THIRD EDITION RUGBY

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17232, 11 April 1930, Page 11

THIRD EDITION RUGBY

REPRESENTATIVE GAMES FIXTURES APPROVED (Par Press Association.) WELLINGTON, this day. The following representative fixtures were made by the New Zealand Rugby Union:— May 31: Bay of Plenty v. East Coast, at Ruatoria; Poverty Bay v. Hawke's Bay, at Gisborne. June 3: Wairarapa v. Hawke's Bay, at Napier; Tarauaki v. Wanganui, at New Plymouth, Poverty Bay v. Bay of Plenty, at Gisborne. June 28: Hawke's Bay v. Wai rarapa, in Wairarapa. July 12: East Coast v. Poverty Bay, in Gisborne. July 10: East Coast v. Bay id' Plenty, at Whakatane. August 2: Poverty Bay v. Bay of Plenty, at Opotiki. August Ci: North Auckland v. Hawke's Bay, at Napier. August !>:' Hawke's Bay v. Canterbury, at Christehmeh; Bay of Plenty v. Thames Valley, at Walhi. August 13: Hawke's Bay v. Otago, at Dunedin. August 16: Hawke's Bay v. Southland, at InvercargiU. August 23: Bay of Plenty v. Thames Valley, at Tauranga., August 30: Auckland v. Hawke's Bay, in Hawke's Bay. September fi: Hawke's Bay v. Tarauaki, at New Plymouth. ■September 13; Hawke's Bay v. Wellington, at Wellington. September 20: Hawke's Bay v. Manavrhenua, at Palmersion North. BRITISH TEAMS VISIT REVISION OF CHARGES (Ppr Press Association.) WELLINGTON, this day. The New Zealand Rugby Union decided to amend the admission charges in connection with the British team's tour as follows: — Provincial matches, admission to the ground, 2s; school children, Is; grandstand, 7s 6d. Test matches: Admission to ground, 2s Gd, including tax; children, Is; stand, 10s, with a limited number of seats at flit will be noted that the only fixtures at Gisboine referred to in the above message are those to be played by Hawke's Bay on May 31 and Bay of Plenty on June 3. The representative programme foreshadowed for Poverty Bay is, of course, much more extensive, for the East Coast and Wairoa teams will visit Gisborne during the coming season on. at least one occasion each,' and negotiations are in progress for a game with the Auckland team, immediate]v after the Auckland visit to Hawke's Bay. and other fixtures are held in view, including one with Manawhenua. The tour of the British team in New Zealand is bound to affect the "market" for interprovinoial games to some extent, but it will he a season below the average if less than seven representative games are played in Gisborne.—"Onlooker."