SPRINGBOKS’ TOUR
RIVAL TEAMS IN TRAINING. \ (From Our Own Correspondent.) WELLINGTON, September 13. The South Atncan footballers are in training at Island Ray. Several are suffering from injuries. Sendin has a dislocated shoulder, and Henry Merkel, the wing threequarter, has injured the bones of his elbow. Wepener has an injured leg, and may be unable to play. Those who are not likely to be in the team are in town staying at the Grand Hotel. Only nine out of the 14 African backs having gone into training for the match, the team's back division will not bo seen at its best. The New Zealanders arc beijig trained as if they were getting ready for a world boxing, or a 'world sculling, contest, and they,will take the field ns fit as it is possible ior them to be. The New Zealand forwards fire expected to more than hold their own in the coming match. Nevertheless the general opinion is that tho chances of success are about even. Tickets for the stand are now being re : sold at £2 each. GREAT INTEREST IN THE MATCH. NAMES OF TEAMS NOT AVAILABLE TILL SATURDAY MORNING. (Per United Press Association.) WELLINGTON, September 13. The great demand for seating accommodation at the test match on Saturday indicates that interest in the event is likely to exceed all previous experiences. The seats in the stand have all been taken up. likewise those on the* temporary stands and bn chairs, while the tickets for seats on forms are now exhausted. ’All arrangements are well in hand, and were finally discussed at to-night’s meeting of the New Zealand Rugby Union- Management Committee. ! Apart from the big match three curtainraisers are arranged: A schoolboys’ match, Auckland and Victoria University teams, and King Country and Wellington B representatives. Both teams are in training—the New Zealanders at Day’s Bay and the Springboks at Island Bay/ A pressman was informed that the names of those selected to. play on Saturday would not be available until tho morning of the match.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 18350, 14 September 1921, Page 5
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