Match Report: The Neville Cardus Way
Neville Cardus, often absent at the match, used to retrofit events based on the same entity he had proudly dismissed as an ass.
Edited By : Arunabha Sengupta |Jul 06, 2018, 10:02 AM IST
Published On Jul 06, 2018, 10:02 AM IST
Last UpdatedJul 06, 2018, 10:02 AM IST

Concept: Arunabha Sengupta. Artwork: Maha.
While matches went on at Old Trafford, Neville Cardus was often seen loitering on the streets of Manchester. Nevertheless, he seldom failed to write a detailed match report, often with the events retrofitted with surreptitious glances at the same scoreboard he had pompously branded an ass, garnished by his immensely fertile imagination.
Much of these figments of historical fiction is considered gospel today.
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