Teams on Tour.

It's touring season for New Zealand sportsmen and sportswomen again. This winter New Zealand representative teams in Rugby Union and Rugby League will visit Australia, while a Maori Rugby team is to travel to Samoa. In addition to these teams, New Zealand will send a womens's basketball team to Australia. This will be the first basketball team to represent New Zealand and it has been necessary to amend the rules so that the matches will be played under a uniform set of rules. Although basketball was invented by Dr. James Naismith in 1892—he is still living in America—many countries have adopted their own sets of rules until to-day the original game is not played. An effort is being made to standardise the rules in Australia and New Zealand so that a regular interchange of visits may take place.

So much for the international matches abroad; what of big sporting page 62 fixtures in New Zealand? In a few weeks a team of Indian hockey players will arrive to keep our men busy defending the goal while, a little later, a team of English women will arrive to test the calibre of our women hockey players. It's going to be another great sporting year for New Zealand spectators and players.

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