TOUR OF DOMINION
"NEW ZEALANDERS SPORT MAD"
OFFICIAL'S COMPLAINT
United Press' Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. (Received July 31, 9.30 a.m.) SYDNEY, This Day. . Mr. P. Gupta, referring to the Indian hockey team's tour of New Zealand, said that the arrangements were disgusting.
"We played in rain, sleet, slush, and mud, and how we managed to win a match remains a mystery to me," he said. "We were once forced to travel a hundred miles in a motor-bus in extreme cold. The manner in which we were raced through the islands to play 29 matches did not allow us to see much of the beauties of the country, but what we did see impressed us greatly.
"People in New Zealand are sport mad. Although we got crowds of 20,000, I think 80 per- cent, were attracted by the fact that we were Indians."
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Evening Post, Issue 27, 31 July 1935, Page 9
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141TOUR OF DOMINION Evening Post, Issue 27, 31 July 1935, Page 9
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