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Grey River Argus, 15 June 1937, Page 3

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Chatham Cup NO COMPETITION Til IS SEASON. (Per Press Association). WELLINGTON, Jun e .14. Disappointment at the small number of entries for the Chatham Cup Competition, was expressed H't to-night .s meeting of the Management Commit, tee of the New Zealand Football As. sociation. 14 was decided to suspend the com. petition this year. Last year there were 26 entries. This year the total was 13. iScotnisli Wanderers, Sen tunn, Marisr Old Boys and Petone, wore the Wellington' entries.’ Western, No. mads and- Thistle entered from Canterbury. Northern entered Irom Otago, and Thistle from Southland, while Millerton All Black*, entered from Buller, Runanga .fiom Westland, and Pukemiro entere'd from South Auckland, Because of the decision to play the final in the South Island, n c , teams from Auckland' entered. It is eon. sidered that the fear of incurring heavy travelling expenses also pre.' vented other teams entering. Moving the motion to suspend the competition. Mr. F. Sanders said that, taking into consideration the dates ”f the 'Springboks tour in the South Island, there was hardly a day avail, able for provincial finals. Because of the English tour and’ the paucity of entries, he wa< of the opinion that the competition should be suspended. R could be taken as an indication that the teams did not want the competition. Mr. Sanders said that at> -th e next annual meeting, the question of niles for the Chatham Cup could be gone into. • It was agreed to return the entry fees Iq Clubs.