A Crowd watching cricket in England in which ‘Bradman was playing enjoyed a. joke Which the Rev. Canon Stephen Parr told to the 'Christchurch Rotary Club at "its luncheon yesterday. A high-pitchCd ball struck Bradman a foiVt, ' gi'vihg' him great pain. He danced about the crease, said Canon Parr, who ./was patching, and while the playersrSwere waiting for him to get better, ahs aeroplane flew overhead towing a lfirge cloth sign, “ —for sore feet,” it read.. “The crowd began to laugh, then the players saw it, and last of all. Bradman himself,” said Canon Parr.
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Hokitika Guardian, 15 February 1939, Page 6
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95Page 6 Advertisements Column 2 Hokitika Guardian, 15 February 1939, Page 6
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