A CRICKETING GOVERNOR
Giimiltnncously with the landing of 1 our new Governor over here. Austin- j lianew Governor-General has reach- j cd the Commonwealth. One of the j first questions put by the sport-loving ; Australians to Lord Forster of Lep.‘ : was: AVliat do you think of the Eng- ' lish cricket team that is coming out \ for a tour of Australia! Now, why | should that question have been put to | the Governor-General 1 Admiral Jelli ! ebe wasn’t asked by the Wellington I pressmen to whom he readily accords 1 ' an interview what he thought of the | cricket team the M.C.C. had selectr! to come to New Zealand. Well, the j difference is that in England for a j number of seasons H. W. Forster (who ' is disguised under the title of Lord Fdrster of Lope) was well known and popular as a lirst-elass cricketer. He ■ was captain of the elevens at Eton and Oxford, and later captained the county j teams first of Kent and then of Hamp , shire. Subsequently he became ab- , sorbed in the political game, becom- j ing Unionist Whip and then Secretary to the War Office. He still watched cricket, but it was from the pavilion. ' not from the crease. Thus Australia, . in opening her 1920-dl season, gets her first cricketing Governor.
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Otaki Mail, Volume XXVIII, 1 October 1920, Page 4
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