ENGLISH AMATEURS
W.5.56.12.N.Z.
ASSOCIATION TEAM
WELCOME AT AUCKLAND
(By Telegraph—Press Association.) AUCKLAND, May 24. Thoroughly fit after a pleasant voyage, the English amateur Associate . LL.iij i^ara, which wi!. undertake a tour of the Dominion during Hi next five weeks, arrived at Auckland tonight by the Tamaroa. The'team, which comprises IS pJayers, is looking forward to an enjoyable visit, and is coniidsnt that it will showNew Zealand crowds some good football. The joint managers ol the team are Messrs. Wreford Brown and I'horne, and Mr. Stoll.ry is coach. Mrs. Y/reford Brown is also accompanying the party. The team was welcomed by Mr. F. H. Campbell, vice-chairman of the New Zealand Soccer Council, Mr. L. Munro, chairman of the control board of U;e Auckland Football Association. and several members of the Auckland association. There was also a fairly large gathering of .players and . enthusiasts. The visitors will leave for Napier by train tomorrow afternoon. They will be received by the Governor-General (Viscount Galway) at Government House tomorrow morning, and will bo tendered a civic reception by the Mayor (Sir Ernest Davis), who is also president of the New Zealand and Auckland Football Associations. The following team has been chosen for the first match of the visitors' tour against a combined Hawke's BayPoverty Bay side at Napier on Thursday:—L. T. Huddle; G. A. Strasser. H. S. Robbins; J. W. Lewis, B. Joy (captain), T. H. Leek; E. C. Collins, S. Eastman,' R. J.. Mathews, L. C. Thorn-
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 122, 25 May 1937, Page 15
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244ENGLISH AMATEURS Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 122, 25 May 1937, Page 15
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