ASSOCIATION NOTES.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 259, 25 July 1908, Page 9

ASSOCIATION NOTES.

(Br Centre-Half.) .. ... Saturday last was an off day for . sport, and therefore thqro is nothing to record, as to the feats achieved by individual players in the championship' contest. ■The following table shows the position of the Senior League Second Division teams to date:— ' ; . ri - • O J? m . u ' S' ' i.2" Team. w • & to 3 . 'O • • rt ca pC rt ' ... | g' i a "3 "3 a g ,(£ fl O O 3 Ramblers- 9 7 ,1 .1 23 , 8 15 St. Johns (a) ... 8 7 1 0 35 8 14 Diamonds ... 8 7 1 1 0 23 9 14 Wanderers ... 9 6 2 1 28: 13 13 Hospital ... 8 4 3 1 20 12 9 Letter Carriers 8, 4 . 3 1. 20 lo 9 St. Johns (b) ... 8 4 3 1 15 11 9 Swifts • .... 7 4 3 ,0'- 15, 10 8 Y.M.C.A. ... 9 3 ;6 • 0 19 24 6 Rovers ... 9 2 7 0 12 33 . 4 Toa • ... . ... 8 .2 6 0, .8 .31 4 Waterside ... 8 1 6 1 14 ~22 3 Porirua . ... 7 0 7 - 0 4, 42 0 The Brown Shield Tournament has boen fixed to commence on Septembor 9, and will last until September 12. The secretary of the N.Z.F.A. has asked tho O.F.A. to poncil accommodation ; for. throe -teams. If five teams compete it will probably bo necessary to-, play .four teams simultaneously on tho Wednesday, .the fifth team to'play on Thursday or' Friday ono' of/tho two'teams successful on'tho first day,'and tho, two teams remaining inlto play-the final on the Saturday. This' may. mean that-one team will havo to play three matches in four' days, which will bo a very considcrablo strain. ■ Christchurch has four clubs—Christchuroh, Burnham, Sydenham, and Celtic.'Tho competition, just concludod, was won by Clmstchurcli, who went through without defeat,'writes " Left-Wing." _Thp Shield competition follows, and for it there are six ont'ries—Christchurch A and B, Sydenham, A and' B, Celtic, and BurnhAm. It was suggested at tho annual meeting of the English Football Association" that Law 1 (Laws of tho Game) should be altered to allow for the introduction, of flags.to bo placed on each side of the touch-line at the centro.ofcthe field, so as to assist the referee in deciding whon a player is off-side. Consideration of the proposal was promised.