A RECORD CROWD
GRANDSTAND' SEATS-VACANT
(Bj Telegiuph —Pie»s Association )
DUNEDIN, August 1
A record for an attendance at Carisbrook and also for a Ranfurly' Shield match was achieved yesterday. The official estimate of the attendance is between 26,000 and 27,000, and the gate receipts, so far as the figures can be compiled, give a total of over £1500
For the' game between New Zealand and the British team at Dunedin in. 1930 the attendance was about 24,000, and at the -New Zealand v. South Africa match in Dun«dm in 1921 it was about 22,000."
" It was reported on Saturday morning that-many' seats for the stand could be bought at cheap prices, so cheaply, indeed, that a ,rumour"got about that they were forgeries. The officials _of the Otago Rugby Union say. that v thera is no truth in such an allegation and - that the cheapness was brought about by desperate last-minute efforts by ' speculators to get rid of their holdings at any price. There appears to be a doubt whether speculators were successful in their efforts, as many unoccupied seats were noticeable* in-th«. grandstand.
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Evening Post, Issue 29, 3 August 1936, Page 3
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183A RECORD CROWD Evening Post, Issue 29, 3 August 1936, Page 3
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