TWELVE WINS AND ONE LOSS

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 204, 14 September 1937, Page 8

TWELVE WINS AND ONE LOSS

— f Springboks In Sight Of Tall Scoring Record RESULTS OF TOUR Wlien the Soutb .Africans step out at McLean Park, Napier, to-morrow afternoon "it will be for thcir fourteentb encounter of tbe tour of New Zealand. They bave lost only one'gamev the first Test against New Zedland at Wellington.^ Wben tbe 1921 Springboks toured tbe Dominion tbeir matcb witb tbe combined Hawke's Bay-Poverty Bay game was tbe sixteenth of tbe tour and at tbat sttage tbey bad lost two games' (Canterbury and tbe first Test at Dunedin) and drawn one (Taranaki). To date the Springgboks bave scored 326 points and bave bad 79 scored against tbem. Tbeir totjal of 326 bas beeu. exceeded only by tbe 1930 Britisbers and tbere is still a distinet possibility tbat before tbe tour closes tbey wil lbavo passed tbe 420 mark set by tbe Britishers as tbe bigliest aggregate of' points' scorcd by an overseas team in Nciv Zealand.' Tbe following are tbe results of tbe' tour to date-r v. Auckland Wofi 19 — 5 v. Waikato Won 6— -3' v, Taranaki ...... Won 17 — 3 . v. Manawatu Won 39—3 v. Wellington . Won 29 — 0 v. New Zealand (first test) at Wellington Lost 7 — 13 v. Marlborough and Nelson, at • Blenheim Won 22 — 0 v. Canterbury Won 23— 8 v. West Coiast and Buller Won 31—6 v. Soutb Canterbury .. ., Won 43 — 6 v. New Zealand (second" test), " at Christchurch ...... Won 13—6' v, Sontbland . . .®. Woh 30—1*7 v. Otago Won' 47 — 7.