He then won backing from CSA's general council for a policy of six players of colour in a 14-man squad - a requirement met in the selection of the squad for India.

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In February 1974, Denis Brennan in the Adjutant General's office said the way the Army recorded colour was "complex".

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With over 600 pages of good-quality paper, his is a massive three-decked battleship of a book, in general handsomely produced, but let down by some poorly designed colour plates, including a number of reversed images.

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