HOCKEY “ASHES”
That the cricket test matches between England and Australia are not the only sporting contests where the trophy played tor consists of “ashes’ was explained by the president of th' New Zealand Hockey Association (Mi H. S. J. Goodman) at a dinner tendered to members of the Australian and New Zealand teams at Dunedin after the test match. In this case, however.
the “ashes’’ 1 eally were ashes. Tim first hockey test between New Zealand and Australia was played at Palmerston North in 1922 Mr Goodman said, and after the match a dinner had been held. In those prosperous days hockey enthusiasts had been able to smoke cigars, so the ashes of those cigars were collected in a small container and had been retained ever since !>.v the captain of the team winning a test match. He displayed the ashes, and handed them over to the captain of the victorious New Zealand team (th IS S. Watts),
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXIV, Issue 232, 13 September 1934, Page 3
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