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GOULBURN VALLEY FOOT-
BALL ASSOCIATION
1
ANUNAL MEETING
ab™ e w^s hel? on g Tuesday
night last, when the follo^S
delegates were present:—Messrs
^vT"Howeir n v Hnweii TPresident) rPr^iHpnn ^ anH and
Rev T Dickson fWunehnu 1 ) B
Shen' a llcS'{£u":
b a h> p and T Parnell fMnek
atah), C McKen^e and D!
Gumming (Tallygaroopna) J
Reynolds and J S Batrlin
"sTraThmerton), P." Muicah^lnd
j Tyres (Drumanure). Messrs
Mead and Sidebottom were pres.
ent from (he Katamatite cluh
introdSSdby Mr P!
pa rnell
, '
„ «ne uaw «ecr«ary.
„ Mr W. Carter, late secretary to
the association, formally handed
over the books to the President,
doing so he said he desired
to protest against the action of
certain delegates in voting for
bis removal from office. His dis_
qualification was for acts similar
had been asked to make application
for particular umpires,
and he had also been asked to
^dd to the registration lists after
they had been closed. He had
^ ^ done, this, but he desired it
^e sort of thin^hejiad
to put up with A prominent
>umurkah club delegate was
^ J X T \f d F k t d ^
Mr Cohen said Mr Carter had
openly accused one of the Numurkah
delegates. As there
w-^re only two of them, he
thought if onlyfair that a direct
be made
Mr'Wilcox said he would admi
t , ^vm^ asked Mr Carter to
ma k ? application for a certain
done with
a n > . nation of "working a
P^!- sj^ply because, the
umpire naa none so well in a
P^vjous match that he thought
'V be an advantage to
hw services aeain
T ?r P r . pf:,d(inf ^p^ delegates
take warning from what
J?!?/ 1 occurred in the past, and
,
l . n / ^^cretary to do things
n ot-do If any such
« rno » s came under nis notice
,1" w ,£ ul< V be to move
l°, r tl l e disqualification of the
^^ate. no matter who he might
h P -
Election of President.
Mr Willcox (senior vicepresident)
nominated Mr Howell
for
fionThVd"not linn a ^cond V,^ term.
had'a u-j The
man7o"cap:
associa -
able for years. He had had a
most "strenuous vear^and^had
har» «-»:.J_™L HI1U IIH„
had to perform unpleasant
(remelTIorrv "for" Mr*Howell'"on
more than one oecaS IJS
other debates when he iSd
that none of them could ha™
carried ...Tied on the work S nof S the assol Jill*
Ration half as well as Mr Howell
Messrs Tvres and McKenzio
also supported MCKenzio
Mr P: Parnell said it mirfit be
bought
posed io
that
Mr
|f
Howpil
anyone
t would
waTop!
be
he, seeing that hi* «*l«h wac^L
!cerned in a verv nasty matter
{However, he wanted to s^ ttfat
^hisopmionMr
l V, ea IP Howefl Ba 7. had
-acted fairlv and impartial" and
had taken a stSff stand
what he believed to le ri|ht He
(MrParnln)'"Suld S^ffdete*
ates that if there wll anv enl"
fusion between
viduals. he knew Shing of^t"
nor did his club Sud U
a
plause." '
p ~
Mr Howell was warmly apd
when he was declarei
I. He said he acceptei
ure, Tnd tha&^XieSSe? 1 ?^
Mr Parnell"particularly for'fW
lnd w °rds ^here were strenu
ous had times "los? mofe^Ieep^ov?? last rear and n !! the
painful buS?els thin had hp it
was an unfortlnaK oc^tr^^^
and he hoped^ thT^Se hi^tS
of the association wSuld ffi
nothing similar h 1 " 1 Tic 1 ^tan
" O l a
h?s eleltion was a wte of con-
son*he gladlv kccepted
tion. accepiea tne posi-
Messrs Willcox and McKen^iP 1
were elected senior and ^ t S
viceIpreTide^trresneAYvpli . t,,;T1Ior ana junior
U T^H
each brieflv dactaoStSSS* th2
•compliment
l ' ,iUDWiea & et, tn ® n
Tt was agreed to call apnlicaturns
for the position of secrel
Jary at a fee of ^5/5/-, appli^I
L»°ns to be addressed in thp
President, "care^'Thf 1 L^adeJ®
Office, and to reach this office nof
later than 10th May All thine*
being equal, the position willbe
given to a returned soldier The
motion was moved bv Messrs
y 5
Tyres and Baglin.
New Club anri "Lln«»
T^ anS&M^n *? 8 ®S? latl 2 n t
mission^.f ^ ^
tTe assocP/t.i^
of fomiS a 'iS ^J^ 1 0 1 1 n
were dSsId &fhlr° Ciatl0n '
M r ^es movSFfSf
K
ifP
wrHfen ^t^f/^ 0 ^f^" 1^6
PP Cati0n) cIubs b
Jdm«£ri
e P
Sr p
i
m t Refolds ?
^^^^ t
"T, • p««"m ik> uctiu
f
I S ^ S ^ " ' °
mat tne nnh m
hOrth and soSth^
Mr Baglin said the line. "
a
I ,LU iinp
.stlbn of
V association
shelvflri ftfr'M^^^LSSSS''f 1^e«
" v° una vuum
ir^l«S ^ d f ° rm a » ne
mi
meantth,
itli a I
n
sa!
^
,
M
players would be put on to the
playing ground fit for a strenuous
game. They should conduct
tbe game on business lines, and
though/he had every sympathy
for clubs like Drumanure and
Muckatah, he thought the only;
sensible way to manage things
was to have a line association.!
Travelling was too great a tax
On the small clubs.
Mr Tyres said the view expressed
was a selfish one.
Strathmerton had failed to meet
;»t ontrocramontc nhmil
and Muckatah" had gone"7ight
through for 20 years or more,
If ir the tne clubs CIUDS would wouia play play on on the
Drumanure ground as before
then he would vote for the proposal,
but it was not fair to ask
their supporters to go to outside
grounds and never see a match
on their own. It was not a fair
thing to cast out clubs that had
stuck to the association for so
^ny years.
Mr Willcox said that at one
of the biggest meetings ever held
Numurkah club, it was
decided to vote against the pro-
P°sal, as it was not considered
fair to Drumanure and Mucka-
tah.
Mr P Parnell thought the line'
association would be a failure,
as there would be only five
teams in the association. 7 The
proposal would practically debar
Muckatah from entering the
competition, and he would like
to see the matter settled right
away, as if it was agreed to he
would take no further part in m
the meeting. "
• The motion that Katamatite
be admitted was carried, Tally-
^aroopna and Strathmerton delegates
voting against.
Mr McKenzil then moved that
,the association be formed of
clubs willing to have matches
plaved at a railwav station. He
and Cobram were verv old clubs
also. Tally being at least-as old
as Muckatah. The movement
Vas being blocked entirely our
<of sympathy to Muckatah and
'Drumanure, and he asked for a
Httle_ sympathy for ,TaUygaroopna
also. They and Cobram
were at-the extreme ends of the
association and they were entitled
to consideration. wiio«
.Tally meet Muckatah at Muckatah
they have to start out at
9 o'clock in the morning and return
late at nieht or earlv next
morning, and it was not fair to
impose those conditions when
they could be so easilv altered
The present arrangement was
spoiling football. If they had a
line association they could engage
League umpires, and thus
ram nTTn thn nAOAiVMUn A*
sonal bias on the part of the
umpires. The Shepparton association
had so improved under
\fhe "line" arrangement that he
was confident the weakest team
i n that association could have
"knocked spots off" th^ premier
team in this association last
year. The game would never be
improved until thev had a line
association and League umnires
Shepparton ^^uld^thT^pfay
here than have to travel to
'J^chuca and Kyabram. The
finances of the weaker clubs
w0llld b e strengthened by the
Proposal, show ^o^V nrnfifs for the
hyreason^ lir roaenn trains would
oFthe nf f»>«
number of teams travelling,
Mr Reynolds seconded. Under
Present conditions somo^of the
L ho "
Strathmerton had battled well
m ttae ein^ it h^d defied
engagements. It was easy
for T the !? e ' o^ger bigger ciuos clubs to keep go- go!
give the players heart and
afford a chance of buiding the
,
f?hnu d^gates were bound to
oppose the innovation.
^ Re >" J. Dickson said Mr Mchad
stressed the financial
side of t he but fhp ( nrn?i.«» hnf ^ere fhor. w
^ a f e r considerations than
tha t -
The^ should look at the
mattor from th e int of T
^ t for"the'asso":
f' ats i"i j and in the interests of
th , i, dis J, rict ^nerally.
T^eg
could not see; hox,
' such an association could be
carried on. The distances tobe
f^Il
"* ™ ""
L owed four quarters" and rode
home a^ain This
' association
one o f the best
, ^"tside Mel- v
bourne had madVTheif and many markln of its players metro!
P° ,itan clubs. He did not agree
with the view that football would
^teriorate in the absence of a
Ime Aue association. -
Thn "«mvm mnfinn was wnc IUSI, Inet sixain- f?trath_
and Tallygaroopna vol-
Mr P. Parnell moved thai the
matches be played in two divi«?-
0ns b ?J ore ra m < Muckatah. Cob- b
' Strathmerton, Katamatite,
? nd Boomanobinanah — l-i- " {shouYd r-x-—u*
that club join) to play in the
north, nrfh and v.imi»ui. Numurkah, wnmrhm, Wtmghnu,
Tallygaroopna, Drumanure, and
Bunbartha (should the latter
enter) m the south.
Mr Tyres seconded.
Mr Reynolds moved as an L
amendment that the matches he
Played in one division.
Cumming seconded
T " e mofaon wa® carried. C
Opdlnam BUBIUM.
TH.
, t ^si
^ ^ was re-elected y
re a « ur er ?f the association. \
»oTof imtlat, , OI l f ® e
a f
iVJ'- ^ ^ be paid at
ext meeting. ;
«,S5£„S2 < 5 8 Ias t.year were
i h t var, °« 8 P 1 **?, m
a t f™® tl<^. to choose theirs by
meeting. In the event of
rumanure and Cobram meeUng b
n any match the latter will
E? n £ < L thelr £L lor8 > ^ ^ are
h ®,. same . as Drumanure. J
uiuuuu
fM
-.
,
r Mulcahy and carried.
Mr Baglin moved that the
it ^nd-^^OTCe-^tefileite
r
J . M ?« a
«ie e«piryi date
by ^
m. 4 b
This on the motion of Messrs
Tyres and McKenzie.
It was decided that association
matches be commenced on
Saturday, 12th June, an amendment
that the date be the previous
Saturday being defeated on
; the casting vote of the chairman
Mr Reynolds gave notice of
'his intention to move that the
rule making the aDDOinfmentof
boundary Empires oitiSSS be
expunged, with the of
moving for the annoirftmenf of
,— „i. ... ay^viiutuiCUl VI
the asth^
dYrectio"n o'f comnellin^the
clubs to adopt a uSform nriee
for for members'tickets
At At nresent NRESNNF
some clubs granted nrhdleees
members at a lower fee than
others.—The President ruled
that this was a matter for the
clubs, and that the association
could not interfere
The next meeting as stated
above, was fixed
IOr
for
MOmlay
Mondav
j night next.
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