The great detective investigates the disappearance of a key university rugby star on the eve of the Oxford vs Cambridge’s Varsity Match.

Starring Carleton Hobbs and Norman Shelley.

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's tale was first published in The Return of Sherlock Holmes in 1904.

Adapted by Michael Hardwick.

Sherlock Holmes …. Carleton Hobbs
Dr Watson …. Norman Shelley
Lord Mount-James …. Keith Williams
Cyril Overton …. Hervey Ashby
Dr Leslie Armstrong …. Eric Adnerson
The Lady Clerk …. Dorit Welles
The Hotel Porter …. Blaise Wyndham

Producer: Robin Midgley

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in August 1962. Show less