“Private Robert Hunt Currie (Canterbury Battalion, killed in action) was well known on the West Coast as a cricketer. Against Lord Hawke'e team, which visited New Zealand in 1902-3 under the captaincy of P. F. Warner, Currie made 31 for Westland out of a total of 111. As 22 men batted for Westland, Currie's performance was very meritorious. In his book on that tour "Plum" Warner thus refers to Currie’s performance: "The wicket was a matting one, stretched on grass, but as the sides were not pinned down it was naturally loose, and helped the bowlers a good deal. R. Currie made 31, but a more peculiar batsman I have never seen, for he bent down so low on his bat that his head was almost on a level with the maker's name as he stood ready to receive the ball. In his own style he had a good defence, but he would empty an English ground in ten minutes. He ran very smartly between the wickets, and when his partner was playing the ball he toed the batting crease at the opposite wicket in a position which suggested that he was about to start for a hundred yards race.” Warner's description of Currie's crouching attitude was a little bit exagerated [sic] (says the Greymouth "Star"), but Currie certainly was an original batsman. Still, he was very successful as a Westland cricketer.” [Press, Volume LI, Issue 15296, 4 June 1915, Page 7]