LEARNED MUCH.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 224, 22 September 1938, Page 26

LEARNED MUCH.

COLLEGIATE TEAM.

SOCCER IN AUSTRALIA.

REPORT BY CO-MANAGER.

A l>rit>f summary ol the reoont tour (,f Australia by the X.\v Zi-alaml secondary *hiKils" team was by Mr. \V. K. H. Martin, of the team, in a report ma.le at hint night's meeting of tlie emitrol boanl ot the Ainklaml Football .Wtn-iiitii.ii. Mr. L. Munro presided. Statin-; t hiit the tour liad been valuable. Mr. Martin mentioned that the New Zealand bo.\s had learned a (ji eat deal iw a result of witnessing several of the liames pliiyetl by the visiting Indian team in Australia.

The St. John Ambulance Brigade wrote itijiifNtiinr assistance in eonne<tion with its utreet eolleetion to be hold on October 28. The board was sympatliPtic to the -ujjsieutioii that its members should assist at one of the stalls.

• A protest from the Eastern Suburbs Club against Thistle senior team was dismissed. It was alleged that a Thistle player had not received a clearance in accordance with the rules. The secretary explained that t,ie New Zealand Council had given him authority to pass clearances from other associations. The board agreed that this explanation nullified the protest. Following the recent trouble which arose through club teams playing Navy players, notice of motion was giveei by Mr. F. FullblViok to lescind the mle relative to the barring of Navy players. Permission was granted the Ponsonby third senior division team to travel to Huntly next Saturday. A representative secondary schools team from Wellington will be visiting Auckland on October 1 to play a game against local secondary schools representatives. The match will l.e played as an early game to the Falcon tup final. , . , .i 4 The New Zealand Council advised that the Otago Association could not entertain Auckland'* challenge for the English Trophy this year, but the challenge would be accepted for early next season. Final arrangements were made in regard to the Old Bens' game on Saturday, and it was reported that keen interest was \>eing shown.