AN OXFORD DUEL.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 20472, 28 July 1928, Page 14

AN OXFORD DUEL.

RAPIERS AND SILKEN HOSE. The fact came to light recently that a duel was fought at Oxford on May 18 between two undergraduates belonging to University College and Merton College. The “heroes” of the encounter were Mr Eyres-Monsell, son of the Chief Government Whip, and Mr Maurice Greene, editor of the Cherweli, one of the undergraduate weekly magazines. The affair arose from the fact that Mr Eyres-Monsell took offence at certain paragraphs of a humorous nature concerning himself which appeared in several issues of the Cherweli. He challenged the editor, who, having the choice of weapons, selected rapiers. Both the combatants were experienced fencers, and had practised at the Uhiversity Fencing Club. They wore eighteenth century knickerbockers and silken hose. Mr Eyres-Monsell received a slight wound in the shoulder, after which the seconds intervened and the fight was stopped. Medical attention was given by a German doctor. In interviews both the combatants declared that the duel was a serious affair and had not been regarded in any sense as a “rag.” “We both knew-enough about fencing to make it unlikely that either of us would be seriously injured,” added Mr Greene. The scene of the duel, which was fought at 3.30 p.m., was the Dead Man’s Walk, in Christ Church Mfeadow, outside the old city wall.