1 AUGUST 1958, Page 27

Many years ago The Captain ran.a competition for the best

couplet incorporating names of fatuous cricketers. l'he winning entry was: Fry, Poore Young Mann, Wood Fane play.

But the Sharp Payne Burns Knight and Day. For the usual prize of six guineas competitors are invited to compose another such couplet using the names of well-known literary men or women, living or not long dead.

Entries, addressed 'Spectator Competition No. 442,' 99. Gower Street, London, WCI, by August 12. Results on August 22.