Association Football.

Free Lance, Volume II, Issue 93, 12 April 1902, Page 6

Association Football.

F Bell a Scottish goalkeeper, who played for St. Mnam'sin ltsfiist league competition in Glasgow, in a letter fiom West Australia to the Wellington Footba.ll Association, applied to that body tor a position as goalkeeper. Evidently , he was under the impiession that professional football is placed heie. Ho\\e\er an attempt is to be made to obtain his services The New Zealand Association will have to grapplei with some serious business during the coming season The Wellington province must send a repre&entatn c e\e\ en to play Otago. in terms of the Auckland Conference foi the Brown Shield, and Otago must travel to Auckland and play Wellington en route as an exhibition game Representation has been made to the Association from Western Australia relative to an Australian team visiting England A proportion of six players from New Zealand is included in the proposal A New Zealand visit to England is also on the tanis Mr A. Asburv, the English football coach is vorv keen on a team visiting the Old Country but to tour the different towns of England in which socker is very nrominent it would need £1000 which would include salaries of plavei<= durine absence from their respeoti\ c emolo\menK Football in the com in fir <=eems pretty sure of succc ci = The numhej of tpim<- nlieadv enVoie*! foi the various competitions is considei ably in excess of

lasb jear. This je«n theie will be seven seiuoi elevens, and, judging bv the practice garni**' of these ele\ens, good games and winter enjoyment to the contestants .should en-sue. Now teams are generally con.sidered weak but in the senior ranks this seabon a decided exception is made The two new elevens — St. John's and Marist Old Boys — ha\e material whicli will ■shake tilings up In the final, St. John's should not be far out. Petone, which lias been considered the. weakest senior eleven for seasons pact, will this season efface that unprespton, as every man must now be woi-th hi> place to gam admission, owing to «ip\(ial new men coming to the suburb, and Hawkins of the Swifts, thiows in his U>t with Petone. Mi H. Renai, the popular societal v of the Petone Club, has been appointed s-ocivta-iv of the> Wellington Football Association Mr H. McKeowen, who occupied the position for two years did not seek re-nomination, owing to private w oik.