A SPORTING PARSON.
CRSCKET AND CHURCH. ATTENDANCE. A gcod story is told of r pportfng parson in Morrinsville. A keen cricket enthusiast, he takes his place regularly in the Morrinsville eleven, and last Saturday week he was within an ace of receiving .the double triumph', of compiling a half century and increasing his congregation the following clay by ten. Wickets were falling fast, and when the the parson fastened en his pads, to face the bowlers he was given the assurance by the other members of the team that if he made 50 runs they would all go to church, in the morning and put a shilling in the plate. It was thought by the players that the score would not exceed at the most about 20 runs. Settling down to the ..bowling, however, the parson smote hard and often. The score crept up to 40, and speculation became rife among the spectators. Most of the players were by now resigned to paying 'he penalty, but when 48 the parson made a nervous stroke, and was bowled! It is said that the team all went to church to the parson's delight.
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King Country Chronicle, Volume XXII, Issue 2517, 22 December 1927, Page 5
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191A SPORTING PARSON. King Country Chronicle, Volume XXII, Issue 2517, 22 December 1927, Page 5
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