HOCKEY.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 305, 3 February 1910, Page 8

HOCKEY.

THE PROPOSED ENGLISH TOUR. By Telegraph—Press Association. Christchurch; Last Night. At a meeting of the Canterbury Hockey Association a letter was reoc-iy-ed from the New Zealand Association .asking it to subscribe £IOO to the proposed tour of the Dominion by the English team. After discussion, the executive decided that the time was not op- , portunc for the four, and could not entertain the proposal. TARANAKI'S ATTITUDE. Mr. J. F. Strang, hon. secretary of tlie Taranaki Hockey Association, has voceived a communication from the New Zealand Hockey Association regarding the proposed visit of an English team in 1911. The president of the New Zealand Association,, Mr. E. Norden, durinj his recent visit to England, interviewed the Home authorities regarding the proposal, which had first emanated from an English club. The matter received by the local Association states, inter alia:—"The whole matter was considered by the management committee of .the New Zealand Association and it was decided to-communicate with those associations where, in the opinion of the management committee, it wSl* advisable to play matches. With tljlLend m view I am directed to ask your Association to state whether it is prepared to guarantee the sum of £SO provided a match is arranged for your district. It ,must be understood that the money must be in the hands of the New Zealand Association not later than September 1, 1910. The whole of tke gate receipts of the various matches would i:e pooled, after the payment of such reasonable expenses as the New Zealand Association may sanction, and divided pro rata among the various subscribing associations in ■proportion to the amount ,of theii- guarantees and the gate receipts of their matches. There is every reason to believe that the team, if it should visit New Zealand, will be thoi*oughly representative." , The following proposed list of mafches with respective guarantees is attached:— Auckland, at Auckland (Saturday) £IOO guarantee; Taranaki and Wanganui, at Wanganui (Wednesday) £SO each; Manawatu, .Hawke's- Bay «nd Horowhenua, at Palmerston North (Wednesday), Manawatu and Hawke's Bay £SO each, Horowhenua £25; Wellington, ""at Wellington (Saturday) £100; Canterbury, at Christchurch (Saturday) £100; Otago, at Dunedin (Saturday) £100; Southland, at Invercargill (Wednesday) £SO. The executive of the Taranaki Hockey Association met last night to consider the proposal, and determined to offer a guarantee of £75 for a match at New j Plymouth, but to refuse a guarantee | for any match played outsiSc the district.