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Fair Play is a Jewel

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As a jewel is an ornament of beauty and value, so fair play is an honourable thing and a “jewel in the crown” of the player.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Fair (Sloe)
Fair (Statute)
Fair City
Fair Game
Fair Maid (The)
Fair-star
Fair Trade
Fair Way
Fair and Square
Fair fall you
Fair Play is a Jewel
Fairies
Fairies
Fairing (A)
Fairlimb
Fairservice (Andrew)
Fairy
Fairy Darts
Fairy Hillocks
Fairy Ladies
Fairy Land