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Hokitika Guardian, 2 August 1930, Page 4

The tour of the British football team is approaching its climax, the final test mat.li to he played at Wellington on Saturday next. Of the three matches played, New Zealand has won two. and Britain one. The remaining game is therefore important in deciding whether the All Blacks are to retain the supremacy, or if Britain can divide the honors by winning the match,, and bringing the score to : two games each. On the past play the games have been on the whole fairly even, but the advantage has been slightly to the New Zealand forces. The British team has been unfortunate in being without some of its star players at critical stages, and it is to be hoped when next the teams meet, great attention and the game will be absent. The next clash will attract great attentio nand the game will be followed by many outside Newtown Park, who through the agencies of wireless will be able (,0 listen-in to i the full story of tiie match. On the ! Other side of the World cricket is occupying public attention, and m a fortnight’s time tiie English and Australian teams will play the final test —which will be the conqueror of the tour. The game will deride the fate of the Ashes. The match will be played to finality, assuming that some--1 thing like reasonable weather prevails i at Home. is scheduled .for six playing days—from August 18th. to 22nd—a Saturday to the following Fnday. The prospects for Australia recovering the Ashes are promising. Australia was unlucky is not having the advantage already, but the persistent and consistent bad weather, was the adverse force. These two international sporting events are attracting wide public interest. Thanks again to broadcasting and the. enterprise of Australian interests, very full particulars of the progress of the cricket will be. given over the air. Those who listen' in on the night of playing days will be supplied with full details of the game at intervals, followed with a re-, sume of the day’s play before the | 1 broadcasting station closes down. With this aid to w.liet public interest, the | I people far and wide will become enI grossed in the tussle.. For the time 1 | being sport-mania will prevail. This | state of mind will be condemned bv . many, but it is not a disadvantage to have the public interested in good healthy clean sport. Both games are national in their respective countries, j and for that reason carry a vogue which engrosses public interest. They are trials of strength among people of ( our own kith and kin, and in both Rugby and cricket, the British race oc 7 eupies a pre-eminent place. The emulation of the sons as against the Motherland, is not without interest to all the Empire, but a far wider public will watch with interest the outcome of the two contests which will, be epic in character.