The above match which was to have been played at the Red Hands ground last Sunday did not come off. Owing to a great blizzard of snow which fell the previous night, and a fierce snow shower falling at the appointed hour, the time was changed half an hour earlier. Consequently the Red Hands captain lined his team out on the field, but the O’Cahans on their appearance declined to play and did not give any reason for their not doing so. Later on a neighbouring team, the Shamrocks Ballinderry, played the Red Hands a friendly. The Moneymore men lost the points for this game at a subsequent league meeting. On Sunday 2nd April the O'Cahans entertained Ballinderry Shamrocks in Moneymore and lost out by two goals to nil. The O' Cahans played three more games in the league before eventually withdrawing in July 1916. In the Dugannon Democrat I hear” reported in July 1916 that the O’Cahans “Things Moneymore had withdrawn from the league and for sports sake it would have been better had they remained in the league. Referee's 1916 A corresponding fixture between Owen Roes Mullinahoe and Hibernian Dunamore was refereed by Mr Joseph Stewart Moneymore. The Dungannon Democrat on March 22nd 1916 read, above teams met on Sunday at Mullinahoe in the presence of a large crowd of “the spectators. At 3 o clock Mr Joseph Stewart Moneymore lined out the teams.” A report in the Dungannon Democrat on May 3rd 1916 of a game between Owen Roes Mullinahoe and Sarsfields Killybearn read, meeting of these teams on Sunday evening “the in the latter’s ground attracted a large crowd and prompt to time the referee Mr S Mc Nally, Moneymore lined out the teams.” It is reported a Mr William Ferguson from Moneymore and Mr Joseph Stewart also from Moneymore who got presented for being referee’s in the East Tyrone and South Derry League in 1916. Political events of the time meant that games and activities were diminished and we have no record of them re-emerging officially to 1934 in the South Derry League.
The above match which was to have been played at the Red Hands ground last Sunday did not come off. Owing to a great blizzard of snow which fell the previous night, and a fierce snow shower falling at the appointed hour, the time was changed half an hour earlier. Consequently the Red Hands captain lined his team out on the field, but the O’Cahans on their appearance declined to play and did not give any reason for their not doing so. Later on a neighbouring team, the Shamrocks Ballinderry, played the Red Hands a friendly. The Moneymore men lost the points for this game at a subsequent league meeting. On Sunday 2nd April the O'Cahans entertained Ballinderry Shamrocks in Moneymore and lost out by two goals to nil. The O' Cahans played three more games in the league before eventually withdrawing in July 1916. In the Dugannon Democrat “Things I hear” reported in July 1916 that the O’Cahans Moneymore had withdrawn from the league and for sports sake it would have been better had they remained in the league. Referee's 1916 A corresponding fixture between Owen Roes Mullinahoe and Hibernian Dunamore was refereed by Mr Joseph Stewart Moneymore. The Dungannon Democrat on March 22nd 1916 read, “the above teams met on Sunday at Mullinahoe in the presence of a large crowd of spectators. At 3 o clock Mr Joseph Stewart Moneymore lined out the teams.” A report in the Dungannon Democrat on May 3rd 1916 of a game between Owen Roes Mullinahoe and Sarsfields Killybearn read, “the meeting of these teams on Sunday evening in the latter’s ground attracted a large crowd and prompt to time the referee Mr S Mc Nally, Moneymore lined out the teams.” It is reported a Mr William Ferguson from Moneymore and Mr Joseph Stewart also from Moneymore who got presented for being referee’s in the East Tyrone and South Derry League in 1916. Political events of the time meant that games and activities were diminished and we have no record of them re-emerging officially to 1934 in the South Derry League.
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