SPORTING PRIEST

Otago Daily Times, Issue 22710, 24 October 1935, Page 4

SPORTING PRIEST

CRICKET ON SUNDAYS AFTER HOLDING TWO SERVICES (From Our Own Correspondent) SYDNEY, October 16. Services at Dorrigo at 7 a.m., at TyrJngbam at 9 a.m., thea a 30-mile drive for a game of cricket at Megan—this is the routine which will be followed on occasions this summer by Father Bradley, a North Coast cricketer. Father Bradley, who will play for Dorrigo Club this season, asked a crowded congregation at Dorrigo Roman Catholic Church last Sunday to attend mass at: 7 a.m. on Sundays to allow those who wished to play cricket an opportunity to attend church before engaging in their sport. He prefers Saturday sport, but as most of the district cricketers work at the timber mills until noon on Saturdays they do not feel inclined to play that day. The result is that seven out of nine teams play on Sunday. Father Bradley says he knows the temperament of the average young Australian—if church Interferes with their sport they let church go. He has appealed to the young men to devote a little time on Sunday to spiritual affairs. If they do this, he says, they will find their physical activities more enjoyable. Father Bradley set a good example to his team mates in the first match this season played last week. He topped the score with 108 not out