17 SEPTEMBER 1988, Page 59

No. 1543: Getting it wrong

Did Marx, Freud, Mark Twain or de Gaulle ever watch a cricket match? If so, how would they have described and inter- preted it, assuming a command of English? A description of our national game, please (maximum 150 words), by a famous for- eigner who 'gets it wrong'. Entries to `Competition No. 1543' by 30 September.