æt ðə jˌuːnɪvˈɜːsᵻɾi ʌv ˈædəlˌeɪd, hiː wʌzɐ pjˈuːpəl ʌv sˌɜː dˈʌɡləz mˈɔːsən hˌuː sˈɛd ðˈæt "spɹˈɪɡ wʌz hɪz bˈɛstˈɛvɚ stˈuːdənt".
At the University of Adelaide, he was a pupil of Sir Douglas Mawson who said that "Sprigg was his best-ever student".