... deficient in inches, but has remark able pluck. I am sure that his athletic training stood him in good stead in the recent battle of the Somme, and it is to be hoped that the famous Irish hockey exponent will soon recover convalescence, and once more be fit to ...

... stood second to none for several years in the hockey world. Lt. R. Gerard Garvin, who was killed a fortnight ago in the battle of the Somme, was the son of Mrs. J. L. Garvin and of the editor of The Observer. The young officer had acquired his father's taste ...