1936-37

ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL.
CORRESPONDENCE.
(a) For the Army F.A., or in connection with the Army
Cup,
should be addressed:—
The Hon. Sec., Army Football Association,
Room 25,
WAR OFFICE ANNEXE,
59, PALACE STREET,
LONDON, S.W.1.
"
ARMYFA, LONDON."
Telephone
No.:—
Whitehall 9060 (Ex. 154).
(c) For the Hon. Secretary, Referees' Committee:—
Hon. Sec., Army F.A. Referees' Committee,
Room 25,
War Office Annexe,
59, Palace Street,
London, S.W.1.
and Telegrams:—
ARMY FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION
1881 to 1932
The writer finds it extremely difficult, some 44 or 45 years after
the event, to give an accurate account not only of the formation
of the Army Football Association but of the inauguration of the
Challenge Cup competition, and he has therefore decided to
include an extract from the minutes of the first meeting held in
connection therewith, and of those of the newly-elected Committee
which followed.
There is no indication as to how and when the idea originated,
but there is no doubt that Harry McCalmont, then in the Scots
Guards, and F. E. Lawrence, of the Rifle Brigade, took a
prominent part not only in the formation but in the actual working
of the newly-formed body.
PROSPECTUS OF ARMY FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION.
President:
H.R.H.
T
HE
D
UKE OF
C
AMBRIDGE.
Vice-Presidents:
L
IEUT.-
G
ENERAL
S
IR
A
.
A
LISON,
G.C.B.
M
AJOR-
G
ENERAL
G
ODFREY
C
LERK,
C
.
B
.
M
AJOR-
G
ENERAL
S
IR
R. GIPPs, K.C.B.
M
AJOR-
G
ENERAL
G.
M
ONCRIEFF.
C
OLONEL
H
ARRISON,
R.E., C.B., C.M.U.
C
OLONEL
O
NSLOW,
2OthHussars.
M
AJOR
M
ARINDIN,
C.M.G.
M
AJOR
H
UTTON,
K.R. Rifles.
Hon. Secretary:
H
.
M
C
C
ALMONT,
E
S
Q
., 9,
Grosvenor Place. S.W.
A proposal having been made to start
an
Army Football
Association Challenge Cup, the following circular was issued—
copies being sent to all those Regiments likely to be interested,
then stationed within a convenient distance of London :—