Harold Selwyn

Selwyn changed direction more readily than stance. A brief instruction sheet in his name contains a sketch of two feet and no reference to the hands. It was kept folded into the cover of a fixture book. His preferred answer to pressure was a change of angle rather than a long retreat. Spectators could miss the small adjustment that made a lead fall short. Selwyn’s corner was more attentive to it, and his training notes return to the same practical question of where the next step would leave him. His record is therefore also a study of small movements made at the right time.

Recorded style: Out-fighter.