TOUR OF NEW ZEALAND

Evening Post, Volume CXXV, Issue 83, 8 April 1938, Page 17

TOUR OF NEW ZEALAND

INDIAN HOCKEY TEAM

PROPOSED ITINERARY

(By Telegraph—Press Association.)

CHRISTCHURCH,' April 7.

The New Zealand Hockey Association has appointed the following selection committee to choose the New Zealand teams to play against the Indian team:—Messrs. W. Newnsham (Auckland), E. G. McLeod (Wellington), and C. C. Holland (Canterbury).

The suggested itinerary of the Indian team is:—Arrive Wellington in Wanganella, Wednesday, June 8; Saturday, June 11, v. Wairarapa; Monday, June 13, v. Bush Union; Wednesday, June 15, v. Manawatu; Saturday, June 18, v. Wanganui; Tuesday, June 21, v. Taranaki; Thursday, June 23, v. Dannevirke;. Saturday, June 25, v. Wellington; Monday, June 27, v. Nelson; Wednesday, June 29, v. West Coast; Saturday, July 2,' v. Canterbury; Tuesday, July 5, v. Ashburton; Thurs-' day, July 7, v. South Canterbury; Saturday, July 9, v. Otago; Tuesday, July 12, v. North Otago; Thursday, July 14, v. Gore; Saturday, July 16, v. Southland; Tuesday, July 19, to be arranged; Saturday, July 23, first Test at Christchurch; Tuesday, July .26, to be arranged; Saturday, July 30, second Test at Wellington;. Tuesday, August 2, v, Feilding; Thursday, August 4, v. Hawke's Bay,; at Napier; Saturday, August 6, v. Poverty Bay,, at Gisborne; Monday, August 8, v. Wairoa; Thursday, August 11, v. Maoris, at Rotorua; Saturday, August 13, v. Auckland; Wednesday, Augustl 17, vX Whangarei; Thursday, August 18, y. Rodney; Saturday, August 20, v. Wednesday, August- 24, v. Waipa; Saturday, August 27, third Test, at Auckland; Monday, August 29, leave Auckland for Sydney by Awatea, "arriving ; Sydney Thursday, September 1, and. leaving Sydney September 10 fbr home.'. ~

The itinerary provides for 31 matches in New Zealand, including three Test Matches, in a tour of 12 weeks.