THE FOOTBALL GROUND.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXV, Issue 9064, 26 May 1888, Page 3

THE FOOTBALL GROUND.

TO THE EDITOR. Sir,—As one of the thousands of spectators at Potter's Paddock yesterday, I desire to make a suggestion or two. The most obvious want of yesterday's match was some raised sitting or standing accommodation round the ground. The simplest] and most permanent way of supplying the want would be by sloping , the earth all round, forming a kind of embankment, similar to that ab the Melbourne Cricket Ground and others. I feel sure that fully half the spectators yesterday could not see the game at all satisfactorily ; many could get only an occasional glimpse of the play—ladies especially suffering in this respect. Had it not been for the large amount of timber about the ground, and the temporary platforms constructed therewith, things would have been much worse. If Rome change is nob made, the public will cease to attend in such numbers at a football match of which they see little or nothing. I would suggest also that a policeman be stationed in future outside the grandstand, to prevent boys climbing over into the stand without paying, as many did yesterday.—l am, etc., May 25. Spectator.