FOOTBALL
THE GAME IN ENGLAND PEOPOSED NEW ZEALAND TOUR. (A. & N.Z.) LONDON, March 25. Admiral Royds, speaking at the Eastern Counties Rugby Union dinner, said that a strong feeling existed in the committee that the union themselves should take up the queston of a New Zealand tour.
Indeed the question was at present being seriously considered. Admiral Royds hoped in the event of a favourable decision that the counties and clubs would make a special effort to see the Mother Country worthily represented in the great game. SERVICES AT PLAY ARMY BEATS AIR FORCE. (A. & N.Z.) LONDON, March 25. At the inter-services Rugby championship the Army beat the Air Force by 8 points to 6 at Twickenham. SOUTH AFRICAN TOUR TEAM PASSES MEDICAL TEST [ Special "Chronicle” Service. ] WELLINGTON, March 25. It is announced that the whole of the twenty-nine All Blacks chosen for the tour of South Africa have successfully passed the medical test prescribed by the New Zealand Rugby Union. The appointment of the captain and vice-captain of the team will be macro at a special meeting of the management committee of the New Zealand Rugby Union on Werlnesdty next. There is every reason to believe thar M. Brownlie will be made captain.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 20106, 27 March 1928, Page 4
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