DEATH OF CRICKETER.
THE OBERON TRAGEDY, LONDON MEMORIAL SERVICE. LONDOF! Deo. 30. Hundreds of people were unable to find seats at the memorial service at St. Michael's, Cornhill. to the noted cricketer, Mr. J. W. H. T. Douglas, and his father, who were drowned when the Finnish steamer Oberon was recently isunk in the Cattegat. Lord Harris, Sir Kynaston Studd, and other prominent cricketers and business men were present. The service order included the words: "Lovely and pleasant were they in their lives; in death they were not divided."
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20761, 2 January 1931, Page 9
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