LATE FOOTBALL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume LV, Issue 90, 15 June 1925, Page 5

LATE FOOTBALL.

FRENCH VISIT PROBABLE IN 1927. Per Press Association. J 1 Wellington, June Ifj. The French authorities have notified that they cannot pend a Rugby, team next- year, but will consider an invitation for 1927, when they will be able to send a fully representative -side. WELLINGTON v. TARANAKI. Wellington, June 15. The Wellington team to play Taranaki will be chosen from the following : Full-back, Walters. Three-quarters, Svenson, Tilyard, Malfroy. Five-eighths, M. Nicholls, Corner, Love. Half, Warwick. Forwards, Porter, Wilson, S. Shearer, Oregan, Martin-Smith, Deere, J. Shearer, Sly, Duncan. LEAGUE INTER-ISLANDERS. Christchurch, June 15. Tlio League Rugby team, including two emergencies, have been selected to represent the South Island against the North Island at Auckland on June 20: Brosnahan (Canterbury), Parkes (Canterbury), McKay (Otago), Prescott (Otago), C. Fitzgerald (Canterbury), Sanders (Canterbury), "VVatt (Canterbury), Ellis (Canterbury), Mouatt (West Coast), Green (Canterbury), Thomas (Otago), L. Vivian (Canterbury), Henry (Canterbury), O’Connor (Otago), Henry (Canterbury). THE SOCCER CODE. SUGGESTED CHINESE TOUR. Auckland, June 15. Tli© Auckland Football Association has received a letter from the United Soccer Association, China, suggesting a tour of New Zealand in June next year ©n route to Great Britain. The team has beaten everything met in the East, and the letter suggests a ten-weeks’ stay in New Zealand, playing matches at Christchurch, Blenheim, Wellington, Wairarapa, Wanganui, Manawatu, T maru, Taranaki, Rotorua, Gisborne, Hawke’s Bay and Auckland. | The cost of the New Zealand tour I is estimated at £SOOO.