Four of a Kind From Otago

NZ Truth, Issue 1105, 3 February 1927, Page 12

Four of a Kind From Otago

Old Otag.4;., never die; m fact, they take quite a while ..to fade away. This quartet of youths met .by chance, at Eden Park, Auckland whilst the historic scrap between Wellington and Auckland was being fought for possession of th© Plunket Shield. All four played for Otago against Warner's M.C.C. team m 1902 and are still going strong m the game. In the background is Dr. C. E. Howden who still finds time to make a lot of runs and snare a few wickets while practising surgery m the Franklin suburb of Auckland. To the reader's left is George Cumming, one of the selectors of the Auckland team which upset Wellington. In the centre of the front row-^is Frank Williams, who is one of the "Big Three" who will select the N.Z. team to go to England. ;

„ To the reader's right is the veteran, George Mills, who left Carisbrook, Dunedin, to' carry on the good work of providing decent wickets m Auckland (over a score of yedVs ago) and is now m charge of Eden Park. His son, young Jack, who was born at Carisbrook, is right m the front line for a trip Home as one of the most promising batsmen Auckland has produced for many yearns. When Otago came north for a great scrap with Auckland, following their first challenge m 1908,"foV the Plunket Shield, Dr. Howden and Frank Williams played for Otago under Gilley Wilson's banner, while George Cumming had -moved north to fight against his old mates and helped to save the Shield for Auckland m the only draw recorded m its history.