1 FEBRUARY 1957, Page 15

REFEREEING RUGGER

SIR,—I read with delight the essay on 'Refereeing Rugger' by Oliver Edwards in The Spectator of January 18. It reminded me in its scope and thought- provoking power of Hazlitt's essay on boxing. Although I am related to the Percy Bush mentioned among the players of the past by your reviewer, my interest in and knowledge of rugby is very slight, yet I am exhilarated by this review which brings to a specialist art reflection and imaginative vision. It is proof again that nothing is alien to the philosophic mind and that its sparks fire whatever it touches on.—Yours faithfully,

DAPHNE FULLWOOD Lower St. Albans, Manse Road, Perth, Scotland