ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL

Press, Volume XC, Issue 27426, 12 August 1954, Page 14

ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL

DEPARTURE OF N.Z. TEAM AUCKLAND CRITICISM OF ARRANGEMENTS (New Zealand Press Association) WELLINGTON, Aug. 11. The board of control of the Auckland Football Association, in a letter received last evening by the council of the New Zealand Football Association, protested against the "inept” arrangements by the council for publicising the movements of. the New Zealand Association football team before it left Whenuapai for its Australian tour.

“Every item of information gained by this board has been of a second-hand nature, no official advice of any publicity, travelling or tour arrangements having been received at this office, with the result that only one member saw the team leave the train and enter the bus for the airport," said the letter.

“It seems Incredible that no assistance or information was provided to enable this association to arrange for mayoral receptions, official farewells, and newspaper publicity upon the team’s departure.” Mr C. R. Wilkins said that at the last minute the departure of the aeroplane had been advanced by three hours, and it had ben hopeless to arrange any function with the aeroplane leaving at 8 o’clock in the morning. Mr J. Cowie, the acting-chairman, said that the association had had plenty to do in getting the players away on time. If any association had wanted to plan anything, it had only to write to the ivew Zealand association. It was in the local newspapers that the team would leave straight from the train.

The secretary (Mr W. J. Arcus) said the Auckland association had not written to him at any time for any information it required.

Mr Arcus was instructed to send a reply along those lines to the Auckland association, date and particulars of the team’s return to New Zealand.

VICTORIA BEATS N.Z. BY ONE GOA]L SPECTACULAR SAVES BY HIDDLESTONE (NJZ. Press Association—Copyright) (Rec. 11.30 p.m.) MELBOURNE, Aug. 11. Victoria beat New Zealand by 2 goals to 1 at Melbourne today, after leading 1-0 at half-time. In the first half, the pace was fast and the exchanges were even. Victoria had the most opportunities, but the New Zealand goalie, Hiddlestone, killed several difficult > shots. New Zealand also attacked vigorously on several occasions, but the Victorian goalie, Czauderna, made several spectacular saves. The first and only score of the half came after 42 minutes of play, when the Victorian captain and centre-half, Jack, shot down the centre to Boz, who went through to shoot past Hiddlestone’s defence. New Zealand scored after only four minutes had gone in the second half. The full-backs were at fault in crowding the Victorian goalkeeper and preventing him from getting to the ball when he could easily have cleared. All Benge had to do was to tap the ball into an empty goal. Victoria played strongly after this, and

after 25 minutes Boz regained the lead with a good hard drive. New Zealand would have been defeated by a much greater margin but for the outstanding performance of Hiddlestone in goat

CONVENT SCHOOLS’ COMPETITIONS The semi-finals of the Christchurch convent schools' Association football competitions resulted as follows:A Grade.—St. Therese’s 2, Addington Convent 1; Loreto I 5, St. Joseph’s 0. B grade: St. Anne’s 2, St. Therese’s 0; St. Mary’s 2, St. Patrick’s 1. C grade: Loreto 2, St. Joseph’s 0; St, Mary’s 1. St. Therese’s __