SOCCER CONFERENCE

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 145, 20 June 1936, Page 4

SOCCER CONFERENCE

MEETING IN LONDON AUSTRALIAN PROPOSALS Concerning the recent unanimous decision of the council of the New I Zealand Football Association to sup- | port the suggestion of the Australian Soccer Football Association that the English F.A. should convene a meetI ing of Dominion associations in London Ito discuss the furtherance of the game in the British Dominions, the secretary of the Australian Association (Mr. Druery) has stated that the suggestion was that the conference in London should consist of a representative from each of Canada, South Africa, New Zealand, India, and Australia The English Football Association and the other Dominions had been circularised and replies of an encouraging character had already been received from Canada and South Africa. In the past the English Football Association had given help to the Dominions. There had been a grant of £5OO to Australia, and another of £lOOO to Canada. It was felt that the proposed conference could devise some adequate plan for the development of the game in the Dominions. It might be possible, for example, to arrange visits by British teams to Australia at regular intervals, or visits of Dominion sides to England. Mr. Druery added that other Dominions had representatives on the Football Association council in London. Australia had not been so represented since the death of Mr. A. E. Gill a few vpars a pt).