CHIEF "ASHES" COLLECTOR

NZ Truth, Issue 1206, 10 January 1929, Page 6

CHIEF "ASHES" COLLECTOR

WHERE youth \s served with merit, youth will prevail, an axiom which is particularly applicable to A. P. F. Chapman, the captain of the English Eleven,' who is giving the Australians a lot to think about. Chapman first went to Australia with Gilligan's team m 1924-25,- and Australians learnt to like, a cheery soul who combined (exceptional cricketing qualities' with a forceful personality that gave him a major status m big cricket. ■ .. ' • . Cricket stands for what? is best m national life. . It represents the highest m ideals, the utmost m manhood. "That is cricket" or "That is not cricket" typify, "that is manly" or "that is not manly." That element is woven m the boyish personality that is Chapman. He is an emissary of British fair play. New Zealand has a special interest m A.P.F.C., for not many cricket pitches ago he was over here with young Tom Lowry, son of the "Squire of Okawa," when McLaren's squad "exchanged knocks with New Zealand elevens. Chapman, made a splendid catch. The squire's ; daughter and he made a match of it. She's a thoroughgoing sport, interested m everything which has the tang of sportsmanship about it.