Publication: Melbourne Herald
Date: 09 March 1929
melbin fridy nite deer sir wel i ave saw a test i no yure reders will ixcuse me for not ritin more abowt it yestidy but i was orful ixited for the first half (½) our becos i was lookin forward to sumpthink reel thrillin it been me furst test but only for the furst arf our after that the more i looked forward the more i giv up ope of never seein nuthink after the first arf our wen me glad opes for sum innocent fun begun to drupe an dy i cud ave rit you ten (10) leedin artikles six (6) columns of gardnin notes an sevril luv letters an then ad time over to ponder on the mistrys of umin life an the swift an terribul energy of a gaim of drafts betwix bil smith an jim airey on bills back vranda on a hot sunday afternoon an long for ome an the wild gaety of the ec- tick bush wots rong with me as i aint unerstud wot crickit reely is up at gunns gully we got a ole fashioned ideer its a gaim Crickit aint a gaim its a solemn rite if they had a put them flags arf marst yestidy an sumone ad struck up the ded march in sorl i wud a stood up an bowed me ed reverint an sed a prare for the corps after this i aint blamin the barakers anny more for yellin and goin on Thay got to yell to keep one anuther awake wots the matter with me is i got the rong ideer of crickit al- together it aint the crickiters wot makes crickit its the crowd its wot thay calls mob sikology jist eemagin to yerself if you ad the melbin crickit groun all to yerself an was sittin ther aloan watchin jardeen maik ninteen (19) runs in a hundrd (100) an wun (1) minits wud you sooner go on sittin or go over to the botanik gardins and watch the tempetchus snales gallopin madly over the orticulcher ide git reel giddy lookin at snales after a our of mr jardeen shuvin a slab of timber in frunt of a lether stone mind you i aint sayin nuthink agen crickit or agen mr jardeen an is feller stachers the trubble is i got the rong ideer of crickit up in gunns gully we got to taik a rest cure AFTER a cricket match but the uther methid as its pints if you ad a late nite or sore feet owever i was orful glad to see obbs maik is underd an i found meself cheerin im with the rest that lad has the cut of a reel good bushman an ide like to see im swingin a ax anyways ime lernin an i picked up a fey pints yestidy from the uther fellers in the stand tomorrer ime going down with a book an a cushin an sumpthink in a bottl them blokes nos ow to injoy a reel crickit match an ime lernin i spose you seen the scores in the paper but if you dident it dont matter. i mite ave sumpthink ixitin to tell you tomorrer in the meantime i still remane opeful but orful sore hopin you are the saim Yures truly Ben Bowyang ps that scorers got a orful soft job aint e