DEWAR SHIELD

Stratford Evening Post, Issue 77, 27 June 1928, Page 3

DEWAR SHIELD

ANNUAL COMPETITION. REVISION RECOMMENDED. At last night's meeting of the committee of the Stratford Football Club the chairman (Mr R. Masters) brought up the-matter of the annual competition for the Dewar Shield. He said the whole thing needed reviewing. The Stratford Club's experie::..J at the last competition showod that there was a lack of i:::.-.. it on the P art of clubs. In __..,• of this lack of interest it was the duty of the Union to consider whether some alteration was not necessary. The Stratford Club had had a very hard experience. They had a right to expect more entries from senior teams, and they had a right to expect that clubs which entered teams would send their teams along to play. If a club had decided not to play then surely the Stratford Club sohuld have been notified. A draw was mode and a programme issued on the assumption that certain teams would play, but when the games started it was found that certain teams would not be playing. A FARCE. It made a farce of the competition, and it was not fair to the prolific who had been led by advertisement, to see certain teams in action. He ' believed the competition was held too late in the season. It would be better if it was held before the opening of the club matches, as a "pipe opener," when teams would b e looking for a little training. The |' Stratford Club hV.ving had so hard an experience s « rcciaUy it would be fitting that it should wiag the matter under the notice of the Rugby Union, It was decided, on the motion of Mr D. Young, to recommend the Union to review the arrangements for the competition, with a view to holding it earlier in the season. Mr Young said Easter Saturday was a suitable day for the competition. The chairman: We must ltave the decision as to the date to the Union. We are merely making a suggestion for what we believe to be an improvement. It is for the Union to work out the details. '<