1936 - 1937 Mission Diary

The official diary of the Gould mission to Lhasa sent by the British government. Read more about the mission diary.

November 19th, Thursday.

The team we beat two days ago challenged our officers to a match. With a team which included Norbhu, Rai Sahib Bo (the Sub-Assistant Surgeon) and four clerks, we beat them three-love. Gould played goal and sustained the Mission Marmots' record of having no goals scored against them.

Author: Frederick Spencer Chapman [see handwritten annotations in Diary by Hugh Richardson in MS. Or. Richardson 2, Bodleian Libary, Department of Oriental Collections, University of Oxford]

Page Reference: Pt IX p.2

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