RECORD TEST CROWD.

Waikato Times, Volume 121, Issue 20274, 17 August 1937, Page 2

RECORD TEST CROWD.

GATE RECEIPTS TOTAL £BI3O. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) WELLINGTON. Monday. That the crowd for the First Test was the greatest ever seen at Athletic Park was borne out by the gate receipts. Mr J. N. Millard, chairmaQ of the management committee of the Wellington l nion, stated that the receipts totalled £>uo, compared with £7007 for the 'lest on the ground in 1930. The admission prices for the two matches were the same and the seating aeeono.dation within the enclosure was approximately the same but for a eorni ir son allowance must be made tor the fact that more higher priced tickets were sold for Saturday’s match than in 1930. The estimated attendance was about 45.000. RANKIN IN HOSPITAL. SUFFERING TONSI LITIS. WELLINGTON. Monday. •I. f». Rankin, tin* Canterbury for- ■ for New /•aland in the first test against the Springboks, because of a severe chill, but Who made the trip to Otaki and was in Wellington on Saturday, was admitted to the Lewisham ibwtpital during file week end. itunkin is suffering from toiisilitis. MORRISON AVAILABLE. TIMARU, Monday. A medical certificate that T. C. Morrison, the South Canterbury wingIhreequarter who was injured on the Saturday before the First Test, is now able to train and take part in fTrstclass football has been forwarded to the New Zealand Rugby Union by the South Canterbury Union. MITOHELL DOUBTFUL. INVERCARGILL, Monday. Whether the leg Injury of N. A. Mitchell will improve sufficiently to ejigble him to fake part In any further games this season Is still doubtful. SOUTHLAND BEATEN. RAN FURL Y SHIELD HOLDERS. *By - Pre-**» Association ) PALMERSTON NORTH. Monday. Playing in brilliant sunshine with virtually no wind. Munawafu to-day defeated the Southland Rugby tourists by 22 points to 20. in the first game of the tour played in the North Island, before » moderate attendance. Tile \ ivi 1 i.fs' f.'ani was much different from that which won tlie Rnnftirly Shield in lnirie«|in. there being eight •bsont* <s. Manawafu were also without Do* service* nf several regular men - • tablj If e %H Black forward. McKenzie. The score at ti.alf-ffme was 8-all. On resmnption Southland scored only one tr\ befo’-o the home side added ft points w thin 1 n minutes. Southland-- [*rospe,-ts looked hopeless, but th. v staged an effective comeback. , ui Black frit! as a forward, cave a brllTTant. d : s|da\ as iTve-eicldh. scoring 10 points .ii.l ’Tdror many attacks.