Is 5ft 9in Arthur Fery really diminutive? | Brief letters

Short shrift for stature comment | Fifa orange card | Basic decoding | Naming the PM | Memory test prep | Bayeux tapestryYou describe the 5ft 9in Arthur Fery as of diminutive stature (Report, 8 July). At 5ft 7in, Lionel Messi is even smaller than Fery, but I have never heard commentators describe him as diminutive. Closer to home, the previous Wimbledon winners Ken Rosewall and Rod Laver were of a similar height. Diminutive? You cannot be serious.Derek Carline (5ft 4in)Chorlton, Manchester After...