NEW ZEALAND CRICKET.
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COMPLIMENT FROM STRONG.RUGS FOR THE TEAM.
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CHRISTCHURCH, Last Night. The New Zealand Cricket Co"*i cil entertained at luncheon tht Mr. bourne pricket team and the No: Zealand team to tour England. [ Responding to the toast of the j Melbourne Cricket Club, Mr WarI'wick Armstrong spoke of thc | strides New Zealand cricket had [ made. Some might sp®ak disparagj ingly of the Dominiorfs cricket, hui j the material was: here, he could ! honestly say he' "wfshed they hadi ! some of the promising New Zealand players m Australia for their future teams. He cpnsidered the team to be sent Home had been wisely selected, especially on /the score of the youth of the players. He hoped thc tour would discover some champions. When they returned they would do much for New Zealand cricket. The health of the New Zealand Team- was also toasied. Mr A. T„ Donnelly, on behalf of an anonymous donor, presented a Kaiapoi rug each to Messrs Trumble and Warwick Armstrong and announced that a rug for every member of the team would he sent tq, their hotel on March 8.
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North Otago Times, Volume CVII, Issue 17748, 18 March 1927, Page 4
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187NEW ZEALAND CRICKET. North Otago Times, Volume CVII, Issue 17748, 18 March 1927, Page 4
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