reserved, dignified

Johnson was again praised by Wisden in its report on the 1948 tour. "Indebtedness for the smooth running of the tour and general harmony of the team was due largely to the manager, Mr Keith Johnson, hard-working and always genial," it said. "Paying tribute to the loyalty of the players, Mr Johnson said there had not been a discordant note in the party throughout the tour."[31] Flanagan labelled Johnson as "conscientious, reserved, dignified, extraordinarily industrious and scrupulously trustworthy".[38] He went on to say that "No organization, no body corporate, no individual could ever hope to have a more loyal, a more devoted, or a more conscientious officer...Although to the world in general all the praise and glory for the unequalled triumph the tour proved to be goes to Sir Donald Bradman, only those who travelled with the team will ever have a proper conception of the part played in that triumph by Keith Johnson."[39] Bradman said that Johnson "created friends and goodwill everywhere both for himself and the team, and no side could have wished for a better Manager".[38] On the journey back to Australia, the players presented Johnson with a silver Georgian salver, with their signatures engraved on the momento.[38]

In the light of subsequent events, Johnson's singling out of a meeting with the royal family as the highlight of the tour was perhaps significant. In a "farewell message" to England quoted in Wisden, he said that the "most lasting memory" would be the team's visit to Balmoral Castle.[31] Johnson said "We felt we were going into an Englishman's home and into his family heart".[31] "It was difficult to believe that we were being entertained by Royalty. My personal wish would be for everybody in the Empire to spend an hour or so with the King and Queen. It would do them a tremendous amount of good



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