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REAL SPORTSMEN

Visiting Mummers Play Good Cricket (From "N.Z. Truth's" .Wellington Rep.) It is many years since such a strong combination of cricketers and mummers has toured New Zealand as the members of "The Girl Friend" company. THE team played twenty matches during the tour, winning ten and drawing two. Reg. Sharland, one of the popular principals, led the team m most of the matches, but his deputy, Harry Short, captained the side during the important Hodgson Cup games against the Wellington Press. Sharland, who is no mean actor, is a fine cricketer. He learnt his cricket m England and has played for Surrey gentlemen, Essex gentlemen, Essex colts and the Thespids. Sharland topped the batting with 360 runs and an average of 45, his top score being 45. Short totalled 470 runs for an average of 24.7 with 62 as his top score, the best of the others being J. Garrett 390 runs, top score S9, average 20.5 and T. Le Brun 342,. 64, 19.0. Roy Steyne, the genial stage-man-iager, topped the bowling average ■' with 14 wickets for 166 runs, but Le Brun was the backbone of the side with 4S wickets for 744 runs.' • Harry Short, 23 for 444, A. Haigh, 30 for 563 and L. Franklyn 23 for 499 were the best of the remainder. New Zealand pressmen look forward to the return of this strong side of real sportsmen.

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NZ Truth, Issue 1207, 17 January 1929, Page 12

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REAL SPORTSMEN NZ Truth, Issue 1207, 17 January 1929, Page 12

REAL SPORTSMEN NZ Truth, Issue 1207, 17 January 1929, Page 12

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