SOCCER TOUR

Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 28, 3 February 1932, Page 4

SOCCER TOUR

POSSIBILITY OF ABANDONMENT .'-"!'" '"

: The '■■■ advisability :ot continuingSthe 'Piesent negotiations for anvAustraliati'.Soccer team to tour theD6rnini6nrw&B diicuesed at-a; meeting ofyt&e',}N.ew;';2teaknttC:l'<>ot-ball-Associatibnyesterday :ai£ternbon,r|lhiring- his Recent tow - abroad, rjMtpArjJ. Hyder 'investigated the possibility 'of-.-JMi Australian/team being sent to N«w\ZealaiWivand matters had • beea><practi&lly finamedy-'but ;«the questiOtf:vel>;eKpfrise was -raised.. ''./-y> , ' J?f? /tfi- i \ Mry'B;!:Lr;Salmondpom^d,;«uV4»Vtlie assocjtetiohV should hot WeXisig&t fOrjtfte financial conditioa of the CQuntry.ibUjider the present 'arrangements fibe .toaev#i«'ito begin' oflVlgt'.Juniß, and thi'eouie^-iiibuld iny«|stigate,itl;*:Bjibject immedi^t«^r.;ptKer sports seemed ,to.1 be in a better than football; didrnpt;-WMS;jto sustain•"a_.rJ6BSiH. 'They could- n6t afford thestour: if there wai. going tdi/tie^ deceit. Mr. A. j; Hyder:'■ 'TI say::definitely: and emphatically that the tour should go on. We are now at the peak of the depression, and we may look for better things after the spring." Several memberg expressed dissent from this optimistic view. "There will be a financial improvement very soon," he continued. "We have done much spade work'in arranging the tour, and to drop it would be to let the Australian team down. Even in the event of the tour not proving a financial success the association will; not:, suffej;/,.yery;:;iiwh." ;VMr;sSalmond:"'l don't:mean we should turn it down, but:l think we should give the matter very iareful eon»i4eration/' ThS; chairman ;(Mr:F: Campbell) said they-shoiild dd ei?erything:)?O6sibl«,to;bring ipe ;tour to fraiti^iif.'> : But;.*i:Mti Salniond ha^'^id, ;they m^st/befyeiy. careful. $he centres affected-by-th*,tour should be circplariged: and asked if they were in a. potition .tbigive any guarantee againrt lo»s. :¥-M«mbers 'the opinion- that muchfihancial;lieln Could be giten'by gbine pr'fhe;^entresi«d;i':iiv;:-^-:^?- ''■"■:-" ': ■ ■ ThevestimateCie^ensesidi-the; tour were £2500;f andith« ; estimated gross receipts, £3500:" TherchattTban'istatediith'st figures which would >be available'»t in e«*ly date would enablff^heiaggociationito: decide fin. ally.on* the^^nttttej^ :''-'% -: ' ■'*:&:'■:>■:. '■■' ': It was finallyTrdeeided;' that ifter replies have been received? from the coiicerEe'd, .../thcidbuntiil eKciuld1 • decide whether-'^lie tour'shrfuld'be carried-oni TneV-secr6tary.,.-iSIr i . A.. Williama, stated that,;a;;6UggeStedvitinerary; had been sent to the-AustraliansfootbaU body. ' The first aiateh;had been ;iet down for Ist June but a request':hadrbeen ■ made 'to have this game ; cut-out," : a3 the-team,wouldrnpt land until 30th' May. .••; It was ■ suggested' that the first»m;atch~shotild.be'against Wellington on ;3rd'June/Several other alterations were asked foi'.';'■■. . ; :"•;