PLANS FOR FOOTBALL TOURS

Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 151, 29 June 1939, Page 23

PLANS FOR FOOTBALL TOURS

ALL BLACKS' ITINERARY IN SOUTH AFRICA.

(By — Press Association.) \\ KU,IN<;TI>\, WVclnwlay

If the pi ..|,os;i!s fi.i the All Blacks' Soul Ii Ail ' '11 I "lie next \ ear as siilimtltC'l I" '1' e Cvcelltiw o| ti,,. \,, u land H'l-'lo I moil t. light are approved by the (.'in. :! ..i tin. New Zealand Kugliy l'n on. loe Ncu Zeal.iml team will play four I e~t mi it. lies. The Smith At'rica-i fiimby Ho.inl stated that it was identical With the agreement, tor the last Springbok tour "I New Zealand. The board hoped that the union would agree t n 'he tour Tests. It felt that this would not involve any hardship. "A« t hose ot you wno know South Africa ate aware, Johannesburg and Capetown must each have a Test match, n nrl the claims of Port Klizabetli and I.)||l h,ill .lie equal," added the board's lotti'i. "Both have excellent playing fields ■ i'i'l Hnelv equipped grounds. Tnc I'n ion "t Smith Africa is so large that these t"o unions set \ e large sections of the I 1"!" 1 11 1,111 w hi. h are f.u apart. During I'"' ' i.-t visit of the Hutish team Purl, in »..s let! out. and the board nfter- \\ .1111 t■ ■ . -. . 1 tii.it litis pio \cl 11 great ilisn I'l and diSc o 111 a —'' 111 c 111 fni ven main people. . "In icu. 1.1 to the total uiiinbor of mail lies « ill be obsei \ei I In,it. if the Hilguesl'.l s.uling dates ate accepted lleioe New Zealand May 14. mining in Son 111 All" i •lime 'J). Lll. ■i e u ill be J 4 plnyinu .I,.\S at least, allowing for a clear week I" tuccn the arrival and the first match, Hill before each Test. The tour coirmi't lee in the meantime w ill piocee.l to drill an itinerary designed to provide for -I "i matches, com in cm ing with cioin |). 11 .11 \• 1 \ easy inati-lics. It will also (jive .i 11 en t ,on to tlie question ~f pioviiliug for a ii-it to \"letoi la Kails and the Krnger National (ianie lle-.er\'e." A -iib i oin ill it 1 ee. consist ing of M cssrs. f. s, lie. 111. ,1. 11. I'arker and .1, I'iendevi lie. was set np to consider the Sout'l African Ho.iid's suggestions for the tour nnrl to submit a i ep.n l to the council.