SPORTS AND PASTIMES

Greymouth Evening Star, 27 July 1920, Page 2

SPORTS AND PASTIMES

N.Z. TEAM. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) (Received this day at 1.55 p.m.) SYDNEY, This Day. The New Zealand footballers, being unable to leave Sydney before August 13th, have arranged the following additional games. August 4th versus Metropolitan team, August 7th, v New South Wales, August 11th v. University. * s ' SOUTH ISLAND COUNTRY ‘ REPS.” NORTH ISLAND TOUR. Arrangements for a tour of the N,.rth Island country districts by the South Island country team were made as follow : August sth v. Wairarapa, at Carterton. August 7th v. Hawke's Day, at Napier. August 11th v. Manawatu, at Palmerston North. August 14th v. South Auckland, at Rotorua. August 21st v. Bay of Plenty, at Rotorua. August 25th v. Thames and Goldfields at Thames. August 2Sth v. Auckland, at Auckland. In keeping with the above arrange ments the South Islanders meet in Wellington on August 4. This will necessitate the West Coasters leaving Greymouth on Tuesday next for the capital city. The trip will be made by Osborne (Reefton) Hall and King (Greymouth). Unfortunately Markham and Wylie (Reefton), and Gaily (Greymouth) are unable t > make the tr p to uphold the honour and glory of the West Coast.

LEAGUE FOOTBALL. The Limvoocl Club football team will arrive in town to-night. During their week’s stay on the Coast the visitors numbering 20 in all, will be at the Alb‘on Hotel. Wednesday’s match will be an interesting one for two reasons ; firstly to see how the East and "West Coast Clubs compare when set one against the other and secondly as an exposition of the League game. Both teams are well trained, possessing thorough combinat on, having played together throughout the present season. To-morrow’s game should give the local clubs a chance of looking into the visitor’s tactics and this information could then lr> turned to practical value during Saturday’s representative game which is to be ■'•’nved on the RecreaUon Ground. The Kohinoor-Limvood game to-morrow should he n record, as far as Wednesday football is concerned, and give cU—Mvorhers etc, an or port unity of seeing the league code in action. The charges are 1/- for men, while women will he admitted free. FOOTBALL CROWDS. There is food for reflection in the following lignres, concerning the attendances at recent important football matches. Last Saturday’s rugby game Now v. New South Wales, played at Sydney, drew 10,000, aga'nst 30,000 who attended the league match England v, Auckland at Auckland on the same day. When the All Blacks plaved Auckland on July 10th the attendance was 8.000. The Englishmen plaved recently in Sydney, before a crowd of 63,000, and last year 52,000 watched the New Zealand —New South Wales league match in Sydney.