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PRESENTATION TO DEMPSTER. AUCKLAND. Feb. 24. A presentation of a bat in recognition ol bis splendid fielding in the fourth cricket test between ALC.C. and New Zealand was made at Eden Park to-day to C. S. Dempster (Wellington! . The bat was given by Major 0. A. Faulkner, D.iS.O., a famous South African all-rounder, who, with the object of drawing attention to the value and necessity of good fielding, desired that the bat should be presented to the best fieldsman in the test match against the At.O.C. at Auckland.
The presentation was made by Air F. Earl, president of tile Auckland Cricket- Association, who said Dempster’s fielding was one of the features of the test, probably the greatest match ever played in Auckland. Dempster will also be presented later with the ball (engraved) which was used while be made a century in the second test in Wellington.
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Hokitika Guardian, 26 February 1930, Page 3
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