FOOTBALL.

Press, Volume LIV, Issue 16323, 21 September 1918, Page 2

FOOTBALL.

THE ASSOCIATION GAME. OTAGO v. CANTERBURY. ] At English Park to-day the eecond Brown Shield match will come up for decision, Otugo being the challengers. The team arrived by the southern express on _ Thureday. Hard training has been indulged in by them for several weeks, and Dunedin critics are unanimous in their opinion that tho coveted trophy will find a new abode. Whether they will succeed where Wellington failed is a matter of conjecture, but the public will l)« well repaid for their patronage if a similar exhibition of first-class football is provided. The personnel of Canterbury's team has undergone one alteration, and this should assure a more robust intermediate line. Quiet training under the supervision of Mr Tankard in the Y.M.C.A. gymnasium _ has benefited lie team, and they are quielty confident of retaining possesion of the Brown Shield. Both teams were entertained at tho Opera House last evening through the courtesy of Messrs Fuller's local management. A dinner h being given the visitors after to-day's match at the Zetland Hotel, and subav uent to tTiis fuyetioi an interteam billiard • tournament will be played. Torn o now morning the- o;ago team wi.l be motored out to the aviation grounds, and a trip to Brighton beach has been arranged for the afternoon. A curtain-raiser will bo played at 1.45 p.m. between St. David's, Potone, and the Excrisior Club. The following are the teams in tho 6enior match:— Ota^o—L. Scott, C. McAllan, V. Dickel, A. Hcbbs. h. McEvoy, Kicol, R. Henderson, W. Brundell, C. Mason, J. Davie, and D. Drj'ien. . ' _ Canterbury—G. Sw-.ft, W. Wateon, D. Lusk, P. Dowker, F. Newell, W. Lee, R. Wood, A. E. Norman, G. Pilling, and J. Frickleton. Mr G. Black will control the game.