5 FEBRUARY 1921, Page 3

We regret to record the death of William Gunn, the

famous Nottinghamshire cricketer. For reasons of space we are seldom able to refer to famous players of games, but in our opinion Gunn was a public character of some importance. He was one of the very best examples of a remarkably good type—the type of professional orioketer. We cannot say how it has happened

• that the professional cricketer is such a good fellow and such a self-respecting man, while most people are unable to think in the same terms of the professional footballer. There is nothing in the two games which explains the difference. Probably the chief reason is that the professional footballer has allowed his allegiance to be bought and sold in a way which has been quite foreign to most professional cricketers.