CRICKET IN WARTIME
IMPORTANCE OF CLUBS AUCKLAND CHAIRMAN'S VIEWS "It may be that some hold the opinion that such institutions as ours should not function during the war, and that we should think of more serious matters, hut I heartily disagree with such a belief," said Mr. W. 11. Pee, chairman of the Auckland Cricket Association, at the annual meeting last night. "I believe our greatness as a people springs from our ability to carry on in the face of the greatest danger and the greatest anxiety," he continued. "Anything that can be done to keep up our spirits is invaluable, and while our spirits remain high we cannot be defeated. Let our spirit fail us, and all is lost. "In my opinion, therefore, there has never been a time when clubs of this kind were more necessary than at present," Mr. Fee concluded, "and it is our simple duty to those brave fellows who have gone and are going overseas to see that when they return they will find the very things they are fighting for still preserved."
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23772, 27 September 1940, Page 6
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