FOOTBALL

New Zealand Times, Volume LV, Issue 9970, 3 August 1893, Page 3

FOOTBALL

RECEPTION OF THE NEW ZEALAND

TEAM,

If (ho Wak tipn, with tho New Zealand le»rn on board, arrives before 6 o’clock this evening, the Lam will be melon the wharf by tl-e Eeooption Committee. If the steamer, however, arrives after 0 o clock snd before 9 a,m. to-morrow, the team will ho asked, to land at 10 a.m , when they will be formally welcomed by the pub’h and committee, bit G. Fishe', M H.tL, noting as efro Osman on the wharf. Arrangements Will be made to have a clear epaca at the end of the Wharf. A band win ha in attendance when the team lands. Dr.« v, (II bo in waiving, and the p'ayeta will ha driven to Ihopiae Hal, wherfl the formal reception will take place. The Governor has been asked to attend and : address tbs team. The social Which I the team fs to be ihvited to attend will bo held on. Saturday evening at Thomas HSU. The price of ticket, has been hied at 3s for gentlemen, and Is foi « ha j been decided to ask Mesdames Nawman and Levin to fo-m a ladies’ committed t<> arrange for the decoration of the ha)l. Tickets can bo obtained at Messrs patkin s, Wise s, Holliday’s, and Dresden Plano Company s, and from the officers or tbs tfnion.

The large section of the pnblio who take an interest in football will bo pleased to learn that tbp approach to the Petone ground ■is to bo coveted With boarding at once, so that in’ futfire, there,will be.no necessity for them to Wads through a efuogmire before reaobiog the playing held. ■ ■■■ The Petone Club have appealed against the senond try obtained by the Wellington first fifteen lest Satordav, but the manage, raent committed have decided io uphold She dooioion of the referee (Mr E. A. Liddle). Mr M. J. Hodgins has been elected to till the vacancy on the management committee caused by the retirement of Mr 0. Earle. The Junior Clip fixtures for nest Saturday ore p'etponed. , The final Third-class matoh, Petone t. Melrose. will 1 c played next Saturday at Fdtono on No. 5 ground. Mr F, Gibson has been appointed referee. The eighteen to play ognlnst the New Zealand representative team on S’ittfrJey will bo chosen this evening. The team will practise at the Athlotlo gymnasium on Fri. day evening, end the captain will then he oboseo. , - _ , , Tho matoh between the and Wellington representative teams will bo playod at Palmerston on Saturday weak, il the data is approved by the country union. The special train to the football match— New Zealand v. Wellington 18—will leave To Aro at 2 30 p.m. instead of S.lOp-m, as usual. Tho fares will bo 2a and Is 6d.