NEW SOCCER TROPHY

New Zealand Times, Volume LII, Issue 12197, 23 July 1925, Page 8

NEW SOCCER TROPHY

ENGLISH ASSOCIATION’S. GIFT BEAUTIFUL DESIGN IN SOLID - . , SILVER.' ' The silver trophy,which the:New,.Zealand Football Association has been - expecting'for some weeks past, the gift of the English. Football Association to New Zealand Soccer. Association, - arrived by the Remuera and was.delivered to ■the secretary ,of the .Association, Mr .A; L. Atkinson, on Monday evening. It -was unpacked; and ' placed cn view ' yesterday morning, a photograph being taken as reproduced Tile trophy is pro* vidod with a substantial' oak cabinet. '

This new, trophy, which stands about 26 inches in height, and about 20 inches square at the base, weighs 181 b lOoz avoirdupois, and will Tank as one of the most handsome and. artistic sports trophies in' the Dominion. ' It was insured for .£200; but. its value is stated to. be much in oxcess, of that sum.

A panel in front of the base shows five players in has relief playing the ball, and the goalkeeper on the qui vive ready' to take the shot. On one side of the base is a beautifully modelled; figure of Britaiinia', seated, with the! trident in' one hand and laurel wreath, in the othelv by her side a shield bearing the Royal Arms of Britain. On the opposite side is a figure of Peace, also seated, and another shield bearing arms and inscribed "Onwards.” . A plain silver panel is inscribed "Presented by the Football Association, England,"

On the top' of the pedestal is a globe on which is indicated all the countries iof the world where Association football is played,, and this, has meant practical* ly .a map of the. world. ‘ Standing on ttie top>of the globe is a magnificent piece of silver statuary, 9 inches in height, the figure of a player i standing with a football'in his hands - above his head in the act of throwing in. The trophy is the work of Messrs 121kington and Co., the famous London silversmiths, and far surpasses in beauty • any other trophy held ■ ,by the N.Z.F.A., l if not any other. association. There are others of greater value inasmuch as they are of. gold. ; -It is expected that the. trophy will be on .view at Stewart Dawson's premises to- ; day. 1 The English Football Association sug-

gested that the trophy might, if the New Zealand council saw fit, be delegated to school football, ‘but thecouncil has not yet come to any decision in the matter. The great beauty and value of such a work of art will present smnewhat of a problem to the council, which already has the Chatham Cup,'the Brown Shield, the Ashes and the Peter Dawson Cup. It may mean a re-shuffling of the trophies.