Unsung Hero
With all the wins, Park would have rightly expected some adulation, some recognition that it was he who was now the best.
It did not come.
News of his victories was never deemed as newsworthy as a Morris or Robertson win. If the match, which was being covered daily in The Scotsman or Fifeshire Journal seemed to be going Park’s way, the final rounds were not covered in the press.
Park must have been frustrated at the consistent naming of Morris as the champion and he, forever the Musselburgh contender.
Sadly, Park never got a chance to play Robertson. News came in September 1859 that Robertson, at the age of just 43, had died of jaundice.
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