AFRICA'S INFERNO

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 16703, 21 July 1928, Page 8

AFRICA'S INFERNO

KIMBERLEY'S RUGBY GROUND

Although the All Blacks will probably and much to admire in South Africa, the .ootball grounds will probably not be jiie of them. '"A scrum on the Kimber* iey Stadium ground," states one of the ;eam in a letter to a friend in Auckland, is like a mild inferno, with the lid on." He states that actually th© ground •vas not as hard to fell on as the Sydney University Oval can be, but the Just trouble was a serious drawback. it was exactly like fine brick dust and ;t rose in clouds continually dining the cram mages.

"Not only does it obstruct breathing tnd make "the mouth hard and dry," ae states, "but it irritates the various i.iiembranes at the back of the throat Und month. Then there is also the risk A poisoning, which is large, in spite of the use of much iodine. Slight scratches m knees are the usual cause of the poi..oii getting in." The difficulty of keeping physically it and to have one's blood capable of resisting poisons while travelling was also stressed. To adapt themselves successfully to changes of climate, altitude and food and water was, at the time of writing, a difficulty members if the team had yet to overcome.— Auckland Suri.