FOOTBALL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 59, 4 June 1907, Page 4

FOOTBALL.

AN ENOUGH TEAM. <■ Writing to the seertary of the New Zealand Rugby I'nion regarding the proposed visit of the Knglish team, .Mr C. \Vray Palliser. the New Zealand Union's representative in England, says:—"The matter is well 011 its way» having discussed at committee meetings of the union, and an announcement will be made at the annual general meeting of the union at the end of June by the committee on the subject. I have seen members of the committee, and 1 think you cau .takeJt that the team will visit you during, the coming year. ! asked Mr Cedes, in the event of the Scottish players not joining, what would be done in that ease, and he staled that he did not anticipate any difficulty, but that it would not in any case prevent a team going to New Zealand. You will doubtless be glad to learn that Bradford, one of the largest Northern I'nion clubs, has ceased to exist, not being able to carry on through lack of support, and the ground of the club has been taken over by a Rugby I'nion club, in order to prevent it falling into the hands of the Koothall Association, who were anxious to secure the ground in liradfod for their code. The Rugby I'nion are at present negotiating to obtain in London under lean' a ground of their own. and I under-

-(and thai the mailer will shortly be brought io a satisfactory issue. Then thoy propose to build a very large pavilion' i>l a cost of some tMOWt to' C-VKIIK M) that all matches. inlevuationals mid oMiers. can be played there. Tlii> i- a move in the direction.'*

"The amhorties controlling the Au--game in Melbourne alter all will ie,l lie given flie opportunity of' showing !i i\v i iiey could make I he game. \ew Zealand v. Australia (proposed In V.' played in Melbourne) a failure. For t le present the matter has been dropped 1 v the New South Wale* Kugbv Union. mi account ol' the dilliculty of Xew Zealand players Retting the .K« W y leave lor tlie proposeil extension. The Western Union says that owing to the feeling exhibited against the Australian game in Sydney, the Western Anstralnn authorities would not let them have grounds for their fixture against New South Wales, but all the same they had secured other grounds. Kvidently war (o the knife. Well, at least it. is -well that both sides should now undersi and the attitude of the Australian L'ame authorities. for 'tis only a little i while ago that they complained of simi--1 lar tactics ou the ffc-rl of tlie llugby authorities.'' —Aus(jrtlasiaii.