RUGBY FOOTBALL

Press, Volume LXXI, Issue 21413, 4 March 1935, Page 15

RUGBY FOOTBALL

♦ ALL BLACKS' VISIT TO ENGLAND ITINERARY NEARLY COMPLETE The itinerary for the New Zealand Rugby team which is to visit England at the end of the year is now practically complete, and is as follows: September 14—v. Devon and Cornwall, at Devonport. September 19—v. Midland Counties, at Coventry. September 21—v. Yorkshire and Cum-

berland, in Yorkshire. September 25—v. Abertillery and Cross Keys, in Wales. September 28—v. Swansea, at Swansea. October 2—v. Gloucestershire, at Somerset, in Gloucestershire. October s—v. L.ncashire and Cheshire, at Birkenhead. October 9—v. Northumberland and Durham, at Gosforth. October 12—Match in Scotland. October 16—Match in Scotland (?). October 19—v. Combined Services, in London. October 22—v. Llanelly, in Wales. October 26—v. Cardiff, at Cardiff. October 31—v. Newport, at Newport. November 2—v. London Counties, at Twickenham. November 7 —v. Oxford University, at Oxford. November 9—v. Hampshire and Sussex, in Hampshire. November 14 —v. Cambridge University, at Cambridge. November 16—v. Leicestershire and East Middlesex, at Leicester. November 20—Free. November 23—v. SCOTLAND. at Edinburgh. November 27—Match in Scotland. November 30—v. Ulster, at Belfast.

December 4—Free. December 7—v. IRELAND, at Dublin. December 11—Match in Wales. December 14—v. Neath and Aberavon. in Wales. December 18—Free. December 21—v. WALES. December 26—v. London Counties, at Twickenham. December 28—Free. January 4—v. ENGLAND, at Twickenham. In accordance with custom, the test matches, which include one against Scotland, are preceded by a week's rest. Many of the other matches are against combined counties or combined clubs, and it looks as though the controlling body in England is doing all it can to produce strong opposition. The New Zealand team will probably be selected some time in and will leave about August 2.