HOCKEY.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 14208, 3 November 1909, Page 4

HOCKEY.

ENGLISH TEAM MAY VISIT km# ZEALAND. ' > [FROM OCR OWN CORRESPONDENT.]^ London, September 24ft Mr. E. Nordon, president of the i Zealand Hockey Association, who has bw in touch with the English Association h»« i interviewed tho executive here with r e?™P' to .tho proposal that an English team■" should be persuaded to visit New As a result of tho interview ifefiSpwK 1 that there is a very remote chance of * team going out. The English Aseociatiflt has not a very largo bank account, and it is not the policy of the executivo to amte-j funds for the purpose of financing. <;on?in» ! teams. They hold very strongS,viewi toj'j tho question of amateurism, and would not care to do anything that might ?hiv,o'tasi i semblance of professionalism. The • mattti' will, however, be considered, and if a suffi.'cient number of enthusiasts can bo found" who will worthily represent' English hockey 3 and at the same time pay; their own. to the Dominion the trip will bo made£|P 1 being left to the New Zealand Assoei&tW to finance _ them through the Domhffßgl During a visit to Bath, on which he leaifc* immediately, Mr.- Nordon will, further § cuss the project with Mr. Basil Hatch, s&S retary of the Western Counties - Hockef, Association. : '