ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 19597, 31 March 1938, Page 11

ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL

SPORT IN POVERTY BAY SATISFACTORY PROGRESS "The progress made last season by Association football was very satisfactory in both the senior and junior grades,” states the annual report to be presented on Monday evening at tlie annual meeting of the Poverty Bay Football Association. "The visit to Napier was much enjoyed by those who shared the hospitality of the Hawke’s Bay people. Bolh Poverty Bay teams lost to combinations playing a better class of soccer, but when the Hawke’s Bay side came up to Gisborne for the Rose Bowl contest the visitors were beaten by seven goals to two.

"The Wellington team's visit was considered well worth while as the men had a chance to see the playing of a first-class match. The Poverty Bay representatives were kept on the move, although they were beaten all the way. The dinners and dances lo entertain the visitors were well attended.

"The schoolboys are beginning to show that they can play soccer and the majority of file players should give good exhibitions during future

"The game requires additions to the. senior and junior grades it it is to continue to progress in this district and newcomers will be welcomed and instructed in the sport. The retiring committee is confident that the 1938 season will be a good one and this fact is supported by the improvements being carried out to the grounds by the employees of the Gisborne Borough Council. The approximate date for the start of this season will be April 2(i. “In the balance sheet the members a! the annual meeting will see that the expenditure was slightly more than foi the previous season, owing to the heavy cost of preparing the grounds. There is a loss of MB 5s 9:1 on the voar's working, but a credit remains in the bank of £3 125.”

man, or anyone else, could tell whether a man was fit to go on. If a man said he had taken a knock, one could not call him a liar, though there might be times when one fell like it. (Laughter.) The motion was directed towards preventing constant tinkering with the rules, said Mr. Sceats, and did not conflict with the New Zealand council's proposal except in respect to the replacement provision. Mr. T. French considered that the delegates should be given a free hand to deal with the matter at the annual conference.

Mr. Waite’s motion was carried unanimously. It was announced by the president that the international rules would be played in Poverty Bay from the start of the new season.

• INTERNATIONAL CODE ADOPTION EY AUCKLAND (Pur Press Association.) AUCKLAND, last night. A decision by a large majority in favour of international rules being played this season, was made at the annual meeting of the Auckland Rugby Union to-night, when its delegates to attend the annual meeting of the New Zealand Rugby Union were instructed to support any move for reversion. Before coming to their decision, delegates asked for an opinion from Mr. S. Hadley, an Auckland and New Zealand representative. ”ln South Africa, we did not combat die three-fronted scrum with our two with any great degree of success,” said Mr. Hadley. "Our scrum was definitely inadequate lo cope with the situation.”