THE NEXT ALL BLACKS

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21758, 24 March 1934, Page 10

THE NEXT ALL BLACKS

programme of matches •. : \ . ) ' ■ ■' SEVERAL GAMES IN SCOTLAND . .. ■—.—. ■' * [BT TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION] ' ■ ( -WELLINGTON". Friday A provisional itinerary drawn up by the English Rugby Football Union, v and submitted for approval by the New Zealand Union, provides for about the same number of matches as in the 1924-25 tour. There is an important difference in the itinerary, however, in that several matches, including a test match, are to be played in Scotland, where no matches took (place on the last tour. In some cases the name of the team to oppose the All Blacks is not stated, although an indication of the fixtures is given in naming the place of engagement. ' The touring team will have a full week free of match play Drior to each test It was announced earlier that 28 matches,. including four tests, are to be played by the New Zealand Rugby team on its tour of Britain and,lceland in the 1935-36 season. The party is expected to arrive in England in the first week of September, 1935. The first match will be played on September 14 and the last, against England, at Twickenham, on January 4; Other international games fixed are: —November 23, versus Scotland; December 7, versus Ireland; December 21, versus Wales. Passages for the New Zealand team had been .booked by the Rangitiki. which leaves the Dominion for England in August, 1935. <