The South African Empire Games loam is to leave tor Sydney on December -I. This will leave six or seven weeks for the Springboks to become accustomed to the salubrious air ot Australia.
,|. A. Broodrijk, the Springbok Rugby three-quarter, celebrated his twenty-sixth birthday recently. The bosl present he received that day was advice that he had been selected to lour Australia and Neiv Zealand.
There is the story told of a player who was seal off the lield for striking ail opponent. When his case came op in-fore the romniiltec lie was asked in slate his defence. “Retaliation,” lie replied tersely. “But,” said the chairman, “the other player didn’t strike you at all.” “No,” said the accused, ‘‘but he was going to, so 1 retaliated first.”
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19336, 28 May 1937, Page 7
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