ENGLISH CROQUET TEAM TO VISIT DOMINION

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 249, 11 January 1928, Page 7

ENGLISH CROQUET TEAM TO VISIT DOMINION

TWO GAMES IN AUCKLAND .English croquet team which has gently been touring Australia, will arChL. on January 24 by the to P la >' a series of matches in ‘ ew Zealand. teaul consists of Sir Francis m,, w ho is in charge of the team, Mr. Windsor Richards, P- Steele and Miss J. Itetallack. ll lnsr with the team are Mrs. and *8 Dupre and Mrs. Windsor Richards. m P rp hensi v e itinerary has been arJnrtAT* w hich will allow of sightseeing °PPortunity to indulge in other -if V®* s tJch as fishing. On the afternoon n , i " Uar y 24, should the vessel arrive * ilia ’ th *‘ visitors will be taken for ifvrL 6 a round tin city. The following ?lav*H >un an exhibition match will be at the Devonport Bowling Club J**- On the next morning games will <d against selected Auckland a,: Ote Mount Eden Club’s greens. **n* arty w *ll leave in the evening for v,|i|f £ni h. where they will play in a a?air! a ! llenf - On February 3 a test match ■W*i a North Island team will be PrrJSij’ aftfr which the tourists will On cl 5° Falmerston North. V * bruar .v 10 a test match will be .C® against a New Zealand team, ’till n? dinK to Christchurch, the party Man i ay a serie ® of games against South re P res «mtatives, returning then to i^„i: lnrton * where they will probably ema«y Mar ‘ h 14, for England, via bl h t on,y member of the party who p«-_'. lsit ed New Zealand before is Sir Wemyss. who was here two . ars a ? °. H e hopes to find time on his I S J *° trout-fishing in the South <er. /iv-ers, while several other memfitAn 01 the party are also keen fisher?h, K They all hope to he able to see . beauty spots of the Dominion, and c _ intended to arrange sight-seeing IW at each of the centres they visit.