GLOSIOUS WEATHER AT DUNEDIN

Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 48, 25 August 1923, Page 8

GLOSIOUS WEATHER AT DUNEDIN

.BOTH SIDES CONFIDENT

■(»1 OTJR 'iPSOIAt REPORTER.)

DUNEDIN, This Day.

-■There was a hard'frostsovernight, and ■itis an;ideal'winter's day, 1 bright, clear, 'and.'.calm,'.!.for,'.the. first; Test match. It ia,' anticipated, that the. ; attendance will be, about, 18,000. •-,-• • ..■ ' .-■--.. ■■ ■•

-'The.'New Zealand team came in from Brighton" this morning, and is a very Jit •ide. Wellington, will .have only . one representative, Tilyard,. as Pringle's ear had hot improved sufficiently yesterday for. him to.be includedi in.the team. NewZealand', are .reckoned, to: have, the best prospects "of success," but this morning's 'glorious change in the weather conditions has-improved the outlook for the visitors, who are now very confident.

It.is probable that the twenty-players "to train at Tima'ru for the second Test will be'-chosen after to-day's'match. .

""'Both teams' leave,-.on Monday, New Zealand .going''north and the Welshmen to Invercargill; '' '

DUNEDIN, This Day. Last night's - trains •' and' special and ordinary grains from Southland, North ■ Otago, and Central Otago were crowded • /with, visitors. ... The average weights of the teams are: _ New South Wales,-.backs list 51b, forwards 12st 91b. New Zealand, backs list 131b, forwards 13st 91b.

/.The following telegram was sent today\;to F. Tilyard, by two Poneke Club supporters:—"Fred; Tilyard, New Zealand.team", Diinedin.^The Poneke Club has., produced many internationals. in the annals; ,of h the.;Rugby game of this Dominion, and we take this, opportunity of wishing the club's latest representative heaps of good luck this afternoon."