Good-Bye to London
CRICKETERS DEPART A SURPRISE FAREWELL By Cable. —Press Association.—Copyright Reed. 9.5 a.m. LONDON, Tuesday. The New Zealand cricketers had a surprise farewell, the Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress of London, Sir Rowland and Lady Blades, entertaining them at breakfast in the Mansion House. It was a lightning affair, the cricketers dashing from the West End j and hurrying back to pack. They I then entrained at Victoria Station. I Sir Rowland Blades, toasting the ! team, said that before it came, they ] i were inclined to appreciate New Zea- < I land football more than cricket. < “You treated us to a wonderful < j game at Lord’s. The spectators after that were on tenterhooks. You have shown us how to play for public interest, showing vigour and sportsmanship." Earl Jellicoe said: “Like every other Englishman I was impressed by the sportsmanlike cricket of the New Zea- £ landers. They went for the bowling ‘ throughout* full of grit and determina- T tion." Mr. Douglas Hay, manager of the r team, responding in the absence of T. c C. Lowry, captain, who was indisposed, 'l said they did not intend to lapse back £ to slow cricket when they returned. The Lord Mayor, Earl Jellicoe, Lord 0 Hawke and Lord Harris saw the team * away at Victoria Station.—A. and N.Z
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Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 155, 21 September 1927, Page 1
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