SOCCER FOOTBALL

Greymouth Evening Star, 10 August 1933, Page 11

SOCCER FOOTBALL

W.F.A. MEETING. The weekly meeting of the Westland Football Association was held last evening. Present; Mr E. Airey (Chairman), Messrs W. Robertson, C. Restieaux, J. Paton, E. Flood, and F. M. Smyth. Referees’ reports were received from Messrs R. Nelson, W. Hillman, A. Wright, A. R. Hamill, J. Devine ami A. Robb. Permission was granted to the Greymouth junior team to visit Christchurch on August 19.

[ In the event of Westland winning ; the Peter Dawson Cup, a letter has been received from the Nelson Assoi ciation, entering a challenge for same. . Advice was received from the New Zealand Council that Mr A. R. Ham- . ill would be the referee for the Peter . Dawson Cup match at Westport on Saturday. Dobson and Taylorville Clubs were granted permission to play a friendly match next Saturday to help raise funds for the schoolboys’ tour. Permission was granted to the third graders to run a five-a-side tournament on Saturday. Mr C. Restieaux was appointed manager of the Westland team. Players will provide their own white shorts and stockings, and also see that their boots are in good order. Mr D. Steers was appointed trainer of the Westland team. FIXTURES. ■. Friendly junior game: Greymouth v. Runanga, at Cobden, 3 p.m. (Mr A. McLean). Third grade: Five-a-side, Victoria Park, at 12.30 p.m. NEW ZEALAND COUNCIL. WELLINGTON, August 8. The council of the New Zealand Football Association to-night approved of August 26 as the date for the Football Association trophy match, Auckland v. Otago, at Dunedin. Auckland wrote suggesting that the final of the Chatham Cup be played at Wellington on September 2 instead of August 26. The council declined to make the alteration. The Maori Hill Club’s default to Millerton in the South Island final of the Chatham Cup was reported. Millerton will therefore meet either Waterside (Wellington) or Ponsonby (Auckland) in the final? Permission was given for a representative match, New Plymouth v. Wanganui, on September 2. A letter from the Australian Association intimated that the loss on the New Zealanders’ tour was £550 to £6OO. It was considered that the loss was due to the relatively lower standard of play of the New Zealanders compared with previous teams. The Australian Association was considering a policy regarding future tours in view of the proposed visit to New Zealand in 1934. The Australian Association thought the losses should be a charge against future tours and asked that Australia be given a percentage of the gates in order to recoup the losses. The secretary replied that the tour had cost New Zealand nearly £350 fori assembling and outfitting. Mr. Godber, manager of the team, did not agree that the standard of play was responsible for the loss. Now that the Australian report had been received he was prepared to make a special report as to what he considered had contributed to the loss. He thought he would be able to place a different complexion upon it.