VISIT FROM AUSTRALIA
In supporting the proposal to' ask an Australian team to toiir the Dominion next season, the management committee of tho W.H.A. has urged that the side shall be up to representative standard. This is, after all, only a reasonable reauest in view of the mediocre showing made by some Australian teams in the pay,. Tho "gate" aspect ha 3 to. be considered, and no nssociation can be expected to find enthusiasm for a match which is bound to result in a loss. The experience of the New Zealand team which went to Australia last season indicates that the Australian hockey authorities should be able to get1 a good side together composed mainly of players from; the principal .centres. A strong touring team will bo welcomed by Dominion associations and should create a good deal 'of public interest in the game of hockey. :.. • ■ ~
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Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 31, 5 August 1933, Page 6
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145VISIT FROM AUSTRALIA Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 31, 5 August 1933, Page 6
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