TO TOUR AUSTRALIA.

Auckland Star, Volume LVI, Issue 124, 28 May 1925, Page 9

TO TOUR AUSTRALIA.

3 » '■ NEW ZEALAND LEAGUERS. * ITINERARY ARRANGED. MAY EXTENT) TO MELBOURNE. t On the third of July the Xew Zealan ; League team of footballers, who ai j" to tour Australia, will leave Aucklam i This has been definitely arranged, a . tliough efforts wore made by tho Ke 1 South Wales League to get the v< , minion representative across earlier. The previous team to go to Austral: 3 from New Zealand did not achii^ i preat £1100033, but that was some yoai - apo, when the League f?ame '" l Dominion was practically confined t - Auckland, and tho scope for petting - solid team capable of extending tl - bfibt Australia could field was not noarl - so wido as at present. To-day, Lcujri; ■ football is played in all the rhil - centres of tlie. Dominion and is firml l ! established, so that to select a teal ■jl.ipircr job than when the last teal This fact, and in addition tho desir ■ on the part of tho Xew Zealand I-eag'i that every player, including tliOKe i • country districts, nhnnlil be fiiven nhance in tTie loam if his piny meet with the enprnval of the selectors, pn vido the reasons why the Vow Ze.alan fViuncil has fixed tlie date of Icavill Auckland .Inly I!. A rather Polid ti»|tt has been drafie and trial mMU-hea lirtwwn A hikl teams will be plnved in Hrermoutl Christchnr'-!!. Dunodin ai-d AiteWlnni At Manawatu n miiteh will be playe brtv.-pen WVllincton and Mnnnwnt teams and follou-m? those the pplnctnt will rOion-n ti.:,m< to rnprfsont. the Vort an.f South I»land? to play at A'lel land. The 23 playerß to toiir Auotrali will then he celocted and coached an trained .mtil t hoy sail. The Australian Itinerary. The itinerary arranged for the ton is a- under:- ' Salurdav. .Tulv 11. v. New Sinn Walos: Wednesday. July 1.1, v. Con binod f r niver?itieft; Saturday July !■ v. Combined loam at Newcastle; Wed inculny, July 22, v. Combine I country team Ho be mntuall Inereed' npnm: Saturday. July 2r, , |Neu- South Wales (return match) Wednesday. .Tulv 'l'\ migjr>-trd pin jajrainst Lismnre on way m (,)uei-n«land .Saturday. Aujrnot 1. v. Queensland Wednesday. Aueu-t •".. v. Ip-wii-b: Ssil iirdny. Aiipist «. \: Queen«land Iretur m.t'hi: Wednesday, August 12, ' Tn thn event of the New /oalnnder puttinp up -n Mtisfnctory record the. will most likely piny Australia a Sydney on Aupiiat 1">. ' Tho'ro is ;i ~..--',l,ili t V of the tOl! beinp extended lo Melbourne, but thi has not boon definitely decided lipnr and much will depend upon the =howin of the Ko«- Zoalandera in the matrhe in Sydney and Queensland.