BIG RUGBY TOUR

Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 148, 27 June 1929, Page 6

BIG RUGBY TOUR

BRITISH TEAM'S VISIT

TWENTY-ONE GAMES

THREE IN WELLINGTON

On its tour of New Zealand next year the British Rugby team is to play 21 matches, including four Tests and a match with the New Zealand Maori representatives. The visiting side will have three matches in Wellington against' Wellington, the Maoris, and Now Zealand (fourth Test). Before starting their programme of matches the visitors will spend several days in Wellington; where they are duo to arrive by the Eangitata from England on Utb May. After the sixteenth match of the tour they will have an opportunity of spending nearly a week in Botorua. Provision has been made for the British team to have a full week's spell from match play before each of the four Tests. , The itinerary, which was approved by the New Zealand Eugby Union's Management Committee last night, and which is now subject to approval by the English Eugby Union, is as follows:— May 14th (Wed.)— Arrive by Eangitata at-Wellington. May 19th (Mon.)-^-Leavo for Wanganui. . - ; ■; ■ " May 21st (Wea.)-—Play Wanganui at Wanganui. May 22nd (Thur.)—Leave for New Plymouth. ...... May 24th (Sat.)— Play Taranaki at New Plymouth. May 26th (Mon.)'-—Leave for Palmerston North. May 28th (Wed.)— Play Manawhenua at Palmerston North. May 29th (Thur.) —Leave for Masterton. • ■■■-■. May 31et, (Sat.)— Play WairarapaBush Districts at Masterton. June 2nd (Mon.) —Leave for Wellington. ■■ ' . ; " ■ ," , June 3rd (Tues.) —Play Wellington at Wellington.- , June 4th (Wed.)— Leave for Christchurch. . June 7th (Sat.)— Play Canterbury at Christchurch.; ; ■ June 9th (Mon.) —Leave for Greymouth. June 11th (Wed.)— Play Buller-West Coast at Greymouth. : June 12th. (Thur.)—Leave for Christchurch. : June 13th (Fri.); —Leave for Dun■edin. • June 14th (Sat.)— Play Otago at Dunedin. ' ; June 21st (Sat.)— First Test Match at Dunedin. . June 23rd (Mon.)—Leave for Invercargill. -... : June 25th (Wea.)—Play Southland at Invereargill. June 26th (Thur.)—Leave for Timaru. '■'• ' ' "■ '■'' June 28th (Sat.)—-Play AshburtonSouth Canterbury-North Otago at Timaru. Juno 30th (Mon.)—Leave for Christehurch.- , - ■ ;: ; July sth (Sat.) —Second Test Match at Christehurch. ••-.•■ July 7th (Mon.)—Leave for Wellington. : July. Oth :(Wea.)—Play' Maoris at Wellington. July 10th (Thur.)—Leave for Napier. July 12th (Sat.)— Play Hawkes Bay at Napier..; July 14th- (Mon.)-—Leave for Gi'sborne. ' ■ '.- ■";; i; •]': ■■•; .. :■ • 'July 16th" (Wed.) —Play East CoastPoverty Bay-Bay of Plenty at Gisborne. . ; .. , -, ■■.< July 17th (Thur.)—Leave'for Eotorua. . July 18th (Pri.)—Leave for Auckland.' v ' "' :'f rv ".' ;- July 19th (Sat.)— Play Auckland at AftoWand.j': ' ■•*- ■> ■■<- July 2lßt> (Moiii)—Leave for Rotorua.” ■'■' l': "'' ''""' July 25th (Fri.) —Beturn to Auckland. - July 26th (Sat.)— Third Test Match at Auckland. J,uly 28th (Mon.) —Leave for Whangarei. / July 30th (Wed.)— Play North Auckland at Whangarei. .. ■;.:■. July 31st (Thur.J-rTLeave; for Auckland and Hamilton. „-.J : •' ■ ■;> Augusfr 2nd: <Sat.)s--P,lay;: -WaikatoThamesJValleyiKing Country at Hamilton. .7-' i J'^ i~ :"• ' ' i .■'August 3rd■ (Sun.)r-Leave for Wellington.' ''■ August 9th (Sat.) —Fourth Test Match at Wellington. August 11th (Mon.) —Leave for Nelson. : . ; August 13th (Wed.)—-Play Nelson-Marlborough-Goiaen Bay at Nelson. Leave for Wellington. AUSTRALIAN DATES, The British team Is to leave Wellington on 15th August for 'Sydney,- and will play seven matches in Australia. Advice was received from Australia that the terms of the extension of the tour to that country had been approved. The dates for the matches in Australia are:—23rd, 27th, and 30th August, and 3rd, 6th, 10th, and 13th September, the match on the last-mentioned date being in Melbourne, from which port the team embarks for England.