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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2507, 7 July 1915, Page 7

i'vMr: :Thomas A. Murphy, tt wellknown'figuro' in cricketing circles, jlied 011 Friday at Christchurcn, : "Sun." He was \ a native-of County Watorford, Ireland, and camo to New Zealand in the early >.'sixties.' -J He .. joined the - Customs Department > in. . Auckland in ,1865, a position h<}'' held! till his retirenient "'eight years ago. TJntil ill-health compelled his retire- ; merit about two years ago, Mr. Jluiphy was prominent . 011, the crickct field, and his burly figuro will be missed by a largo number of enthusiasts. Ho was" a member of the Lancaster Park team, winners of the President's Cup for the V season 1899-1900, and, also,; 1901-1902; and till recently was an active member of the Veterans' Gliib. Deceased was T also a prominent member of tho Masonic brotherhood.' having been; past master of various lodges throughout the Do-• ft minion. Mr.-Murphy was in his 74ti,••••■. year. ' Among the regimental trophies of tlio Lancashire Fusiliers is a, "Life of Marlbcrongh," presented to,the regiment- by Napoleon wheil they were guarding him in St. Helena. _ , . The Haymarket Theatre, London, in which have appeared mo6t of the great British actors and actresses, has exi^sUu>wi«'nc^mtl<i£J .