HOCKEY.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 744, 17 February 1910, Page 9

HOCKEY.

■>; THE:ENGLISH,TEAM'S! yiSIT./:; ; ■ A : meeUng^of'.the:Management Committee of the Wellington Hockey 'Association has decided to guarantee the -£100 asked ■for: by tho New Zealand' Council towards the visit of, an all-England team to New Zealand:in :l?ll,:,provided that the Welv lington mateh be-played'on a. Saturday, and that-4100,be the-:iitiiit : of ■ ; AVelling- ; ton's- liability.' '-.It; is' assumed that any 'surplus', from., tlu!; money: guaranteed by' the various associations will be.refunded prorafa, and that : the. proceeds -of test matches will be pooled. ■.;■'-' : . The. 'Man'agenierit "Committee, of ; . the. association: has; also"'deoided/,to /instruct the Selection-. Committee;:'to pick' a representative 'team 1 to "play in-Marlborough 'find Nelson nt/Easter. time.. V ' :■,.'■:. '.A'special meeting of-the, committee' is to ; be called at an early/date- : to deal' with the;matter.of grounds for/'the'com.- 1 ing' season, and to , consider. the ) "advieaV, bility of holding. a - tournament. at ,Easter time, ;,and make arrangements -for an early .season'..'. ' . ..; .',-i--'--'■"::.;. : "-V. ■:; It will also Vbe necessary, for .'■ the.'incoming committee-for the'■ year'to', take' steps/ to raise ' the required "by. the Hew Zealand ■ Council [for. ; the', Engli6h team, since, the inoney iiiust' be found by September of "this year. .: : ~ :;/ /l : ■