SPECTA I OR COMPETITION No. 126
Set by Limpet
The following advertisement appeared four years ago under the heading " Personal " in a country newspaper : " Cricket—Will the Boiler Engineer Gentleman who met an Assam Tea-Planter at the Gentlemen v. Players match at Lord's kindly communicate with Box . . ." Clearly the case of a casual meeting that had ripened rapidly under the sun at Lord's, and of visiting-cards exchanged and then mislaid. Assuming that this year the two men meet again, the usual prize is offered for a report (not more than 250 words) of the conversation that takes place, assuming that it embraces (gentlemanly) boiler-engineering, Assam tea-planting and cricket.
Entries must be addressed to the Spectator, 99 Gower Street, London, W.C.1, in envelopes marked " Competition," and must be received not later than July 23rd. Results will be published in the Spectator of August 1st.
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