SUTCLIFFE’S APPOINTMENT
“SUKPBISES BUT THEILLS.” FOR THE GOOD OF THE GAME. Received November 3, 10.30 p.m. (Sun). LONDON, Nov. 3. Hobbs, congratulating Sutcliffe on his appointment as captain of the Yorkshire Club, says: “I wonder why Rhodes was not asked.” Rhodes was fifty years of age last week. “Possibly my old friend Jack Hobbs will laugh and say that I’ve gone back on my opinion regarding professional captains,” said Lord Hawke, immediately after Sutcliffe’s election, “but I was talking of captains of All England, not of Yorkshire, which is a different matter. I am loyal to my committee, and I don’t dare to pass a personal opinion on the selection of a professional captain.” The committee approached Sutcliffe before sailing for South Africa. It is understood that he agreed to accept if his name alone were submitted to the
The Daily News, in a leader says: “The appointment surprises but thrills cricket lovers throughout the country. It should finally demolish antiquated prejudice and be for the good of the game.’ ’
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 19989, 4 November 1927, Page 4
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