FOOTBALL.
NEWMAN SHIELD FINAL.
The linal for [he Newman Shield will take place on Saturday after-
noon on Cass Square at three o'clock between the Westport District School (winners of the northern division) and Hokitika Di-ii'ict High School winners of the southern division,. The vinners oi this game "ill hold the Shield for the sea-mi and lie the first to have their names engraved on the Shield. There is considerable rivalry as to which team shall have the rigid, and the game should prove a good ex-j posit ion oi Ru.gbv. Seventy-live pet cent of the net gate will go to tlm visiting team.
The Ah.iueka Star of Friday last says:—At the football dinner after the Seddon Shield match at Afotueka ~n Saturday, the various speakers refrained from any reference to the Shield eont i n. ersy. Mr 1.. Y. Carmine. .-.ear, :,ary of the Huller Rugby Un.oii. however, made a few remarks on the subject. There was nothing but good in the day's match, he declared. and while the Unions continued to run the matehe- in the spirit which pervaded the contest they had just witnessed there could lie no reason why the Seddon Shield should be thrown overboard. The thing; to watch in the Shield competition was the spirit in which the games were played. If the true sporting element was uppermost there was nothing to be afraid of. It must he remembered that the Shield was only ihe symbol of the things the teams strived for. It was the image of the honour of the fray well won. They were playing for foothair—not lor the Shield—and thus tin' eompet.ition was carried on for j the sake of the game and the improve- i moot and rivalry engendered in il I 11 is chief reason for visiting Moiueka that day was to study the game in
liis capacity of one of the South Island selectors. He was pleased to say that ho had noticed that the game was played for the game’s sake and not fur what the players could get out of it. That showed that the proper spirit existed and while that spirit was there all was well with the Sodden Shield.
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Hokitika Guardian, 4 October 1923, Page 1
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366FOOTBALL. Hokitika Guardian, 4 October 1923, Page 1
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