SHORT N.Z. TOUR

Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 442, 25 May 1937, Page 5

SHORT N.Z. TOUR

ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL English Players Arrive Press Association —Copyright. Auckland, May 24. Thoroughly fit after a pleasant voyage, the English amalteur Association football team which will undertake a short tour of the Dominion during the next five weeks, arrived at Auckland to.night by the Tamaroa. The team, which comprises 18 players, is looking forward to an enjoyable visit and is confident thlat it will show New Zealand crowd® good football. The joint managers of the team are Messrs Wre-ford Brown and Thorne, while Mr Stollery is coach. Mrs Wreford Brown is also accompanying the party. The team was welcomed by Mr F. H. Campbell, vice-chLirman of the New Zealand Soccer Council, Mr L. Munro, chairman of the control board of the Auckland Football Association, and several members of the Auckland body. There was also a fairly large gathering of players and enthusiasts. The visitors will leave for Napier by train to-morrow afternoon. They will be received by the GovernorGeneral, Viscount Galway, at Government House, to-morrow morning.