SOCCER SIDELIGHTS

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 156, 22 September 1927, Page 8

SOCCER SIDELIGHTS

PASSING NOTES

By

Perseus)

I : - - e vhrtory cj, Thar-de g «er LN-irmcc-te Last Saturday w.os a drama tc endling m me sco ts' n-i:, ■- pr~ - tremress c — hands'" for their weil-wcz position at the top of the ladder. The team is uzodouh tedly one af me best aJk-racEnd club- cc-mbinancns we have ever seen in Auckland, and when at fu_ strength, mere was net a weak spot m me team. Conditions rb is: winter' nu not been fav:urable ta* the Scottish style of close-passing play. * r — I ’k caks for a bard, and even surface ta- secure perfect team machinery. But Thistly was quick to adapt itself ta- the prevailing circumstances, and

payed the eppasite style in a splendid fasiuicm No fewer than eight of the eleven country provand bc-th Zq - ull and. Cum - nitg were well within reach of representative honours.

Scottish I aa r l* Canada.—Trie S::ctrrsi- ~rir.m wfeufi--’ ~i~.ttt—Canada. this snr~ mer has c-eai we£ce med home again, after x. series of nhamghs acrcss the Luge CGECneii' from the A£lann: to- m. 5 Pacific, me only fry in the cinmesi being a. Loss by the odd goad in nve against Toronto in me third game. Tire Scots mere than revenged taat defeat on the re mm trip. and mb bed ft info Toronto to j die nine of 10 goals to niT- Tire conring team was a powerful professional conbiran-jn drawn Largely iron : Rangers, Celtic and. Falhcrh worn a; good sprtn.k:li.ng of players with inter- . national caps. They fermd the game | going ahead by leaps and bounds, bnt disorganised and hindered by too many associations and centre ning actharities. The to arises were entercained with. Is wish, hospitality in their length.y joartejing: and the code will j bereft immensely fcy the finished display they gave of real Soccer. A u.ci«d. s/Tct Co amp. cr a A pa. r..—nl - though this season's win is not so clear-crcrt as last year,, when JLncMand gained: full points in every game, the Local association retains the handsome : Elngiisn Football Association Trophy b scoring ecml points with Canter-

comfortably o n goai average. The South was ' tor from Auckland e best but p-erf armed with three pc-mts out ef a possible tour. e.~d the sole to be c-.ongra turn ted cn the bis-

:err_r_r ~se lie ".-.lie of die material . available.. in iinicrs of is me sc die strongholds : f S-xeer. die representative team was disapi yCirdr? fn iaiTfrg' to won a sine, wiilie Canter hmry shd well to heat OcrtgEa so aely in yomeviin m-i draw Le~rei -i± Joiahiand m points. Gccc L_o < Ta The “Par esi*—The i Pdcsoesj players Leave to-night in au i rSl 0-i the Ciiim Cop. a’ , . ; the sood wishes extended oy hfr. A_ blendes at it-schys refit? qj: the -A To x ere heartily mdarsei by e~ery j.thhre erhnreei The Northern Clnh dram Qnnecm ere reported to be a. mi_ t? corns made a, with --.c i tcosn? ansy af hire ■•ilits"’ in the icVwsnh l:ne. ctt after detegn-g Thistle at home the "rides' feel no fear ct*e if there are eleven J ¥?ry' in the team. Xh*= 3-iHe end 3 Lacks will be aeeenpanfed 2j i. number of keen supporters. and: die cowheTEs are packed ready far peals cf irictory at N'ewtown Park on natnrday. The ""Ponies'" are a wc nderfidly intro iced team, : --"d the solid manner in. which they have stnoh to practice and training deserves doe reward of the national cltm -ciump unship.

The RarAterrert Roles.—The legality of replacing .-an injured player with a substitute Lias arisen as the result of a ww I~ grade game, whtoh an important bearing on the oitampimship. One player was hurt and retired and later a club mate from another team slipped in unobserved to dD the vacancy, and the substitution was unknown to the referee or the opposing side until after time was called. The Junior ML 7. ordered a replay, but Share claimed that Comrades bad forfeited the match by a practice clearly fereddden by law 1 of the game. The A.FA. referred the protest *:tirect to iihe New Zemand Council, which returned it without giving a decision until, the A.FA bad expressed its ruling The local body bas upheld the Junior ML-CL. but the club is now appealing. and a reversal of the local ruling would nat be surprising-