NOT A BEAUTY
SANDHAM'S OPINION OF
HIMSELF
Ac , 19th August. A. Sandham, the Surrey professional, writing to the "Daily Express" on the eve of his benefit match at the Oval. versus Yorkshire, tsaicl: "No, I have never won a beauty competition." He recalls that one of the most amusing incidents in his career was in Australia. The team was leaving the field when a voice asked Gilligan: "Send the ugly bloke round. We want to look at him." When the team reached the dressing-room his comrades" unanimously cried: "That's you, Sandy." After lunch the same voice called: "Thank you, Gilligan. He's uglier even than we thought."
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Evening Post, Volume CIV, Issue 46, 23 August 1927, Page 9
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106NOT A BEAUTY Evening Post, Volume CIV, Issue 46, 23 August 1927, Page 9
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