26 AUGUST 1922, Page 3

This is the true reason for games and for the

essential part they play in our national life. And yet the profound if well- intentioned folly of those who would deny them to 90 per cent. of our population by forbidding their play on the one day of leisure they have is still a matter of controversy. But, at any rate, the first victory has been won, and in London at least "Sunday afternoon has been unlocked." Of course, there is not enough room for everyone to play, and the great majority are still condemned to watch ; but even to watch other people playing is better than to watch other people watching you, which has hitherto been the only occupation allowed to the Englishman who was nob rich enough to be independent of convention on a Sunday.