THE GREAT STRUGGLE

Stratford Evening Post, Issue 80, 30 June 1928, Page 5

THE GREAT STRUGGLE

■ TO-DAY’S TEST, v -- • '/ ■ • s' ■ : r I "BOTH v SIDES CONFIDENT. ''■'tNTfi'NSE'' INTEREST DISPLAYED 1 ■/i -•" & ' • i it ; • * '■ .. v*r * in vr--- /■ j <‘V yresg Assn.—By Electric | . Telegraph Copyright. • ' (Received 9.Q a.m.) jjV* DURBAN, June 29.' | the eve of the first test the newspapers have turned out in big headlines, hoping the game will tfif hardy- clean and fair- The ntmov ' phere <is electrical, and 'only one tppiq is being talked of —the result of great struggle. j railway tragedy and the .. success,\ or failure at) . is guite forgotten. The 1 ' ' breathes rugby,; have flocked from (all tover the country. The South Africans)' are full Of Confidence,• and the New] Zealanders recognise the match will 1 he a but are certain they wltf manage to win the 'day. The avei'S ge New Zealand wpigbt is, forwards 14 stone 21bs and 'hacW'ii'stone i'Olbs, and the Spring-! holts,Gariks -11 ’‘stone 11b, and for-| wards 14 lib. The referee will; be Mr Y. H. Nescr, an ex Oxford double blue.— Special to Press -Ivsso-. 'ciatioii? •’! ■ : " IV ' ' '