NEW PRESS STAND.

Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 108, 10 May 1927, Page 15

NEW PRESS STAND.

A.F.A/S FORWARD MOVE.

The Auckland Football Association enhanced the appointments of Blandford Park , at a sports enclosure materially and brought the ground to % standard not equalled in the city by. the erection, last week, of * spacious Press stand. The disadvantages under which the Press worked at Blandford Park are well known, and. on days which were wet and when there was a crowded stand it was impossible for scribes to see more than

probably 75 per «ent of the games owing to the obstruction of spectators all around the Press table. The new compartment for the exclusive use'of the Knights of the Fen, has been built in to the back of the stand at an elevation which affords an unobstructed view of •vary Iwrtion of the fieU, beatdee comfog §nd prevents* fr«4 intornqition j

There is accommodation for eight or ten reporters at a time, and in the event of outstanding attractions will be able to accommodate the number likely to be engaged, while the installation of electric light makes the use of the room available' for day or night events. None who have not had the necessity to record happenings at Blandford Park will be able to fully appreciate the enterprise on the part of the A.F.A. In view of the readiness shown by. the responsible authorities to meet the needs or the Fourth Estate, however, this writer takes the opportunity of expressing his indebtedness for the conveniences and consideration thus shown the Press in their efforts to record the progress of a growing sport.