CRICKET
MATCH WITH ARMY TEAM POSTPONED Match With Army Team. Lieutenant-Colonel 11. W. Foster, of the General Staff, Central Military District, wrote, stating that the O.C. hail approved the suggestion to hold a cricket match between an Army team and a Wellington eleven on Labour Day in principle, provided that any gate money collected by the association was devoted to the Patriotic Fund less, of course, any costs of transport for the, visiting Army team. "lam sending a copy of this letter to the Central Military District sports committee, Mobilization Camp, Trentham, for them'to ascertain if they have prospects of .fielding a suitable team, and will then put them into direct communication with you,” the letter concluded. . ’/y ’ ’ - The chairman, Mr. A. W. Duncan, said that if the match was to be played for patriotic purposes, they would have to give the public something • worth while, and it would be better to wait and see what strength the Trentham team would be. ■ '
It was decided to suggest to the Trentham Camp sports club that the match should be postponed from' Labour Day till later in the season.
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Camp News (Northern Command), Volume 1, Issue 25, 18 October 1940, Page 6
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187CRICKET Camp News (Northern Command), Volume 1, Issue 25, 18 October 1940, Page 6
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