Members of the New Zealand cricket team, who left Wellington for Britain on Saturday with leading administrators at Government House on Friday. In the front row: Messrs D. E. Wanklyn, chairman. N.Z. Cricket Council. W. M. Wallace (vice-captain). W. A. Hadlee (captain). His Escellency, the Governor-General, Sir Bernard Freyberg, Sir Arthur Donnelly, president of the N.Z. Cricket Council, and Mr. J. H. Phillips, manager of the team. The opinion that the team was undoubtdly the best team to be sent to go to England form this country was expressed by Sir Arthur Donnelly at a farewell gathering. Sir Arthur, who said this was the fourth New Zealand cricket team to go to England added that its batting was stronger thatn the batting of any New Zealand team he could remember. The bowling, Sir Arthur added was more speculative, but he though it was a good deal stronger than many people believed.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 22882, 28 February 1949, Page 6
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151Members of the New Zealand cricket team, who left Wellington for Britain on Saturday with leading administrators at Government House on Friday. In the front row: Messrs D. E. Wanklyn, chairman. N.Z. Cricket Council. W. M. Wallace (vice-captain). W. A. Hadlee (captain). His Escellency, the Governor-General, Sir Bernard Freyberg, Sir Arthur Donnelly, president of the N.Z. Cricket Council, and Mr. J. H. Phillips, manager of the team. The opinion that the team was undoubtdly the best team to be sent to go to England form this country was expressed by Sir Arthur Donnelly at a farewell gathering. Sir Arthur, who said this was the fourth New Zealand cricket team to go to England added that its batting was stronger thatn the batting of any New Zealand team he could remember. The bowling, Sir Arthur added was more speculative, but he though it was a good deal stronger than many people believed. Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 22882, 28 February 1949, Page 6
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