21 AUGUST 1964, page 15

Of Grievances

From BERTRAND DE JOUNENEL PARIS I N the language of bureaucracy, a Frenchman is un administre. The word, which came into use at the beginning of the last century, is not......

Death Of A Series . . . And That Is

more than one can say of the rest of the match, or indeed of the series. The rain that washed away the fifth day's cricket was in retrospect the right ending. When the......

Thoughts On Class

I can only think of one real plus to English cricket from this season. Boycott has made his place secure, and looks like holding it for a long time. Barber looked short of......

The Gentle Rain The Australian Innings Was In Its Own

way as efficient and as dull as in the Manchester Test. Long before stumps on Friday one could almost hear Simpson calculating his dreary sum: 'A lead of over one hundred and......

Ih Ms Letters Few Cheers For The Aa Viscount Brentlord

Upholding the Establishment Rev. 1. S. MacArthur, David Tribe. The Countess of Lauderdale, Col. R. J. A. Hornby, Rev. S. Tetley Anglo-Welsh Lament R. Gcrallt Jones It's Not Just......

A Spectator At The Oval

S a sucker for sentiment, a lover of cricket, .0b,a firm believer in happy endings, and as honorary organising secretary of the Frederick Sewards Trueman fan club, I was feeling......