesend London Transport Camp Hill Old Edwardians Great Ballard School Lord Wandsworth College Camel Great Western Railway (London) Loughborough College Carlisle Guildford & Godalming Ludlow Chartered Bank Guys Hospital Ludlow Grammar School Cheltenham Haberdashers' Askes School Lyons City of Liverpool Hampshire County Union Macc1esfield College of Building Handsworth Malsis School City of London School Harlequins May & Baker Civil Service Harrow Metropolitan Police 1 Met. Police X Division Old Pauline Salisbury Middlesbrough Old Purleians Seaford Middlesex Union Old Rutlishian Sevenoaks Mill Hill Old SilhiIlians Sheffield Minehead Barbarians Old Twickenhamians Shelford Mounts Bay Old Wandsworthian Shirley Wanderers Morpeth Old Edwardians Old Warwickian ' Silver Wing Moseley Old WestcJiffians Slough Mount Grace Comp. School Oriel College Solihull Napier OrreIl Somerset County Union National Provincial Bank Osterley Southern Railway Newark Otley Stafford Newbold on Avon Oxfordshire Union Staffordshire New Brighton Park House Staines Newbury Penryn Standard Bank of South Africa Newport Penryn Colts Streatham Newport (Salop) Penzance & Newlyn Surrey County Union North Dorset PenzanceCountyGrammarSchool Sussex County Union North Midlands Union Percy Park Sussex Schools Union Northumberland Union Pinner Sutton Norwich Port of London Authority Sutton Coldfield Nottingham & Dist. Tech. Coll. Police A.A. Sutton Valence School Nottingham Union Prestwich Swindon Notts. Lincs. & Derbys. Union Public Schools Wanderers Tamworth & District Nuneaton Reading Trentham (Staffs) Nuneaton Old Edwardians Reading School Trinity College, Cambridge Okehampton Redruth Trinity School of John Whitgift Old Albanian Richmond Trojans Old Alleynian Rochester Twickenham Old Anchorian Rocklifl' United Banks Old Askean Rosslyn Park United Hospitals Old Azurians R.A.F. Union University Vandals Old Birkonian R.A.F. Bawdsey Upper Clapton Old Brockleians R.A.F. Cardington Wakefield Old Citizens R.A.F. Catterick Wallasey Grammar School Old Creightonian (London) R.A.F. H.Q. Fighter Command Walsall Old Dartfordian R.A.F. H.Q. Bomber Command Wanstead Old Dixonians R.A.F. H.Q. No: 1 Group Warlingham Old Elthamians ·R.A.F. Bawtrey Warwickshire Union Old'Elizabethans (Barnet) R.A.F. Hendon Wasps Old Edwardians R.A.F. Locking' Waterloo Old Erithians R.A.F. Leeming , Welwyn Old Esthamians R.A.F. Lyneham' Westcliff High School Old Freemens R.A.F. Melksham Westcombe Park Old Fullerians R.A.F. Middleton St. George West Herts Old Gaytonians R.A.F. Shawbury. Westminster Bank Old Grammarians R.A.F. Thorney Island Westminster Hospital Old Guildfordians R.A.F. Swanton Morley West Norfolk Old Haberdashers R.A.F. Swinderby Westoe Old Haileyburians & l.S.C. R.A.F ... Upwood ; Weston-super-Mare Old Hertfordians R.A.F. Wilmslow Whitgift School Old lnstonians R.A.F. Wyton Wimbledon CoIlege Old Leodiensian Royal Aircraft Establishment Wimborne Old Leysian Royal Veterinary-College Windsor Old Lutonians Rugby Wisbech Old Masonians St. Barts Grammar School Wolverhampton Old Merchant Taylors St. Catherines Society Woodford Old Millhillians St. Columba Woodpeckers Old Mitchamians St. Day Worcs. & Herefords Schools Old Northamptonians St. Erbyn's School Union Oid Nottinghamians St. Helens Rec. Worcester Old Novocastriàn St. Pauls School Worthing High School Old Oxford Citizens Sale Yorkshire County Union 2 The Notice convening the Meeting was read by the Secretary. The Minutes of the Annual General Meeting held on 28th June, 1957, were confirmed and signed. Mr. A. MarshaIl:-" As is customary, the Report which is before you and which l ask you to accept is in the nature of a synopsis of the happenings of the past season .. It also reflects in some measure the work of your Committee during the year under review, but only in a general way, for no report could cover adequately the thousand and one items of debate and the ramifications of the Administration in general. C The Report has been circulated to aIl Clubs and brief reference need be made to certain only of the several paragraphs. In the matter of congratulations-it is perhaps invidious to mention names in a field of mu ch com munal effort and that is why none is printed in this Report, but the services of certain people caU for special remark. International Matches. We congratulate the players on their being chosen to represent England, and especially the Chairman of Selectors, Mr. Carston Catcheside, on the success of their choosing, and thank him for his vast interest and work. Twickenham. Covered by the two-line announcement that aIl is now weIl with the South Terrace is a success story of man y and anxious meetings, of conflicting advices fro'm experts, of bold decisions difficuIt to determine and with heavy responsibilities attaching, resulting finally in a reduction of expenditure amounting to many thousands of pounds. Our thanks and congratulations are due to the Ground Committee and to its Chair man, Mr. Ramsay. Laws. The considerable work of the previous year in preparing for the meeting of the International Board in January last has been matched this year with the work of analysing and implementing the conclusions reached by that Body. The Chairman of your Laws Committee, Mr. Cyril Gadney, has shouldered his responsibility in a way inimitable and typical of his thoroughiless in these matters: we should be failing, did we not give expression to our thanks and appreciation.· /nsurance. It is difficult to understand that less than half the Clubs in membership with the Union have thought fit to avail themselves of the admirable coyer provided by the Unions' Insurance Scheme at such low cost. The Scheme·is recommended for careful consideration by aIl those Clubs not already participating. Loans. It is un der this heading that the function of the Union to give tangible aid to Clubs and to the game generally is most apparent. A vast amount of work is involved each year in the negotiation of loans, and the services of the Hon. Asst. Treasurer, Mr. Eddie Saunders, in this matter must not go unremarked. Charitable Trust. • Much good can accrue from the setting up of a charitable trust and the project has been brought to fruition largely through the pertinacity and drive displayed by Sir Wavell Wakefield, at one time in the face of some opposition-great credit is due to him. Television. By and large, the television of matches has contributed to a marked expansion of the field· of interest in our game, to its ultimate good. Our aim must be to secure that Rugby Union Football is always presented in a light compatible with its tradition for robust, full-blooded sportsmanship, goodwill, and good fellowship. School Leavers. 15 years to 16 years. The question of catering for the se boys is presenting a problem which is fast becoming nation-wide, and it is a complex one, especial1y in those Counties where no provision has been made in the pa st. Your Committee has debated the subject at length and fee1s that perhaps the County Constituent Bodies are best fitted to rriake the initial move towards securing an organisedand unified attempt to meet the needs locally. In conclusion, a word to the general personnel of our Counties and our Clubs-Officers, Committee men, and other helpers-and on the visits l have been able to make. It is uplifting, and yet a humbling experience for any President to discover what is being done by so many in so many ways, to present our game to the young men of our land, to foster and develop it when 3 it has been taken up, and to main tain it in those places where it has become the accepted thing-all without any thought of kudos, glamour or like reward. To you and to those thousands of you up and down the country who are giving in this way so generously, we declare our acknowledgment of your services and our warmest thanks and approbation.