TROPHIES PRESENTED.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 100, 30 March 1937, Page 5

TROPHIES PRESENTED.

VISITORS ENTERTAINED. There was an excellent attendance last evening when the curtain was rung down on the tournament with a smoke concert at which the trophies were

presented to the winning tea.ms. Mr J. J. O’Shea (president of St. Patrick’s Club) occupied the chair, and among those present were the Mayor (Mr A. K. Mansford), Mr JO. McKenzie, a New Zealand selector, Mr H. Bowman, chairman of the advisory board of the Marist Brothers Old Boys' Football Association, and Mr A. AI. Ongley, a vice-president of St. Patrick's Club.

“I am sure it will be agreed that the standard cf football reached in the final this afternoon was very high. I think Mr McKenzie, the New Zealand selector, will agree with me that it was as high as will be found in any provincial centre,” sa.id Mr O’Shea when presenting the trophies. W. Powell, St. Patrick’s captain, and A. MeAneney, vice-captain for Gisborne Celtic, tossed a coin to decide which club should hold the Spillane Trophy for the first six months. St. Patrick's won. Both teams were warmly congratulated by Mr O’Shea.

The Brennan Cup was presented to Hastings Celtic by Mr O’Shea, and the same club received the Moran Cup from Mr J. Ryan, a former All Black and captain of the 1905 army team, who had adjudicated. A miniature trophy for the 100 yards sprint, was presented to A. McAneney, of Gisborne. “The Marist Brothers” was a toast proposed by Mr O. Murphy (Palmerston North), who reminded the gathering of the large measure of sacrifice with which the Marist tutors devoted themselves to teaching their pupils and training them. Mr H. J. Hickey (Palmerston North) proposed the toast of the Marist Brothers Old Boys’ Football Association, which he said had been responsible for a distinctly successful tournament.

Mr Bowman replied and thanked the Palmerston North committee lor the thoroughness of their preparations which, he said, had resulted in a tournament as successful as any yet held by the Marist Association. He complimented the teams engaged in the Spillane Cup final on the spontaneous sportsmanship with which they had agreed to hold the trophy each for six months.