POWERFUL PHYSIQUE

Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 208, 3 August 1937, Page 8

POWERFUL PHYSIQUE

SPRINGBOKS IMPRESS. •f PRACTICE AT SHOWGROUNDS. Impressing the spectators as men of powerful physique and striking muscular development, the Springboks had an official practice at the Palmerston North Showgrounds this morning, when tliere was a large group of onlookers to see them go through their paces. Ten of the present team toured England in 1931, when the South Africans won all three Tests. Jerseys seen on the ground this morning included the maroon of Queensland, the green of South Africa, the deep black and white bars of Natal, the red-banded white of Transvaal, and the narrow red and blue stripes of Eastern Provinces. Backs and forwards practised separately, the former concentrating on passing rushes in which they converged on one another from a V-shaped formation. The forwards indulged in dribbling, line-out and scrum work, varied with bouts of short passing.

' Louis Baljrow, the Springboks’ fastcentre three-quarter, is nursing a stiff knee, and did not have a run. instead of returning to South Africa with the team, lie is going straight from New Zealand to Guy’s Hospital, London, to complete his medical studies. B. du Toit, one of the most impressive of the South Africans, and regarded as a Test certainty when he makes a full recovery, had his first run this morning since being injured in the first match of the tour at Sydney.

‘‘Fanie” Louw, another great forward, who is very stockily built, and H. H. Watt also had their first practice for some time since sustaining injuries. Both are playing to-morrow. G. H. Brand, the full-back, engaged in goal-kicking practice from ang.es, using his left foot each time. Turner, who is second full-back for the team, but also a very fast winger, had a short run with the backs.

Broodryk, who injured a shoulder at Newcastle, Australia, was out practising this morning Pierre du Plessis de Vilhors, regarded by sonic of his admirers as Leslie Howard’s double, was a slim figure in all white, and looked small compared with his big companions. VISIT TO SUPREME COURT.

Two members of the Springbok side, Messrs A. D. Lawton and P. J. Lyster, this morning paid a visit to the Court buildings, being conducted by Mr W. L. Fitzhorbert. There they watched, for a period, a case being heard by His 'Honour the Chief Justice, Sir Michael Myers, and jury of four and found considerable interest in the forms of legal documents employed in New Zealand for, as both are engaged in the law profession in South Africa, they could make comparisons with corresponding documents or procedure in their own country.