18 MAY 1951, Page 18

Is Apartheid Cricket?

Sut.—Mr. E. N. Thomson's letter in your issue of May 4th shows a spirit of rather smug self-righteousness which is bound to wound our guests from the Union of South Africa. It is surely clear that there is a difference between entertaining a dozen West Indian cricketers for a few months and living permanently in a country where one is hope- lessly outnumbered by races still largely barbaric. Apartheid may or may not be the best solution, but one would like our guests to know that there are people in England who try to realise, as far as outsiders can, the appalling difficulty of the colour question in their country.—

Yours faithfully, J. W. HUDLESTON. Porch House. West Alvington, Kingsbridge.