ALL BLACKS’ TOUR

Greymouth Evening Star, 1 April 1932, Page 5

ALL BLACKS’ TOUR

AUSTRALIAN PROGRAMME

BRITISH INVITATION ACCEPTED

[PEB PBESS ASSOCIATION.]

WELLINGTON, April 1. During the coming season, the New Zealand Rugby team due to visit Australia will leave New Zealand on June 17 and play ten matches in New South Wales, Queensland and Victoria. The following itinerary appears in the annual report of the Union:-— Saturday, June 25 —New South Wales at' Sydney. Wednesday, June 29—Western Districts at Orange. Saturday, July 2—Australia (first ' test) at Sydney. Wednesday, July 6—New Sodth Wales at Sydney. Saturday, July 9—Queensland at Brisbane. Wednesday, July 13—Brisbane at Brisbane. Saturday, July 16—Australia (second test) at Brisbane. Wednesday, July 20—Darling Downs at Toowoomba. Saturday, July , (third test) at Sydney. Wednesday,. July 27—Victoria at Melbourne. The report states that an invitation, has been recived from the International Board to tour England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland during the 1936-37 season. The invitation has been gratefully accepted.

CONTROL OF GAME.

WELLINGTON, March 31.

“The Committee -heartily approves of most of the amendments, but it is concerned about the alteration regarding the hooking of the ball in the scrummage which may affect our traditional formation of 2 —3 —2,”‘ states the annual report of the New. Zealand Rugby Union. “The stipulation regarding hooking has been the subject of several communications with <he Rugby Football Union of England, but no alteration has yet been made. Alteration. to the laws of the game were decided upon by the International Board without reference to the overseas Dominions, but, in this, the ■Board was within its rights. Nevertheless, it is felt that, had the Unions comprising the International Board agreed to the request of South Africa, Australia and New Zealand for a conference during the visit of the South African team to Great Britain, it would have been more in keeping with the expressed intentions of the Home Unions. The New Zealand request for a conference was not acceded to, and the draft by-laws of the Commission to be set up have been received, |but acceptance of these has been held over by Australia and New Zealand. South Africa has accepted the Commission without reservation. It now appears to the Committee that the Commission should be accepted, but with a reservation that the overseas unions may appoint a resident dele'gate with full powers in Great Britain, to attend the proceedings. The expense of sending two delegates would bear too heavily on the Australian and New Zealand Unions.

BASSETT TO RETIRE.

LONDON, February 17.

Jack Bassett, the Welsh International captain, is thinking of retiring from the game at the end of the present season, and thousands will regret to hear the news, especially as he is now in the hey-day of his football career. He is only 26 years of age, and those who know him were hopeful that * his services would be available to his club and his country for at least three or four more years. Under his captaincy Wales has lost only one match —that against the Springboks at Swansea. He joined the Glamorgan County Constabulary before he was 20 years of age, and is now stationed at Penarth.

Bassett was-a member of the last British team to tour New Zealand. >

SHOTS AT A REFEREE.

PARIS, February 17.

Rugby football, which is already regarded as a dangerous game as played in France, and especially in the hot-tempered south, is likely to suffer further in prestige through an extraordinary incident at a match near Perpignan. A spectator, furious at a decision of the referee, drew a revolver and fired two shots at him. One bullet passed through a man’s hat, but nobody was injured. The man who fired escaped capture.

cobden Teams for Saturday.

Friendly matches will be played tomorrow afternoon, between teams from the Cobden Club, and the Star Club, and Technical School. The senior team to meet Star will be selected from the following:—King (3), Lindbom, Eggleton (2), Garing, Martyn, Kennedy, Gordon (2), Davis, Birchfield, Maloney, Wilson, Crossman, Keith, Bolitho. Junior to play Star: —Lindbom (2), Shaw, Scott 2 Corbin, Todd, Humphries, Tennent, Jackson (2), Honey, Bowes, Barlow, Hewlett, Spender, Sparks, McNeill, Airey. Third Grade to play Technical School: —Hearn, Spark, Hibbs, Cowan, Minchin (2), Keddie, Quinn, Swift, Moss, Burns, Fleming, McMillan, McConnon, Robertson, Pound, Cook, Martin, Robinson, Bridgeman, Mosley, Palmer.

Any other player desiring a game to attend on the grounds.