SPRINGBOKS GO SOUTH

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 180, 17 August 1937, Page 7

SPRINGBOKS GO SOUTH

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. m » i^I i i G round Favourable for Game at Blenheim

(By Telegraph

BLENHEIM, This Oay. After a smooth night trip acco.3s Cook Strait, the Springboks disembtu ked at Picton this morning to cn-t'-u upon the South lslaud poition of tlieir tour, in oommencement of which they ineet a combined team drawn from the Marlborough, Nelson and Golden Bay-Motueka uuious at Bleuheim to-morrow afternoon. Glorious weather prevails in Marlborough and unless there is an unexpected break inthe present winter "drought" the Africans will have a ground just to their liking. Yesterday afternoon, when the combined team had a practice match against the second Marlborough fifteen at Lansdowne Park, the players raised clouds of dust, the surfaee being hard and dry. though the combined team won by 17 to 8 under only elight pressure. Prospects are for an easy Springbok win, especially with ground conditions so favourable. The visitors this morning^enjoyed a launch cruise of Queen" Charlotte Sound«. before motoring to Blenheim at mid-day. fi The teams aio as f ollow Springhoks: Backs, Turnei'j Lawton, Lochner, Bester, Lyster; Cr.aven uud Van do Vyver; forwards, Martin, Lotz, Jennings; Du Toit, Nol, Burgb, Bastai'd ; Watb. C'ouibined team: Baqks, Reid; Barton. Lunn, Jellyman; Brinsden, Kotua; Mellish. forwai'ds, Craig, Hoppolite, R, and M. Woolley, Soaue, Fleeb, Drummond and McDonald.