FOOTBALL.

Press, Volume LXI, Issue 11946, 15 July 1904, Page 3

FOOTBALL.

— ♦ THE ASSOCIATION GAME. NEW SOUTH WALES v CANTERBURY. The Association football match between New South Wales and Canterbury, which was played at Lancaster Park yesterday, attracted a very fair attendance considering the unpleasant "weather, the sum of £3014s b?ing taken in gate money. The heavj i rain of tho preceding two days had left the, ground so muddy nnd slippery that tlw players had considerable difficulty in keeping* their footing. Tlieso conditions muM have, hampered the visitors, who ate usicd to dry. fast grounds, but under yesterday's disadvantages they proved themselvej much too good for the local players. Ir th-3 first spell play was fairly even, tlie score when the teanw crossed over being, New South Wales 2 goals, Canterbury 1, hut in the second half the viators, held the upper hand, with but few intervals, from start to finish. Tlie combination ol the winners was decidedly more effective than that of the Canterbury team, and their passing was more accurate. Tin Canterbury forwards made a.few spasmodic attacks iii tlie second fpill, but through want of combination, failed to press thffii advantage home, and. in fact, during that portion of tho game the New South WaJes goal-keeper only touchy the ball once, the