FOOTBALL.

Hokitika Guardian, 28 June 1928, Page 1

FOOTBALL.

By Telegraph—Press Assn., Copyright. BUSH A . DANNEVIRKE. PAHLVTUA, June 27. In a return Rugby football game, Bush Districts beat Dannevirke by 3 to nil. Tlie only try was scored by Alay. The ground was heavy, the Bush forwards carrying the day. WANGANUI. COLLEGE V. TE ATJTE WANGANUI, June 27. In tho annual Rugby match to-day, Wanganui Collegiate School defeated Te Aute College by fourteen points to six.

VIEAYS OF AN EX-AFRICAN RESIDENT. “ALL BLACK CHANCES GOOD” That there "Is no need for pessimism regarding tho results of the All Blacks’ matches in South Africa and that New Zealand will win three out of the four Test -matches is the opinion of a Dunedin resident who lived for many years in Africa, and who played Rugby in the land of the Springboks.

The weather the New Zealanders would experience throughout the tomlie told a “Times’’ reporter would resemble a mild summer's day'in Dunedin. There would be no.wind and no rain for at this time of the year in South Africa six and sometimes eight weeks passed without even a shower. As a result the majority of the grounds would be hard but in some cases, where playing fields were irz-igated and well tended, conditions would be- quite equal to Carisbrook Cricket Ground at its beet. Hard grounds were ploughed before matches, and he had actually played in a. game in which water carts had been taken on to the ground during the interval. Players wore bandages round their knees and elbows for protection and the forwards used headgear. It was common practice for forwards to smear vaseline on their faces and ears to protect them in scrums from the dust and grit which clung to the players’ clothing. The New Zealanders would also have to wear bandages and headgear and to some of them they would feel strang.?. It was fortunate, however, he addei, that the Tests would he all played on good grounds.