One more cricketing anecdote about GSL, that I called "Gruncle", since at a young age I confused Grands and Uncles. He told me once that his then new bride offered to press his cricketing whites before an important game. She was not used to ironing, but knew that pyjama trousers for some reason had their creases at the sides, rather than front and back. The recent marriage trembled when he led his team out looking like Charlie Chaplin.
Gruncle was also a scratch golfer, and I have his copy of Harry Vardon's book "the complete golfer", with his diminishing best scores written in pencil on an inside page.
Peter Cotton July 18,2010
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