Canterbury Proposal On Soccer League
The Canterbury Football Association will offer its two leading Hurley Shield teams and one-third of the cost of running a Southern League when delegates from five South Island associations meet in Christchurch to discuss the proposed league later this month. The Canterbury association will also propose that the league be a two-round competition, that gate takings be pooled and that a percentage of any profit be distributed as prize money.
I A former treasurer of the > association, Mr N. Dixon, said > that the committee’s action f was “out of order” because it > had previously decided that ■ all clubs would be advised of i all financial aspects of the • league. : He said that he had no faith in the league nor its drawing i power. > The meeting, called by the • national association, will be ; attended by delegates from ! Canterbury, Otago, Southland, > South Canterbury, and North Otago.
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Press, Volume CVIII, Issue 31580, 18 January 1968, Page 11
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