THE CRICKET CONTROVERSY.
The spectacle of a Scots lawyer, one Douglas Hogg, alias Lord Hailsham, defending the notorio-us Aberdonian "body-liner," Douglas Jardine, is contributing to the mirth of at least one nation. But maybe it is just as well that the loudly and widely advertised English sense of humour is only a myth; indeed, were it not so, that nation, even now, might be in grave danger of laughing itself to death over the farcical situation reached in the Anglo-Australian cricket controversy. Both Lord Hailsham and Mr. Jardine are terVible examples of what English environment and associations can do to even the Scots; and, undoubtedly, the announcement of the M.CC. captain's nationality came as an unpleasant surprise to the vast majority of Scotsmen, who, strange as it may seem,"still passionately believe that only "'fair play is bonnie play." Whatever he may mean to England, very definitely Mr. Jardine will fill no niche in Scotland's hall of fame. K.M.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 188, 11 August 1933, Page 6
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