EIGHT GAMES FOR THREE WINS

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

EIGHT GAMES FOR THREE WINS

Hawke's Bay's Record Against Overseas Teams MANY VISITORS MISSED Hawke's Bay, as a separate Eugby identity, bas played cigh't games' against : overseas teams to-New Zealand. Tbis province's record against 'visitors is not of 'tbe best wben- vieWed from tbe anglo of winsmnd losses, 'for -tbe bomo teams bave only enjoyed tbree wins/ and tbeso against teams lrom -Australia, but - tbe Bay bave always managed. to provido tbe ■ visitors witb' good' games, indeetl, in reeent years it- bas generally been found tbat tbe tourists bave fielded 'tbeir "Test" sides against Hawke's 'Bay. Quite a number of overseas teams, notably some of tbe earlier Australian sides, did not include a game /witb Hawke's Bay in tbeir itinerary, so tbat in some respeets tbis provinee bas not tbe same record of games against touring sides as bave otbers. However, in tbree otber matches against overseas tourists Hawke's Bay was combined witb neighbouring provinees, a^d- in botb instances tbe majority of tbe players in tbose. combined fifteens hailed from Hawke's Bay. Tbe l'ollowing is tbe complcte record of Hawke's Bay. games against yisiting teams from Great Britain and Australia; — . . 1886. v. New Soutb Wales. Won 14—6 18S8 v. Britishers .• Lost 2—3 T894 v. New Soutb Wales, .Won 17 — 12 i9p8 v Anglo-Welsh. . . . . . . Lost 3—25 1928 v. New .Soutb-. Wales, Lost 6 — 19 1930 v. Britishers ... .V ... Lost 3 — 14 1931 v. Australia* ......... Lost 11 — 27 1936 v. Australia Won 20 — 14 Summary — Played 9, . won 3, lost 6; pointg, scored for 84, against 13'4. In" addition; tbe game sin -wMcb Hawke's , Bay combined- witb otber "provinees were as follow — 1905— Hawke's Bay-Mianawatu-Busb v. Australia. Lost 5—7. , 1921 — Hawke's Bay v. Soutb Africa, Lostt 8 — 14. 1923 — Hawke's Bay-Poverty ' Bay, v. Now Soutb )1rales. Won 32. — 15. •