topics: |  travel | biography | india

A personal odysssey tracing the history of K.S. Ranjitsinhji,
cricketer for Sussex & MCC, d. 1933. blurbed as "a fictional biography"

he was playing the Australians. Two guys, an Englishman and an Aussie, were
watching from the pavilion, when Ranji hit a six. A huge, fucking, six.  The
Englishman turned to the Aussie and siad, '(here Jai affected the accent of a
typical toff) ' "a prince, you know." Then, the next ball, Ranji was
bowled. "Bloody nigger," said the Englishman.  p.16