Football Challenge Cup Winners.

The great interest associated with the annual football match (for the Challenge Cup) between teams representing the locomotive staffs of Canterbury and Otago was more than ever manifest when the teams met a few weeks ago for the thirteenth year in succession.

The match this year (played in Dunedin) was won by the Otago boys (whose photograph appears below) by six points to nil. Despite the fact that adverse weather conditions prevailed throughout the match, a fine exhibition of rugby was given by both teams.

Following the usual custom a reception was given to the visiting team in the evening. Speeches appropriate to the occasion were delivered by Mr. W. Pullar (chairman), and by Mr. L. Woodford (manager of the Canterbury team), and a programme of varied items was enjoyed by all present. The enthusiasm and goodfellowship which characterises these annual matches (and the subsequent receptions) has a lasting influence for good on the morale of the service.