SOCCER FOOTBALL.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 259, 2 November 1933, Page 20

SOCCER FOOTBALL.

MINOR DIVISION,

PRESENTATION* OF TROPHIES

The annual presentation of trophies took place at the Y.M.C.A. last evening, Dr. Neil AlcDougall presiding. There was a crowded attendance consisting of over 100 boys, practically every club under the jurisdiction of the minor division committee of. the A.F.A. being represented. In the course of an address Dr. AlcDougall appealed especially to the youthful players, his remarks bearing a triangular significance, treating chiefly of the physical, mental and spiritual sides of sport. The spiritual side of the gamewas stressed as being very important. Physical prowess and a good mental equipment were very desirable qualities, but the spiritual, moral or character-building phases of the game were, after all, the chief factors in any sport worthy of the name. Dr. McDougall submitted interesting statistics, prepared by Mr. R. M. Beswick, secretary of the minor division. There were 54 teams in eight championship sections and 49 teams in the six knock-out competitions. The total number of games played in grade championship and knockout competitions was 698 and the total number of goals scored 2016. There were 26 primary schools teams, which played 310 games and scored 687 goals. Primary schools' rep. teams visited Gisborne, Buntly and Hamilton under the management of Messrs. G. C. Ballantyne, B. Laing and R. Sale. The junior reps, (under 21), selected from the third intermediate grade chiefly, won the handsome Flyger Rose Bowl, by defeating South Auckland. The total number of teams of all classes was 159, the games played 1022 and the goals scored 2757. Mention was also _ made of the outstanding performance of Oswald Cleal (still under 17 years), who has scored 309 goals in five seasons, and of Mr. L. J. Check, who has refereed 1025 games in seven seasons. The trophies, as presented by Dr. McDougall, were as follow:—Third intermediate championship. Hill Shield: Metro.College; knock-out cup. Comrades. Fourth grade championship. Coltman Cup: North Shore: runners-up, Telford Cup, Y.M.C.A. A; knock-out, Bouskill Cup. Y.M.C.A. A. Fifth grade cup: Metro.-College; runnersup. Ross Memorial Cup. Comrades B; j knock-out. O'Leary Shield, Comrades B. Sixth grade championship, Campbell Cup: Comrades; knock-out, Long Cup, Y.M.C.A. A. Seventh grade championship. A.F.A. Cup: Tamaki: knock-out. M.D.C. Cup, Comrades. Midget championship, W. J. Jordan Cup: Comrades; knock-out, Comrades. Primary Schools. —Senior championship. Robinson Shield: Napier Street School;' knock-out. Maristonian Cup, Napier Street School. Junior championship: Belmont School. The H. Reason Cup went to Belmont School. The Belmont School ' also won the knock-out, thus winning | the coveted Hibbert Cup. > Mr. W. R. H. Martin associated himself with Dr. McDougall in the presentation I of trophies and photographs on behalf of ! the secondary schools' association. The Beswick Shield, St. Andrew's trophy and j Herbert Smith Cup were presented to Auckland, Mount Albert and Takapuna Grammar Schools respectively, i