29 JULY 1911, Page 17

TWENTY-TWO.

[TO THE EDITOR OE THE " SPECTATOR.1

SIR,—Mr. Godley's suggestion (Spectator, July 22nd) as to the Greek origin of the Slavonic use of 22 to express numbers is interesting but unconvincing. Surely an Hebraic is more probable than an Homeric origin. The number of an English cricket team has surely relation to the discipleship of Christianity-12 bar 1—the umpire, Judas. I write of course as an unsuccessful cricketer !—I am, Sir, &c., SENEX.