FOOTBALL CONTROVERSY.
NORTH V. SOUTH ISLAND
MATCH.
[BY TELEGRAPH. —PBESS ASSOCIATION.]
Dukkdbn', Friday.
The selectors of the South Island football .team, which will play against the North Island at Christchurch, on June 3, met this evening for the. purpose of selecting the players. The names of 25 players have been provisionally selected, and will be; forwarded to the New Zealand Union. .' ' . ,
The men will be called i upon to sign a declaration to the effect that they have not made any agreement to go Home with the proposed professional team, and that in the event of their being picked for either the: inter-Island match or for the team which will visit Australia, they will undertake not to go to England with the professional team.
If any refuse to sigh the agreement they will, not be allowed to play in either of the matches; hence the action of the selectors in choosing so many.:
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 13497, 25 May 1907, Page 5
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