SOCCER TOUR

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22621, 8 January 1937, Page 7

SOCCER TOUR

DOMINION VISIT ENGLISH TEAM CHOSEN NINE INTERNATIONAL PLAYERS (Received January G, 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, Jan. 0 The International Selection Committee has chosen tho following amateur Association footballers to tour Australia and New Zealand between April 17 and August 3: — Goal.—L. T. Huddle, Casuals; A. H. Woolcock, Cambridge. Backs.—G. G. Holmes, Ilford; G. A. Strasser, Corinthians; W. Pickering, Sheffield Wednesday. Half-hacks. —B. Joy, Casuals; J. W. | Lewis, Walthamstow Avenue; T. H. Leek. Moor Green; J. Sutcliffe, Corinthians; E. Cunningham, Lloyds Bank. Forwards.—R. J. Matthews, E. C. Collins and P. A. Davis, "Walthamstow Avenue; J. Soworby, Ipswich Town; L. C. Thornton. Derbyshire Amateurs; P. Riley. Casuals; I. Gillespie, Harwick; Lance-Corporal Eastham, Army. Messrs. Wreford Brown and T. Thornc are members in charge. The Daily Telegraph says the English Amateur Association is represented by a very strong party, including nine A team picked from these IS would be the best of any amateur combination in this country. It will prove a severe test to any opposition in Australia or New Zealand. This will We the first visit to New Zealand | of an English representative Soccer team. I The tour is being sponsored by the New ! Zealand Association, but the Australian Board 1 of Control will be responsible for about a ; third of the cost. According to the tentative : programme, nine games will be played ill I New Zealand and eight in Australia.