THE ASSOCIATION GAME,

Taranaki Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 13748, 10 September 1908, Page 5

THE ASSOCIATION GAME,

BROWN SHIELD MATCHESDUNEDIN, Se# ?i 9. The first round of the competitive matches between representative , teams from the five provinces — Taranaki, Wellington, Canterbury, Otago, and Southland— for the shield presented in the interests of New Zealand Association football by Mr Robert Brown, of Glasgow, in 1891, opened m favourable circumstances at th£ Garrifcrook ground this afternoon. The weather was fine and the ground in. flfcndid order, v The attendance was about WU.