BRITISH RUGBY TEAM.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20619, 18 July 1930, Page 15

BRITISH RUGBY TEAM.

| E p E N PARK MATCHES. AUCKLAND GAME TO-MORROW J WITH GREAT CROWD. : ' ' I QtM AND MOTOR TRAFFIC. S .inoogi. i ""' ,Ts, is na, r" y i , ~a ken in the Rugby tost match bel,Eing Britain and New Zealand, to be jn .~nd next Saturday week, I P . sported that on the occasion of the | itlS between Britain and Auckland to;j g ( |en Park will be called on to ac!lmodatc a crowd even larger than that \ hich witnessed the famous second test jj *' h between Hie Springboks and the j JJ Blacks in 1921. Accordingly, rompref ns i ve arrangements have been made lor dealing with the crowd and with 1 ic to and from the park, s Full particulars for the control of motor \ lraffic have already been published. Park- • will be prohibited in Cricket Avenue, Seiph Street and the portion of Sandringham Road fronting Kden Park. No motor traffic will be allowed in Raleigh Street and no through traffic will be permitted in Walters Road, which is one of tie parking areas. Rossmay Avenue, opposite tho Sandringham Road "entrance Jotho park, will be reserved for taxis and buses. In addition to Walters Road, parking will he permitted in Marlborough gtree t, Cromwell Road, Kowhai Street, Emma Street and Bellwood Avenue. Ono Main Traffic Route.

Thci'O is onP nia^n routo available) for through traffic to and from the- park. Cars travelling from the city may proceed along Dominion Road, down Burnley Terrace and return through Sandringham Road, or they may tako tho Sandringham Road route, returning through Burnley Terrace and along Dominion poad. With parking space reserved for them off Sandringham Road, passenger vehicles will probably take the latter route. Private vehicles are accordingly recommended to tako the Dominion Road route. Private cars leaving the park will bo required to proceed by way of Walters Eoad, Bellwood Avenue and Onslow Road into Dominion Road, in order to relieve the congestion in Sandringham Road, where the tram, bus and taxi traffic will be centred. The ordinary Sandringham tram service *ili be augmented to-morrow morning by * fleet of 70 special tramcars, travelling to Eden Park. As the prospects for favourable weather are good it is anticipated that many people will leave for Eden Park early in tho morning in order to obtain good positions on the terraces and hill Accordingly, special cars will com mence running to Eden Park at about 8.30 or 9 o'clock Trams will travel to Eden Park from the city, but after the game they will be despatched from the park to all suburbs. Admission Arrangements.

People wishing to obtain positions on the hill and terraces should leave trams the SandringTiam Road gate to the psrk, or, if coming via Dominion Road, should enter through the Cricket Avenue (;ate. This has been widened for the occasion. Special ticket-boxes have been erected at the approaches to the park and tickets will have to be obtained at tlrese, as no money will bo taken at the gates. Holders of grandstand tickets are advised to use the entrance in Reimer's Avenue, at the back of the stand. The British team will arrive at Auckland by the Rotorua express at four o'clock this afternoon and will stay .it the Royal Hotel. There will be a reception at the station, at which the Mayor, llr. George Baildon, the president of the Auckland Rugby Union, Mr. J. Arneil, and Sir James Gunson, one of the vicepresidents, will speak. Members of the team have been invited by Air. Clem Dawe to attend the performance at His Majesty's Theatre this evening and to- . morrow evening will be entertained at a cabaret party at the Civic Winter Garden after the official dinner. On Alonday morning the visitors will leave for Rotorua to rest for the test match, returning to Auckland next Thursday. The Auckland team has been in training for several weeks and, given fine leather, a fine game should result. If it plays up to form and shows some improvement on defence, the local side ihould be fully capable of extending tho Visitors.

THE NEXT TWO TESTS. DECISIONS BY UNION. In? TELEGfcAPH. —PRESS ASSOCIATION'.] WELLINGTON. Thursday. The management committee of the New Zealand Rugby Union hist, evening advanced preparations for the remaining test matches against the British team. Mr. E. McKenzie, of Wairarapa, chairman of tho New Zealand selection committee, was appointed to act a-s manager of th<> New Zealand team for tho third fest match at Auckland. The question whether Stewart (Canterbury) and Finlayson (North Auckland) *ould be physically fit to take part in His third test was raised, and it was decided to Request the union* concerned to Have both men medically examined. It was decided to grant the Waikato Union £75 for the erection of a temporary stand estimated to seat an ad ditional 2000 people at 5s each tor the match with the British team. It was Pointed out that, the Hamilton Union was Prepared to spend £l2O and the Waikato iUniori £5(? in improving the ground and Accommodation. Members of the British and New Zea- •? n « teams, together with the officials of ». ew Zealand and Wellington Rugby m '' n s. have been invited to be present U government House for afternoon tea 11 f'riday, August 8