FOOTBALL.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 244, 12 October 1907, Page 12

FOOTBALL.

In the final match of the Wednesday Half-Holiday Association, played on. September 25 at the East MelbQur_ Cricket GrotmeL there was much that wt_:iiDt football. Xorifa Mi—bourne Locos 4ad Smith-street Trades were the teans,,tol the former won by three gr_i to a behinds (23 points) to 3 g0a13 : 3 "_Ms (21 points). At one time f—iy tworty of the players were concerned in a taasle, in which the crowd seamed likely to'join. Fortunately, the expected did not "happen. Evidently the spectators th—git they were safer off the field. ~. ..:}.

At a special general meeting of _■ Auckland Football Association, I—t tm Tuesday night last, -a notice «f moturn regarding next season's com petitions-wis discussed and altered as foileJWSi-Hl). That the present senior and jt_—competition be discontinned with the.end.ta the present season, and a League, and Cup Tie be introduceu. (2)" The _' '&gm to be divided into, say, 4 or 5 envisions, and each division be limited to not more than 8 te-_is. and that all chsbs s*ff each other twice in each divisioEr lis first division to consist of the best Sat S teams affiliating. Tbe sece—d-ifi—i— to consist of the next best 6 or &,;**& so on. (3) The managememt cijnnnittM to decide which division a team entering shall play for. The winners _2 limners up of each division shall go ayiat« the next division aboves, and _c. WO lowest teams shall go down.- theaen division below the following season, acept the two lowest grades.. $?■*§__; present registration fees to apply g, S" first 3 divisions, and the 4th dwiatmsW 6d. (5) The affiliation fees to h%?l' First division £1 11/6, 2nd ; £l Vi M 10/6, sth 5/. (6) In the event .t6-*8 club providing their own gr o club shall play all its matches on risers ground, except when playing...™°™j!* club, who also has a ground 01 * te ■"** then, in such case, they __H_y ™£ and away, and the management coromn tee to have power to fix ground KM» the season. The cup ties—W to be called the Auckland P"g?* Cup; (2) To be open to all clubs ! with the __\_.;,<3) Entrance j5/ ior an teams/ Tne motion as ar_w was adopted. '-„;«». The sugsestion for the -Corning conr I mittee to "consider was the arrangi* l o . | a schoolboys' competition. _!_» T_emq_rvoftheA_-U.MaMgffl» Committee into the charges of roag ! play levelled asainst the AucHoid TCp--1 has" resulted in the | Williams for a year. Taken OB SB whole, the reports of the rererefo, o than Messrs Evans and »*>»«*?_ very satisfactory, and indicate tn», some games at least, our men-pHf" 1 a clean and fair game. By defeating Ivanhoe (1 " ■ W.Y.M.I. A won the Junior footbaU championship, after two cessive years as runners up. -Lne championshio record was:— '■&» played- 14; won 13, lost 1; against 4. W.Y-MX, in seven 7& 1 * the junior contest, have twice »** third, three times runners up, ily have succeeded in winning pionshiD. Thnrs" As our cables informed U3 on ■" day the New Zealand professionals -see. a bi 2 win in their first match, ana, -ough they have much tougher F°£ sitions vet to meet, it must not w gotten that there are many pon» difference in the two games, wWffl ; only be learned by actually F_V?f_*S« that the visitors will probably on their first game very *»*«»&,. increased knowledge and the camta"*?. which comes from practice. - -, The A.R.U. has decided to junior reps, with caps, bra_tfe|g silver, to distinguish them rrom tßf y>j, of the senior teams. rr-Tlhist' lll ""Bumper" Wnght, to JS lock, has been elected captam. professionals. George Smith, candidate for the position, by one vote, and accepted the po* - vice-cap—in.