SOCCER FOOTBALL.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 299, 18 December 1935, Page 25

SOCCER FOOTBALL.

VISITORS FROM OVERSEAS. , INDIAN AND AUSTRALIAN PROSPECTS. " - •; WELLINGTON, this day. Acceptance of au invitation to send a team to tour New Zealand in 1936 was received at a meeting of the council of the New Zealand Football Association yesterday in a>.letter from the Indian Football Association, the terms being that New Zealand pay all and take all and pay the • assembly and outfitting charges for a team of 16 players and manager. The letter asked that an extra player be included in the team, which could leave Calcutta by the end of Jhly. The council decided to inquire of the New Zealand Hockey Association regarding the assembly and outfitting costs. It was announced that to an offer ot the Australian Football Association to tour the Dominion in 1936 a reply had been sent that New Zealand was prepared to consider a visit of an Australian or a New South Wales representative team, New Zealand to offer Australia a third of the net profits, with £100 guarantee. A cable was received from the New Zealand representative on the English Football Association stating there was no chance of a visit in 1936, but the Football Association will endeavour to collect an amateur team in 1937.