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Sporting Round-Up
FITNESS OFFICER'S
RECORD
Mr. Harry Giese, formerly of Perth, who is the Commonwealth
National Fitness officer with headquarters at Canberra, took the
opportunity during his recent visit to Perth to referee a rugby union
A grade match.
He is an experienced referee,
having taken his ticket with the
N.S.W. Rugby Union. He is a
regular referee in the Australian
Capital Territory competition and
frequently officiates in matches
between Royal Military College
teams. He was a convert to rugby
union from the Australian code.
He played Australian football
with the W.A. University team
about 1933 and in that year
gained a place in a combined
amateur side.
Changing over to rugby union,
he made a mark as a full-back
and went to Ceylon with a
combined Australian team. He played
for a W.A. team against the
Springboks in 1937, and for a
N.S.W. country side against the
All-Blacks in 1946.
Harry Giese was an all-round
sportsman. He played A grade
cricket locally for many years and
was captain of the University
team. He was also a good oarsman
and was a member of the W.A.
University crew which was second
to Sydney on the Swan River in
1936. He was organiser of national
fitness in W.A. in 1943-1944 and
then went to Brisbane where he
became Director of Physical
Education in Queensland schools.
While in Perth, he said that
there was a major national
finess project in Sydney where the
National Council of N.S.W. was
negotiating to take over the
Exhibition Building at Alfred Park
with the object of developing it
as a headquarters for amateur
sport as well as a centre for
national fitness activities. The
council's proposals involved an
expenditure on the building of
£20,000.
Chinese Tourists
When Mr. W. J. Burton arrived
in Perth from Singapore recently,
he brought with him a letter to
the W.A. Soccer Association from
Mr. Choo Seng Quee, the mana-
ger of a Chinese soccer team in
Singapore, containing a request
for matches against teams in
Perth next season.
The secretary of the W.A.
Soccer Association (Mr. S. Jones) is
at present going into the matter
and is hopeful that arrangements
for the tour of the Chinese team
will be completed satisfactorily.
Speedway Test
Members of the Australian
Speedway Control Board are at
present meeting in Adelaide to
discuss arrangements for the
forthcoming season. The West
Australian delegate (Mr. A. C.
Johnson) will attempt to have one
of the seven Test matches against
England allocated to Claremont.
Claremont speedway will
reopen on October 6 and interclub
racing between Perth, Northern
Districts and Fremantle will
resume.
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