HEAVY GROUND.
BIG FOOTBALL GAME.
RANFURLY SHIELD MATCH. INTENSE INTEREST SHOWN. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) DUNEDIN, this day. The day broke clear and bright for the Ranfurly Shield match between Otago and Southland, but the city was under a light mantle of snow from tht> overnight fall, and it appeared tha ; ". Carisbrook Park would be very heavy. Inward train traffic from Southland, Otago Central and Catlins this morning totalled over'sooo persons," while estimated, that 2000 arrived iaßt evening, a large proportion by road. Between 4 o'clock and 7 last evening the procession of motor cars from the south along Princes Street was reminiscent yf the scene after race meetings. . .w. ■ '
An attendance of 25,000 is expected ay the match. A big queue assembled before 11 a.m.
Speculators who held stand tickets to the last day, and canvassed arrivals this morning, are reported to have overstayed their market, meeting with, indifferent luck.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 181, 1 August 1936, Page 10
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