Loss to Otago
Otago’s loss will be, in the famous phrase, Auckland’s gain when B. Sutcliffe, the brilliant left-handed batsman, finishes his course as a physical welfare and recreation officer in Dunedin just before Christmas. It is understood that he is to return to Auckland in preparation for a posting in. the new year, Sutcliffe’s magnificent form. in both Plunket Shield and test cricket last season was good enough to hearten even the pessimists, and the cool nonchalance with which h ehit the fast bowler, R. Pollard, for six to get his hundred in the M.C.C. match demonstrated unusual powers of self-confidence. His departure from Dunedin will be the second of-two serious losses for Otago cricket within a few months. W. A. Hadlee, the New Zealand captain, is to leave for Christchurch be- . fore the beginning of the season,
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Greymouth Evening Star, 27 September 1947, Page 5
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