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WELCOME TO BIUTAIN. (United Press Association —By Electric Telegraph—Copyright! LONDON, April 30. That they will play a care-free hind of cricket and enjoy the game for the frame’s suite, not worrying shout the statistical results, is one ol the grounds for the ‘‘Morning Post’s” welcome to the New Zealand cricketers. The paper adds: “The tour will iit well into a season of domestic interest, in which we shall try to forget .the psychological perplexities of the contests for the Ashes, and lim.l an intellectual tonic in the doings of young players. Thev need not regard their chances as absolutely a forlorn hope, remembering the victory of the West Indies in their last' encounter against the triumphant Australian eleven. LONDON, April 30. “The Times” says: —There would have been little wonder if the New Zealand cricket tour had been abandoned in the face of the prone: upation at Home following n” Dw calamity. The team have come at ai considerble sacrifice, for which the ■ will ’oe assured of a welcome all the heartier, if such is possible.''
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Hokitika Guardian, 1 May 1931, Page 6
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