CRICKET.
H, TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSN., COPYRIGHT. ARMSTRONG AND GREGORY. 'Received This Day at 8.30 a.m.) LONDON, February 9. The “Manchester Guardian” in «a subleader headed “two great cricketers retire”, says we must all regret Gregory’s decision. He was a man with a fascinating personal style, in a game so rich in stylists, that we cannot afford to lose one. Perhaps Gregory will find that youth nips too keenly in the blood to admit of his premature retirement, but if circumstances don’t permit him to come back, let’s think of him as a cricketer who stood for happy eager youth, wonderfully alive in the sunshine.
Armstrong had seen his host days and could hope for no fresh conquests. He will be remembered for the flavour of his personality, quite as much as for his skill as a player and captain. His comfortable rotundity was immensely to the liking of the crowd, which, like Caesar prefers fat men to thin.
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Hokitika Guardian, 10 February 1922, Page 2
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158CRICKET. Hokitika Guardian, 10 February 1922, Page 2
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