DEMON BOWLER'S SUIT.
■ The Australian bowler who was a. generation'ago, Mr. Frederick Robert Spofforth, sued Mr. Andrew Anderson-in the Chancery Division, London, for tho-re-turn of '.£2OO. ' ' The defence was Wiady to submit to such order as his lordship might make. Mr. Spofforth Tcsided at Ashley Cottage, Oatlands,Drive, Walton-on-Thames. The defendant had had a receiving order made against him, but there was ;no'adjudication.. Mr. Spofforth -shortly beforo April 14, 1910, at an interview with Anderson, agreed to, pay him ,£2OO and take a fifth share in an option for a rubber estate in tho Federated Malny States,.in-Aspect,of ;which the defendant had paid ,£1000: ■■ The ,£2OO was paid. -After two or threo months the cricketer was told by Anderson that tho vendors could dispose of the property to more advantage somewhero' else, and that they wero.willing to cancel, the • option and pay back tho >CIOOO. Ho heard subsequently that Anderson , did receive back tho .£IOOO, but ho objected to pay Mr. Spofforth his .£2OO on tho ground that thero .was no assignment to him. ; His lordship gavo judgment for-tho ieturn of tho JI2OO, as'uskcd for.
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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1653, 21 January 1913, Page 3
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183DEMON BOWLER'S SUIT. Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1653, 21 January 1913, Page 3
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