LEAGUE FOOTBALL.

Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 244, 15 October 1929, Page 13

LEAGUE FOOTBALL.

DEVONPORT REUNION,

Tie annual reunion -of the Devonport United Bugby League Club, held! in the Masonic Hall, was attended by 150 players and members/Mr. W. Swinnerton (president) congratulating the club on its. continued success in being run-ners-up in the senior championship and winning three junior grades: A vote of congratulation • was extended to the Marist Club upon its victory over South Sydney, and Mr. J. O'Brien, who entered the hall opportunely, was greeted with cheers. Medals for outstanding performances were presented to A. Lang (first juniors), Chester (third" intermediate), Kirk (fourths), Knott (sixths) and Scott (schoolboys), and the fourth grade ,-team received the club cup for scoring the highest aggregate of club points, this team having gone through the season undefeated. The third intermediate team manager was also the recipient of a silver cigarette case from the boys he controlled. It was reported that the club would for certain place ten teams in the field next season. A lengthy toast list was honoured and the evening concluded at 11.30.

ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS

VISITOR.—The nickname "tyke" has various meanings according to country and occasion of application, ranging from "dog" in Scotland, and "Yprkshireman" in England, to "Irishman" in Auckland. The origin of the colloquialism in Auckland, itself an Irish settlement, has never been satisfactorily explained, but for the past 20 years at least, it has been used universally in football circles, and accepted as a distinguishing term without any sinister thought. .