A dismal game
Sir: It is not surprising that an Australian, Michael Carlton, asks about Lady Hesketh, the new rugby columnist of your paper (Let- ters, 6 April), but his assumptions about her are wildly inaccurate. Her origins, like mine, are in Berwickshire and she is therefore no `English writer' but a Scottish borderer who knows that the game should be played as Michael Carlton stated, by running the ball and scoring tries. She doubtless deplored the dismal English approach to the game at Murrayfield last month but is too well-man- nered to comment adversely in case we Scots are accused of being bad losers. I have watched internationals at Murrayfield since 1948 and last month was the first time that I was driven through sheer boredom to read- ing my match programme during play.
Douglas Gourlay 137 Desswood Place, Aberdeen
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