BAY OF PLENTY TO PLAY BRITISH RUGBY TOURISTS

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 14, Issue 89, 23 January 1950, Page 5

BAY OF PLENTY TO PLAY BRITISH RUGBY TOURISTS

In the new itinerary of the British Rugby team, which is to tour New Zealand and, Australia this year, Bay of Plehty-East Coast-* Poverty Bay combined is to meet the team at Gisborne: on June 21 in the thirteenth match of the tour. There will be three test matches. The ne x w itinerary is subject to confirmation by the council of'the New Zealand Union, which will meet on February 23, when the venue of the match against the New Zealand Maoris, provisionally set down for Hamilton, will also be discussed. , \

The itinerary is;— May 10, v Nelson-Mar lb or oughGolden Bay, at Nelson; May 13, v Buller, at Westport; May'l7, v West Coast, at Greymouth; May 20, v Otago, at Dunedin; May 23, v Southland, at Invercargill; May 27 (first test), at Dunedin; May 31, v South Canterbury, at Timaru. June 3, v Canterbury, at Christchurch; June 6, v Ashburton-North Otago, at Ashburton; June 10 (second test), at Christchurch; June 14, v Wairarapa-Bush, at Masterton; June, 17, v Hawke’s Bay, at Napier; June >2l, v Poverty Bay-East CoastBay of Plenty, at Gisborne; June 24, v Auckland, at Auckland. July 1 (third test) at Auckland; July 5, v North Auckland, at Whangarei; July 8, v Waikato-King Country-Thames Valley, at Hamilton; July 12, v New Zealand Maoris, at Hamilton; July 15 , v ManawatuHorowhenua, at Palmerston North; July 19 , v Wanganui, at Wanganui; July 22, v Taranaki, at New, Plymouth; July 26, v New Zealand Universities, at Palmerston North; July 29, v Wellington, at Wellington.

The team will depart on August 6 or 7 for Sydney, and play five matches in Australia as follows:

August 9, v A.T.C., at Canberra; August /12, v New South'Wales, at Sydney; August 19, v Australia, at Brisbane; August 26, v Australia, at Sydney; August 30, v New South Wales, at Newcastle.