COLOURS OF ALL BLACKS

Taranaki Daily News, 10 May 1930, Page 9

COLOURS OF ALL BLACKS

SUGGESTED CHANGE IN TESTS.

PROTEST FROM SOUTHLAND.

By Telegraph—Press Association

Invercargill, Last Night

“To me it is a scandalous thing,” de-, clared a prominent Southland Rugby follower to-day when discussing the suggestion that the All Blacks may discard their traditional colours in matches with the British team. “There is nothing definite made public yet,” he added, “but the discussion at the recent meeting of the management committee of the New Zealand Rugby Union makes it clear that the visiting British Rugby team is to play in a jersey so closely resembling our own that to avoid confusion on the field the New Zealanders should adopt other colours.

“For years New Zealand has won in •black and the All Blacks have become part of our tradition. This must be well known to the British authorities, and yet they have adopted a jersey dark enough to be confused with our own. If it is too late to make an alteration in the British team’s jersey and there is need for some distinction let the visitors adopt an armlet. Let them do anything so long as the colours that have been established as part of Ne»v Zealand’s football tradition remain unchanged.”