SOCCER TOURISTS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 5, 7 January 1937, Page 7

SOCCER TOURISTS.

for new Zealand;

Nine International Players In Party. AMATEUR COMBINATION. United Press Association.—Copyright. \. (Received, 12 noon.) LONDON, January 6V The International Selection Committee lias chosen . the following amateur - Association footballers to tour Australia', and New Zealand between April 17 and August 3:^-

Goal.—L. T. Huddle, Casuals; A. if, Woolcock, Cambridge. ."" ■■ « ■■'■■

Backs.—G. G. Holmes, Ilford; G. Al Strasscr, ' Corinthians; W. Pickering, .Sheffield Wednesday.

Half-backs.—B. Joy, Casuals; J, W. Lewis, Waltlnimstow • Avenue; ~T. H. Leek, Moor Green; J: SutclifTc, Corinthians; E. Cunningham, .'Lloyds Bank..

l^orwards.—R. J. Matthews, E. C. Collins, and F. A. Davis, Walthamstow Avenue; J. Sowerby, Ipswich Town; L. C. Thornton, Derbyshire'' Amateurs;. F. Riley, Casuals; I." 1 Gillespie, Harwick; Lance-Corporal Eastman,; Army.

Messrs. Wreford Brown and T. Thome are members in charge. The' "Daily Telegraph" says the Association is represented by a very strong, party, including nine internationals. A team picked from these 18 would be the best of any amateur combination in this country. It will prove a severe test to any opposition in Australia or New Zealand. '... ......... '■'■■'■:■,.

The list of selected players ami the clubs for which they piny :miicatcs that a firstclass' team will be fielded.." It is an aggregation, obviously, of the cream of Soccer players > outside of' professional ranks. In fact, tile choice of W. Pickering, of Sheffield Wednesday, marks tlic iuchir sion of an amateur playing for one of the most prominent-' teams in' first division Soccer in England, " There are innumerable ' amateur leagues throughout the British Isles, and amongst; the leaders, from which the selection has been "made, there is little, if any, difference in standard of play when compared with leading professional combinations. '!'.; -