SPORTS HIGHLIGHTS OF THE WEEK
At Spriggen’s Park on August 8, the Sprinkboks will play Wanganui-King Country, and listeners are reminded that the game will begin at 3.0 p.m.-not 2.30. The other Springbok match scheduled for the week is on August 11 (2.30 p.m.), when the touring team will play Taranaki at New Plymouth. Other important Rugby fixtures are-Coanterbury y. Otago ‘commentary from 4YA), and North Island Varsities v. South Island Varsities (2YA) on August 8; and on August 11, five matches with commentaries as follows: a Seddon Shield match at Nelson (2XN); Southland v. Canterbury (4YZ); South Canterbury vy. Mid-Canterbury (3XC); N.Z. University v. Wellington (2YA); and Waikato v, Bay of Plenty-Counties-Thames Valley (1YZ). ; SOCCER: The North gnd South Island Finals for the Chatham Cup will be played on Saturday, August 11. These will be covered by commentaries from 1YA and 4YA. CRICKET: During the week cricket summaries will be at the usual times, 7.18 a.m. and 8.10 a.m., when progress reports will be given of play against Glamorgan, Warwickshire, and Derbyshire. HOCKEY: At 6.50 p.m. on August 7, and August 9, and after the delayed Rugby broadcast on Saturday, August 11, results will be heard of the matches played by ihe touring New South Wales Men's Hockey team. Summaries of International Women’s Hockey will be at the usual times. HARRIERS: Harriers meet for the N.Z. Championships at Greenmeadows, Hawke's Bay on August 11. Results will be broadcast in the National Sports Summary at 7.20 p.m. RACING: The Grand National Hurdles, 6th race in the second day of the Canterbury Jockey Club’s meeting (August 7) will be rebroadcast by 1YA, 2YA, 3YZ and 4YZ. MOTOR CYCLING: A BBC eye-witness account of the Ulster Grand Prix will be broadcast in a. Main National Stations link at 12.33 on Sunday, August 12.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 35, Issue 887, 3 August 1956, Page 5
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