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worthy of so long a journey, but it might easily be 
fitted in with a match or two elsewhere and certainly 
the team could indulge in other sport to their hearts’ 
content. A suggested programme might be : 
i st match v. Mombasa at Mombasa. 
2ud match v. The Gymkhana at Nairobi. 
3rd match v. Parklands at Nairobi. 
4 th match v. British East Africa at Nairobi. 
5 th match v. Nakuru at Nakuru. 
6M match v. Uganda at Entebbe. 
7th match v. British East Africa at Nairobi. 
The programme over, the tourists would be at 
liberty to put away the cricket bat and get out the rifle. 
At this game we could provide men who would teach 
them in return as much about this sport as they had 
taught us about cricket. 
I have little doubt that the trip would be most 
enjoyable ; one thing can be counted on, and this is a 
right good welcome ! 
Football , both with regard to the number of those 
who play the game and the spectators whom it attracts, 
easily holds pride of place. There are occasional 
games of Rugby, but the usual code in practice 
is Association. There are two competitions—the 
Dobbie Shield and the Girouard Cup. The former 
is a League competition, the holders of which, at the 
moment of writing, are the Parklands F.C. Former 
holders and competitors include Gymkhana, Cale¬ 
donians, the Town, Railway and Y.M.CA. The 
Girouard Cup is a knock-out competition for a cup 
presented by the late Governor. In this the 
competitors in the League Competition are strength¬ 
ened by the addition of out-country teams such as 
Londiani, Nakuru, Mombasa, etc. Both competitions 
