11 JANUARY 1952, Page 18

South African Rugger

SIR,—I was interested in Mr. Mallalieu's account of a method of attack often practised by the South African Team, when Fry would kick the ball diagonally across the field and Marais was ready on the wing to catch it. It reminded me of a similar occurrence as far back as 1895, at Cambridge, when Mitchell kicked off diagonally and W. E. Tucker had posted himself on the wing to do the same thing as Marais. I cannot remember whether Tucker succeeded or whether the manoeuvre was often repeated, but he came, I believe, from South Africa, and so may have started that method of attack which has certainly succeeded in the case of this year's South African team.—Yours faithfully,