CRICKET
Mr. Werner took the boys again on Saturday morning. In the afternoon about 15 adults turned out for a useful practice. We expect the redoubtable Houhora men to be with us on the sth inst. ONE OF THE HAS BEENS.Reading the athletic column in the Referee last week, I came across the report .of the annual sports at Christ’s College, Canterbury, one of the best known secondary schools in the Dominion, and where they teach the lads to play the game in the truest sense of the word. In the report appears the following : Putting the eight, open (record 34ft. 4%in. W. C. H. Wigley, 1889; M. E. Lindsay. 1897)—C. S. Morris 1, R. O. Talbot 2, J. G. Reeves 3. Distance, 31ft. sin. The W. C. H. Wigley mentioned is (he well-known resident of this town. I would like to congratulate Mr. Wigley on his unique performance. I wonder how many athletic records have been held in the world since 1889 to the present day—very few. Mr. Wigley was also a Canterbury representative cricketer for many j years. He.must have very many pleasant I memories of what has been.
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Northland Age, Volume 19, Issue 31, 3 November 1921, Page 5
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