BRITAIN V. NEW ZEALAND
GREAT CROWD M GAMSBR^
(By TeleoraphAFrom\ "Drop Klck.">;/ /;.•'■'■'■ i/;■/ -^ Wa: '/ X -'Ji ;&■ '■ DUNEDIN, This -Day.
rae/British Rugby/beam's tourvto : day. reached -which the best available fifteen from the touring party was put to; ite first test/against New^^alarid'seleclv^and^wo highly capable teamsfthey^ were whicK^ tc^k/the ;^
;;ao'ori.'.'C."::,-. -!■■; ://■'■;■',;/"':'-'-''/■:/■■'>'■-/;■ '-' ■/■;-. //■■■-:-■■;, '/;/:'/:/:- '-;;/-/ / JOrily oiice previously; in. the whole; history' of Rugby; hacl New ; met a sidefully/representative; of the British Isles, that bein£; atWellington'.,in 1904, ;arid as-to-day's British /side; was regarded as/one /of 'the ■best > that has; ever visited ; this bbuntry, rightly -'recognised as an exceptionally important one. ' Carisbrbol^s Testvrecbrdl showed thuat a New Zealand side has riever/bjd^bfiaienonth^. ground. , .;;.''V^'.y'.?:i';'/;•;■ .;■■' :■--/' -/-■/;/ ',/;
'i/-':^atoiJ'-in^7-.pf.''them'Vspebialß/from , yariouß; parts of ' this ■ Sputh / Island, broughtthpnsands of visitorsj-andthey, with Dunediii 5s niany thousands of ; enthusiasts,5 !were sadly disappointed this .morning .when:rain set,in, making the -prospects for play under / favourable ;/ conditions/very/remote.' /The groundy I^^howeveri was'.'in! gopd order. :, -,' :-^;.--;': ■ /The'rain. this ;morning ; ; did 'not •;"damped the enthusiasm,/and!: ifrpm an. ■'.-. early' hour there -was, a: steady of people to Carisbropk;. inrfact, long before .midnight/a queue v was/*ormed outside ; the ground, while:others camp- * ed handy, to the1 entrances. The crowd steadily increased during >he morning, - and/was immense.early.this afternoon, ■ when there was stilt a good prospect of. the record of 23,000, being broken. •/•:,-. / The :teams, have not been,/changed. The average weight- of• the':New": Zea- ;■■ land pack;of seven;is Ustljlb, and.that b£c the British pack of. eight; about, 21b heavier? IThe referee had a talk with; ■■••• *he; captaiiis , this morning certain points about ,ihe/rules;!and;ruling^ ;;;?/
BRITAIN V. NEW ZEALAND
Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 144, 21 June 1930, Page 11
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