LEADING CRICKETER COMING TO N.Z.
^ Received Thursday, 7 p.m. 8YDNEV, Mav 2. [ The fornier intermitional cricLeter, I Rav Robinson, has accepted an appointment in Dunedin, New Zealand, becausc .a. house goes with the job. JJe will leavc feyd n ey ' a S soon as\$hi p p,i iig'my c yihpipd a tion permits. Robinson says 'HiaJ «fnce his discharge. from the AJ.F. in 1.043;- ln tried unsuccessfully to get a honie and was reduced to baching for the pas nine months. Now he and his wife aivi child will l>e reunited in New ZealanJ. Hailed by critics as the greatest natural cricketer since Victor Trumper. Robinson played against England in Brisbane in 1030. Last season lie scored more than 400 runs with Gordon, Syd ney's leading team, and topped tluclub's bowling aggregate with 3.'! wickets.
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Chronicle (Levin), 3 May 1946, Page 5
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