FOOTBALL TOUR

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23061, 11 June 1938, Page 16

FOOTBALL TOUR

EUGBY LEAGUE TEAM

OPENING MATCH TO-DAY

GAME WITH NEW SOUTH WALES

VISITING THIRTEEN CHOSEN

(Heceived June 10, 5.5 p.m.) SYDNEY, June 10

The New Zealand Rugby League team will open its tour to-morrow with a match against New South Wales. Since their arrival the players have indulged in solid practico and, although several of them have suffered from slight soreness on account of the hard grounds, they are all now fit and ready for tomorrow's game. The teams for the match are as follows: — NEW ZEALAND Fullback. —Smith. Threequarters. —Brown, Kay, Chase, Hemi. Fivp-oighths.—Tittleton.. Brimble. Forwards. McNeight, Satherley, Herring, Gault, Brodrick, Tetley. NEW SOUTH WALES Ful 1 back .—Jolmston. Threequarters. Dawson, Roser, Felsch, Goodwin. ' Five-eighths. —Anderson. Halfback. —Williams. Forwards.—Stehr, Kirkaldy, Porter, Narvo, Pearce, Norval. During tho week the managers of tho New Zealand team, Messrs. J. A. Redwood and W. 0. Carlaw, and the captain and yico-captain» "' c ro guests of the executive members of tho New South -Wales Country Leagues', Club at a dinner. The possibility of - a New South Wales country team touring Now Zealand was discussed.

The New Zealand managers made it clear that, should tho tour eventuate, it would be expected that the teaiii would'play at least two matches'in'the South Island and twd in the. North Island outside . Auckland. While 1 the Country leagues' president agreed With this proposal, he expressed the opinion that, in view of. tho proposed extended itinerary, > hist asuociatjon should be guaranteed against a too great financial loss. ITINERARY APPROVED AUSTRALIAN POSSIBLE A private cablegram received yesterday by the acting-secretary of the New Zealand Rugby League, Mr. W. J, Taylor, stated that tho Australian board of control had confirmed the remainder of tho New Zealand team's itinerary as follows: Juno 18.—Now South Wales, at Syd-

ney. June 15.—Lismore, at Lismore. Juno 18.—Queensland, at Brisbane. June 22.—Toowoomba, at Toowoomba. June 25. —Queensland, at Brisbane.

June 29.—Country team, at Tamworth. July 2. —Newcastle, at Newcastle. July 6. —New South Wales, at Sydney. Should the New Zealand team win the match against New South Wales, the game on July 6 will be against Australia.