Crombie, Charles Exeter Devereux

Golfers and cricketers take the wording of their rules to absurd lengths in the sporting cartoons of Charles Exeter Devereux...

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Golfers and cricketers take the wording of their rules to absurd lengths in the sporting cartoons of Charles Exeter Devereux Crombie, with golf and cricket series dated 1905–1906. Crombie turns technical instructions about hazards, boundaries, fielding and appeals into exaggerated situations, finding the joke in the gap between what a rule intends and what it literally says. His golfers struggle with awkward lies, caddies and obstructions, and his cricketers with umpires, wicketkeepers and disputed play, all in Edwardian dress and equipment. The connection with Perrier shows the cartoons also at work in commercial promotion.

Golfers and cricketers take the wording of their rules to absurd lengths in the sporting cartoons of Charles Exeter Devereux Crombie, with golf and cricket series dated 1905–1906. Crombie turns technical instructions about hazards, boundaries, fielding and appeals into exaggerated situations, finding the joke in the gap between what a rule intends and what it literally says. His golfers struggle with awkward lies, caddies and obstructions, and his cricketers with umpires, wicketkeepers and disputed play, all in Edwardian dress and equipment. The connection with Perrier shows the cartoons also at work in commercial promotion.

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