FREE FOOTBALL JERSEYS

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 616, 19 March 1929, Page 14

FREE FOOTBALL JERSEYS

IS PRIVILEGE ABUSED? “This club is doing too much for its players; it gives the seniors free jerseys and socks, and the juniors a free, jersey. They come down to practice in them and wear them about home and quickly damage them, then rip them up and ask for new ones,” was the caustic criticism of Mr. li. Doble, retiring secretary, at the Devonport United Football Club meeting last night. It was pointed out that in three years the club had spent £BO on jerseys and socks. The chairman, Mr. W. Swinnerton, said he had always felt proud of the Devonport senior team when it took the field; it was always well costumed. He believed in uniforms, and still treasured a rowing jersey in which lie had rowed 15 seasons; but the younger players could well knock off cigarettes for a month or two and buy jerseys. Other speakers complained that the club, instead of building up a reserve fund, had been far too liberal; junior players paid only Is and seniors 2s 6G. they got grounds, footballs. travels, training oil, jerseys and socks for their subscriptions. The incoming committee was instructed to formulate a plan to compel players, with the possible exception of seniors and the boys, to contribute portion of the cost of jerseys supplied.