ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 256, 23 July 1920, Page 9

ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL

The weekly meeting of tHo v7ollington Football Association was held on Wednesday, Jlr. W. Auld presiding. / Institute Club applied for. transfers for players from hieher to lower grafle«.' It was decided to aak the' club for reasons for the applications. ~ •: .;,'■: Subject to the approval of the 'city, au; thorities, permission was granted' the Broken Hill Miners'.Relief Conlmitteo to take up a collection at; football matches. Tlie Brooklyn Club, notified they were holding.a speoial meeting'.to discuss the best method of .disposing'of, enures -in Park. .:„ ICilbirnie and /South Wellington both'notified, that they .-were making good progress in the share-selling campaign ■)<, ~.,'•■•'.. ■.':'.'■

■Permission ,ivas granted a, boy's team to play, at Martinborou'gli on .Saturday. .. . Th'6'Swifts.Olub applied for medical ex. penseß incurred by. one of their players, owing to an|in,jiiry sustained on. jJune 26. ih'e'application. waß.aißmißßed r aß the rule setting out date/when reports of.accidents bo in was hot complied with, -1 .■■■■■ The referee ■in the- Thorhdon-TiM.C.A. Junior Division match' reported ..having found it necessary to.order off,for rough play a. ■membor or.-tha-Thorndon Olub, i The referee, Mr./OV J. ■, Ward,,,-attended-,, ' and explained., that he. had previously ■warned the player, : who took no notice, tut .continued, to' use rough tactics...,■• It was decided-that; the player, dppear»,at. '.' the next meeting of the committee. • ■'. The Auckland/Association asked ..that .a team from Wellington visit; Auckland on •September 4. ■The' selectors-were/appoint-ed 'a aub-cbmmitteb to consider it-ho- quesv tion. It-was decided to accept : a. further challenge!from-Auckland' for the- Brown ■ Shield, in the event of the. Shield-'.being - in the city at the end of the season,: • .-'■ The.. Canterbury 'Association I ''nbt|fled that the team to play Velington for tne Brown Shield on Saturday • next' would arrive on Friday, rand be accompanied' by..a' Fifth-Class .representative team,: to play a local boyß'-team. " •'- ■''■■ ■'■:•■■■ .The meeting took exception to the N.Z. Council's ■ attitude in •: appointing a Dun;edin man • to. referee the Welllngton-Can- • terbury match without' consulting the;as- : soolation', and thua Bpending unnecessary : money' when both associations concerned were willing to have a- local man.. ■ There was no alternative but to accept -the ; council's appointment, which was done under strong protest, a, letter'.-to that effect to be sent to the. council. • With regard to the ' Diamonds'Y.H.O.A. match early in the. season, the, mntch having been awarded to the latter by the Wellington Association, .their decision being revoked bythe N.Z. Council, it was; agreed by the meeting to appeal against . the council's decision to the parent body,the Football Association, England, ■:.:■. It was agreed to play the fifth-class E amc, Canterbury ; v. Wellington, on Sat- ' urday Tiext,'on the east side of,the Basin. Reserve prior to the Brown-Shiebl game, .Canterbury-v; 'Wellington; "Amongst those 1 who 'are -to be invited to-be present at the above fixture are His Worship the Mayor of Ohristchnrch, and the Mayor of Wellington; members of Parliament, and j members-of the Reserves Committee. On ' Friday .night the ,senior ...representative teams will .be entertained at -dinner by 'the local association.' The fifth class teams. ■ will have dinner together at the Y.M.C:A, ' on Saturday evenine. ': CANTERBURY V. -WELLINGTON.- . After making a draw with Auckland/On .July 10,- Wellington will resume the Brown Shield contests by playing Canterbury ■at the Basin Reserve to-morrow. Canterbury- \ will bo represented by a very strong combination, included in the team'being Biseett/ Norman and Mitchell,.-who played such fine football during their visit iaßt season. • Now playors to Wellington are '~ M'Reanor and Howie (halves) and Cumjninß and Barwcll (forwards), who.' are very highly spoken of in the south. AnI other notable player. is P. Dow- • ker, well known, as ' a centre 'forward, who in this' match will •be playing centre-half. Wellington is. playing the same team as played against ■ Auckland with the exception that 1). I'nr- ■ guson, the Hospital centre forward, is included in place of M'Elligott, who. is out' of town. : So far 26 names have been played lie- . tween the two provinces, honours resting easily with the homo association, who have won eighteen of the games, against six . won ■ by tlje southerners, -.the remaining ' two. being drawn. .The total goals scored 'by Wellington is 83, as against 36 gained' by Canterbury. | Victories gained by Wellington in past' matches include such scores as 10 to nil, 9 to 2, and 7'to nil; whilst the greatest wins-gained by Canterbury havn been sto nil and 7.t0 4. - Given a fine day, the game is expected to be a great one, and spectators will have an opportunity of judging as to whether, the short passing of the visitors or'the long passing of the local men is conducive of the best advantage to the sides. ' SCHOOL FIXTURES. ■' School fixtures, grounds, and referees for Friday are :— A Dividon.-Mnriat (N.) B v. Island Bay, Kllbirnie. B. Ryan; Jfarist (N.) A v. Marlat (T.) Ji,. Duppa Street, W. Mann; Mafist (T.) A, a. byo. B Division.-Nowtown v. Wadcstown, Kelburn, J. F;ast; South: Wellington A v. South Wolliiiffton B, Newtown Park, J. . Howard; Worser Bny v. Marlßt (T.) 0, Imppa Street, T. Sampson; Northland, a bye. '