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[Australia A N.Z. Cable Association. 1 KING CONGRATULATES HOBBS. LONDON, August 23. Ilobbs i.s giving bis record making bat to the “Daily News’’ hospitals wireless fund. The paper oilers the bat as a prize for the winner of a competition forecasting Hobbs’ runs, centuries and batting average at the end of the season. the competitors contributing a shilling each to the wireless fund. The King in a letter congratulated Hobbs on establishing a new record in the history of the national game. (Received this day at 9.30 a.m.) LONDON, August 22. The " Observer,” in an editorial says the most gratifying position in the season’s cricket- is that the younger players emerge to more prominent positions in the game. We ought to have a more effective means of verifying the coming men’s powers, Warner’s suggested North v. South match would, in part, make good the indifference to preparation and organisation lor tests by the responsible authorities, showing that Marylebone’s inertia in bringing its status into the critical question. It seems inviting the time when it will have to be transformed into a more constitutional kind of monarchy.
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Hokitika Guardian, 24 August 1925, Page 3
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187CRICKET. Hokitika Guardian, 24 August 1925, Page 3
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