DETAILS OF BIG TOUR

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 132, 5 June 1937, Page 4

DETAILS OF BIG TOUR

THE SOUTH AFRICAN TEAM COMPLETE LIST OF MATCHES HOTELS TEAM WILL STOP IT Below is the complete itinerary (including matches and hotels at which the team will stay) of the Springbok Rugby tour ot Austral’a and New Zealand:— May: 3ist. Arrive Fremantle and play j Western Australia. (This maten was won, 4/ to 8). June: sth. Play South Australia at Adelaide. 7th. nrnve Melbourne. 12tn. tday Victoria at Melbourne. 13th. Leave for Orange. 16th. Play West at orange. (Leave for Sydney). 19th. Play N.S. Wales at Sydney. 22nd. Leave for Newcastle. 23rd. Play Newcastle at Newcastle. (10 p.m. leave for Brisbane). 24th. Arrive Brisbane. 26th. Play Queensland at Brisbane. 28th. Play Queensland at Toonoomba. (Queensland). 3rd. Piay Australian XV. at Brisbane. 4 th. Leave for Sydney. sth. Arrive Sydney. 10th. Play at Sydney (first test). 17th. Play at Sydney (second test). Leave for New Zealand 8 p.m. per Wanganella). 20th. Arrive Auckland, afternoon, per Wanganella, Grand Hotel. 21st. At Auckland. 22nd. ditto. 23nd. ditto. 24th. Elay Auckland at Auckland, j 25th. At Auckland. 26th. ditto. 27th. ditto. 28th. To Hamilton by rail 10.10 a.m. Lunch Hamilton Hotel. Play Waikato at Hamilton. 29th. Leave Hamilton 1 p.m., Franklin Junction 1.25 p.m., due at Caves 3.30 p.m., Hostel. 30th. Leave by car 9.30 a.m., due New Plymouth 3.15 p.m. Criterion Hotel. 31st. Play Taranaki at New Plymouth. August: Ist. At New Plymouth (Egmont day trip). 2nd. ditto. 3rd. Leave New Plymouth, rail, 8.25 a.m., due Palmerston North 3 p.m. Grand Hotel. 4th. Play Manawatu at Palmerston North. sth. Leave Palmerston, rail, 1 p.m., due Wellington 4.14 p.m. Midland Hotel. 6th. At Wellington. 7th. Play Wellington at Wellington. Bth. At Wellington. 9th. ditto. 10th. ditto. 11th. ditto. 12th. ditto. 13th. ditto. 14th. Play New Zealand at Wellington. 15th. At Wellington. 16th. Tamshine to Picton—two hours run. Terminus Hotel. 17th. Rail 2.20 p.m., due Blenheim 3.27 p.m. Criterion Hotel. 18th. Play Marlborough and Nelson at Blenheim. 19th. Motor 9 a.m., due Christchurch [>.3o p.m. Clarendon Hotel. 20th. In Christchurch. 21st. Flay Canterbury at Christchurch. 23rd. Rail 10 a.m. to Greymouth. Bevington's Hotel. 24th. At Greymouth. 25th. Play West Coast and Buller at Grey mouth. 26th. Rail back to Christchurch. Clarendon Hotel. 27th. 8.35 ei.m. train, due Timaru 11.25-noon. 28th. Play South Canterbury at Timaru. 29th. At Timaru. 30th. ditto. 31st. Motor 12.30 p.m., due Mount Cook 7 p.m. Hermitage Hotel. September; Ist. At Mount Cook. 2nd. Motor 8 a.m. to Timaru and rail to Christchurch. Clarendon Hotel. 3rd. In Cnristchurch. 4th, Play New Zealand at Christchurch. sth. In Christchurch. 6th. Rail 8.35 a.m., due Dunedin 4 p.m. Grand Hotel. 7th. Kail 8.33 a.m., due Invercargill 1.10 p.m. Grand Hotel. Sth. Play Southland at InvercargilL 9th. 7 a.m., train due Dunedin 11.25 a.m. Grand Hotel. 10th. In Dunedin. 11th. Play Otago at Dunedin. 12th. Rail 10.51 p.m. ex Dunedin with sleeper. 13th. Arrive Christchurch, 7.18 a.m. Clarendon Hotel. Leave by train 7.10 p.m. for Lyttelton to catch s.s. Wahine. 14th. Arrive Wellington 7 a.m. Leave by train 9.20 a.m., due Napier 5 p.m. Masonic Hotel. 15th. Play Hawke’s Bay at Napier. 16th. In Napier. 17th. Motor 8 a.m., due Gisborne 3.50 p.m. Masonic Hotel. 18th. Play Poverty Bay at Gisborne. 19th. Motor 6.15 a.m., due Rotorua 3.15 p.m. Grand Hotel. 20th. At Rotorua. 21st. At Rotorua. Government round trip excursion. 22nd. Six lakes excursion. 23rd. Maori villages, etc. 24th. 9 a.m. rail, due Auckland 4 p.m. Grand Hotel. 25th. Play New Zealand at Auckland. 26th. At Auckland. 27th. Rail 8.40 a.m., due Opua 5 p.m. and launch to Russell. Duke of Marlborough Hotel. 28th. In Russell. 29th. Launch and rail, due Whangarei 11.38 a.m. Whangarei Hotel. Play North Auckland at Whangarei. 30th. 8 a.m. motor, due Auckland 1.20 p.m. Grand Hotel. October: Ist. Leave Auckland per Awatea. ath. Arrive Sydney.