SPRINGBOKS’ TOUR
ARRIVAL AT BLENHEIM. GROUND VERY HARD. Ter Press Association. BLENHEIM, Aug. 17. After a smooth night trip across Cook Strait, tho Springboks disembark; id at Picton this morning to enter upon the South Island portion of their tour, in the commencement of which they will meet a combined team drawn from the Marlborough, Nelson, Golden Bay—Motueka Unions at Blenheim tomorrow afternoon. Glorious weather prevails in Marlborough and unless there is an unexpected break in the present winter “drought” the South Africans will have a ground just .to their liking. . Yesterday afternoon, when the combined team had a practice match against the second Marlborough XV at Lansdowne Park, the players raised clouds of dust, the surface being hard and dry. Though the combined won by 17 to 8 under only slight pressure, the prospects are for an easy Springbok win, especially with the ground conditions so favourable. The visitors this morning enjoyed a launch cruise in Queen Charlotte Sound before motoring to Blenheim at mid-day. The teams are:
Springboks: Turner, Lawton, Lochner, Bester, Lyster, Craven, Van de Vyver, Martin, Lotz, Jennings, Duioiti Nel, Bergh, Bastard. Watt. Combined team: Reid, Barton, Lunn, Jellyman, Brineden, Kotua, Mellish, Craig, Hoppolite, R. and M. Woolley, Soane, Fleet,' Drummond, McDonald.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 220, 17 August 1937, Page 7
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206SPRINGBOKS’ TOUR Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 220, 17 August 1937, Page 7
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