1936-37

ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL.
RULES OF THE BOYS
'
ARMY CHALLENGE CUP
COMPETITION.
1.—Name of, &c.
This competition shall be called the Boys' Army Football
Association Challenge Cup Competition, The Cup shall be held by
the winning team. A Challenge Cup will also be held by the
runners-up. The winning team of each section
(vide
Rule 4 (b) )
shall play off to decide which team shall become the holders of the
Challenge Cup and the Runners-up Cup. Presentation medals will
be given to the winning and losing teams in the final tie. Both
Cups shall be returned to Messrs. Carrington & Co., 130, Regent
Street, London, WJ, by the 1st March following the season of
winning, and can never be won outright. The cups shall not be
taken out of the British Isles, but must be returned when a unit
leaves for foreign service.
2.—Management.
The entire control and management of the competition shall be
vested in the General Committee of the Army Football Association
or in such other Committees as they may direct.
3.—Special Conditions applicable to this Competition.
The following special instructions are issued regarding the
competition, and the Officer in charge of each team is earnestly
requested to do his utmost to see that they are observed :—
(a) Each team must be in charge of, and looked after by, an
Officer.
(b) Each boy will go on to the field of play imbued with the
true ideals of sportsmanship and consequently with his mind made
up that unfair action either on his part or on the part of his
opponent is unthinkable.
(c) Every kind of unsportsmanlike action, such as a player
intentionally handling the ball, tripping, kicking or striking an
opponent, sulking if the ball is not constantly passed to him, or
taking a mean advantage of an opponent, is to be rigorously
excluded from the game.
(d) No appeal of any sort or kind, except by the Captains, is to
be made by any player, on either side, from start to finish of the
,game.
(e) During the progress of the game the Captain alone will give
directions to the team. Only in exceptional circumstances should
it be necessary for any other player to speak.
(f) The decisions of the Referee and Linesmen are absolutely
final, and every boy must loyally accept their decision when given.
(g) The spirit of modesty in the hour of victory to be a feature
of the play throughout the matches, and consequently those
unseemly exhibitions of players rushing to congratulate the scorer
of a goal should be rigorously excluded.
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