NO HOPE FOR PAGE
THE EDINBURGH TEST
ALL BLACKS AT CENOTAPH
IMPRESSED BY SERVICE
United Pres» Association—B"j Electric Telegraph— Copyright. (Received November 12, 9.30 a.m.) LONDON,' November 11. There is no hope of Page playing for the New Zealand Rugby football team against Scotland as he is still suffering from his leg injury. • The team attended the Armistice Day service at the Cenotaph today. Some watched the ceremony from the windows of the Dominion Office, and others were perched on the foot-wide wall. All had a great view. After the ceremony the manager (Mr. V. R. Meredith) placed a wreath on the Cenotaph, _ The captain (J. E. Manchester) said: "It was the most impressive and most interesting service I have ever witnessed." During the two-minutes' silence two women immediately in front of the footballers burst into tears and collapsed. In the afternoon the team visited Lloyds Tower in London, The players are to go to Cambridge on Tuesday and regret that they will be unable to attend the fight at Wembley between Maurice Strickland (New Zealand) and Tommy Louehran (U.S.A.). Fifty specially printed Christmas cards have been given to each player to send to relatives and friends.
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Evening Post, Volume CXX, Issue 116, 12 November 1935, Page 11
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197NO HOPE FOR PAGE Evening Post, Volume CXX, Issue 116, 12 November 1935, Page 11
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