ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL
MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE
The weekly meeting of the Management Committee ot the Otago Football Association was held last evening, the chairman (Mr J. Simpson) presiding. . F.A. TROPHY. The president of the Otago Rugby Football Union (Mr John Mitchell) forwarded his congratulations to Otago on retaining the F.A. Trophy.—Received, the chairman remarking that it was very gratifying to receive congratulations from a sister sports body. The secretary of the Wellington Football Association conveyed the thanks of his committee for the hospitality shown to the Wellington representatives when in Dunedin. —Received. A letter from the New Zealand Football Council advised that June 24 had been confirmed for the trophy game with Canterbury. In this connection the secretary of the Canterbury Association intimated that its .representatives would arrive in Dunedin by. the second express on Friday, June .23, and return on the Sunday night following. The New Zealand Referees’ Club advised that Mr A, Bowie had ’been appointed referee for the game, and Messrs A. Riaeh and W. P. Smith linesmen. Permission was granted for Southland to play the Otago junior representatives as a curtain-raiser, and Mr A. A. McLennan was appointed manager of the local team. The members of the junior eleven are requested to attend for training ! >t the Caledonian Ground to-morrow night at 7.30, and also to report to the manager on Saturday,on the ground at 12.40 p.m. The Southland body advised that its team would be as follows: —Goal, Pay; full-backs —Ferguson, Moorcroft;, halves — M'Murdo. Adamson, Hobbs; forwards — Pinkney, Bishop, Heyricks, Kerr. Maxwell.
GENERAL. j The Dunedin Ladies’ Hockey Club applied for the use of the Caledonian Ground for training purposes on Tuesday evenings, the application being granted, provided the club paid for the cost of the lighting. A protest was received from the Technical College Club respecting the Sixth Division match Technical High School 0 v. Roslyn-Wakari played on June 17, declaring that the latter club played an unregistered player, L. Thomson. —The secretary reported that no fee accompanied the protest, which was therefore not in order, and the committee decided that it could not do anything in the matter. The secretary of the Port Chalmers Club advised that Haldane was now financial with the club and it had no objection to the transfer of the player to Mosgiel. It was decided to refer the matter for further consideration by the Transfer Committee. The secretary also asked for permission to withdraw the club’s Second Division team owing to the departure of players from the district, this being granted, and all points scored for and against to be deleted. A letter was received from the Mosgiel Club, stating that at a meeting of its committee it was decided to protest strongly against holding representative matches, until the Fletcher Cup competition was near completion. It was also considered that the two trophy games were being played too near each other. —The letter was received, the chairman remarking the club apparently did not realise
the position. Mr Scott also said, “We are administrating football, and not club interests.” SATURDAY’S MATCHES. The following matches will be played on Saturday:— F.A. Trophy.—-Otago (holders) v. Canterbury (challengers), at Caledonian Ground, at 2.45 p.m. Curtain-raiser. —Otago Junior Representatives v. Southland, at 1 p.m. Third Grade (1.30). —Fort Chalmers v. Celtic, at Oval No. 2; Technical v. Y.M.G.A., at Oval No. 1; Mornington v. Northern B, at Unity; Northern A v. Roslyn-Wakari, at Ova] No. 3. PRIMARY SCHOOLS. The following is the draw for to-mor-A Grade. —Normal v. Arthur Street, at Logan Park (Mr Hector); Mornington I v. Mornington 11, at Unity (Mr Morris); High Street v. George Street, at Gardens (Mr Faithful); Maori Hill v. Anderson’s Bay, at Oval (Mr Pitcaithley). B Grade.—Normal v. George Street, at Logan Park (Mr 6. Henderson) ; Mornington II v. N.E. Valley, at Robin Hood (Mr Woodcock); Wakari II v. Tainui. at Oval (Mr Begbie); Mornington Iv. Maori Hill, at Prospect Park (Mr A, Brown); High Street y. Caversham, at Oval (Mr Ruddiman); Wakari I v. Kaikorai 11, at Ellis Park (Mr Harborne); Kaikorai I v. Fairfield, at Oval, Saturday, at 9.30 a.m. (Mr Begbie).
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 21984, 20 June 1933, Page 14
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