FOOTBALL.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 280, 19 August 1908, Page 2

FOOTBALL.

NEW ZEALAND FOOTBALL ASSOC!A* . TION. MEETING; OF THE COUNCIL:; -' v A meeting of the Council of tho New Zea-. land Football Association was held last night.Mr. J. J. Roberts presided and there" were also present Messrs. L. White, Oilier, Ilixon, A. Williams, G. F. Brodie, H. N. Holmes,' Uren, W. Auld, Martin and B. L.. Salmon. . The committee agreed that it could not al-, • low an Ota'go Wednesday team to; ttike'part' in the Brown Shield competition. .1 \ . The Southland Association was affiliated as. . • a separate association. .. . , :. It was decided'that the receipts in ,cflnnection with the Brown • Shield should ha '■ apportioned as follows New, Zealand. Coun- ; • cil 5 per cent of the gross amount; Otagoi' Association 5 per cent, of the net amount;..and' balance'between other associations'pfo o. rata according to expenses. • ; ; The following entries were received for the •. Browii: Shield competition- which • will be:held at Bunediu on September 10 and 12:'—Auck-r: land, Taranaki, Wellington, Canterbury, Otago, and Southland. The drawing'iesulted as. follows:—First Day:.- 1.30....p.mif Southland versus .Taranaki; 3 , p.mi, .Qtago;. versus Canterbury. Second' Day, 1130: pm.,, winners of''fiM' round;, 3'p.m., versus Wellington. Third Day: 3 p.m., filial. \ The Wellington. Association applied fof a., ruling iii regard to the following incident :-r .' A. player on the defending, side.other than tho gOal-keeper fists out the ball from a. likely goal. Should a goal be awarded i for • the breach or should a penalty kick be given. It was decided to reply that.unless the ball crosses'over-the line no goal can be scored. ' ... The secretary reported that the following' matters would come up for consideration at •- the conference to bo held in Dunedin next month:—(l) Future of the Brown Shield; (2) Question of an amateur' status,throughout New Zealand;- (3) Visit of an English team to New Zealand .or a New.Zealand team Home; (4) Question of New' Zealand Referees' Association; and (5) South African, • and intercolonial, visits. . . , G. A. Vandal, J of:Sydneyi'Tecommended the Council to invite a ; South African team, tt ■ visit the Dominion/in 1909... He stated that' it would be a -mistake' for 'a Now Zealand ' team to go Home unless it was strong enoligk . to meet' international- sides. .ir'Nothiiig'.-would .•/ bq gained ,by a visit of a New, South .TVales team to the Dominion because the. quality-of play in*thai,State was not first class. ;He - qorisidered tliat the displays of the best teams. - in South Africa were inferior only .to those. of the best teams in England. It- was the - intention qf the South African Association -', to send a team Home for the season '.1910-Hi The Chairman' remarked that if a South African team visited New Zealand it would probably also tour New South Wales and West Australia. Mr. Holmes stated that he would be passing through Sydney in about seven weeks time. He would be glad to 'confer on behalf of the Council with the New Squth Wales authorities on the subject. i "Soccer" was, he added, also going . ahead rapidly in ,Adelaide which city he also' intended visiting. A sub-committee was appointed to go into the question of finance. RUGBY FIXTURES FOR SATURDAY. . The following Rugby football fixtures'have been arranged for Saturday:— ; Senior Representative Game. ' Horowhenua v.'"B" Team, Athletic Bark,... rofercej'P. Mackie.'' _ ' Referees v. Wellington Referees,' ■ Athletic Park, 1.30 pim., S-. S.. Brown;. Third' Class. Melrose v. Athletic, Polo No. .I,'J; Francis; Polhill v. Petone, Petono,. No. . l,' ~J; Thompson; Selwyn v. Star Boating Club, Polo No. 2, W. Joyce; Johnsonville v. Southern, , Johnsonville, -J. .J. Mahony; St. • James v.— Oriental, Pqlo No. 3, F. Moeller; Enuni v, , Railways, Hutt No. 3, R. Greenwood; Vic? tqria College v. Wellington, -Easts No. 1, .. H. Summerliays; St. John's v. Kia Ora,'Hutt No. 1, G. Findlay; Karori, a bye. . Fourth Class. Petone v. Victoria College, Petone No.- 2, L. Isherwopd; Selwyn v. Wellington, Easts . No. 2, F. Larway: Southern v. Old Boys, Easts No. 3, C. Burge; St. James v. St. John, Easts No. 4, J. Lawrence. Fifth Class. Athletic "A" v. Petone, Petone No. 3, J. Pollock; Selwyn v. Boys' Institute, Easts No. 5, J. Keys; Epuni v. Athletic "B," Hutt No. 2, F. A. Mason; St. James v..-SN'elr, • lington College "B," Wellington' College, D.y A. Taylor;, Southern v. Wellington College'-,* "A," Wellington College, A. Horwood. . ■' , [ WEDNESDAY MATCHES. \ . " Wednesday Representatives v. Horowhenua "B," Athletic Park, F. C. Atkinson, i.. •: To-day the Maori professional, .football t6am, which have recently been ,in;; : Australia under the auspices of the Northern, Union rules, are espected to arrive in lirigtan by the".Union '"Company's steamer, ' Warrimoo, from Sydney direct. " 'v NORTHERN UNION RULES. AUCKLAND v. WELLINGTON. 1 (BY TELEGUAPH —FItESS ASEOCIATIOH.) Auoklanl, August J.B. , "-The follqwing team has been selected ; to'; represent Auckland in,the feotball match', against Wellington next Saturday under the .. Northorn Union, rules:—Full-back: Dufty';,.. three-quarters, Rowe, W. Wynyard, and Red- • wood; five-eighths, W. Tyler and S. Riley j' half-back, R. Wynyard, forwards; Mackre'll, t . Dunning, Trevarthen, M'Donald, Gladding,' and Hooper. Of the thirteen players chosen seven toured tho North of England. ' Olio, S. Riley, went across and met the team in Australia, playing several games there. M'Donald, Hooper, and Dufty arc Auckland amateur representatives, while Redwood and Gladding are senior players. The team is , in activo training.