CRICKET.
LETTER FROM LORD HAWKE. (Br TELEGRAPH—PKES3 ASSOCIATION.) Chrlstchurch, September 3. At a meeting of the committee of the Canterbury Cricket Association held last night, the hon, secretary reported that hehad received tho following communication from Lord Hawke:— "I have pleasure in informing you that I lmvo engaged E. Humphreys, of Kent, for your association. He is one of tho most reliablo men in their eleven, and I have the very greatest confidence that ho will give you every satisfaction. A very good all-round man is what you want, and 1 really consider I liavo been lucky in getting him. Ho will sail witli Relf as soon as the season is ovor. I hope ho will bear out all I liavo said for him. With every good wish for tho success of cricket in Now Zealand, ■"Yours very truly, "HAWKE. "July 22, 1908." Satisfaction was expressed at tho choice, and the hon. secretary was instructed to communicate with Lord Hawko thanking him on behalf of the association.
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 293, 4 September 1908, Page 8
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