Publication: Melbourne Herald
Date: 12 March 1929
melbin march 12 deer sir i no wots the matter with me now i aint got the test match tem- perment all thru the furst cupler days i been bored to teers with the slow skorin of the englishmen i been tellin meself that as soon as the ossies got in we was goin to see fire wurks i been tellin meself that these ere efeet inglish plairs altho thay is very nice fellers aint got the dash an viger an the staminer of our fellers so i rote to bil smith up at gunns gully and i sez jist you wate i sez jist you wate till our men gits to the wikits an then yule see sum reel crickit like you gits at gunns gully sumpthink with a bit of ackshin in it you wate wel the ossies is at the wikit all rite but i dunno i wated all day yestidy i ad a good seet an i wated an i went on watin but i never seen nuthink that gimme the urge to send up a grate shout to the igh valts of even i never seen nuthink that maid me want to tork abuv a wisper wich was praps jist as wel be- cos if i ad sed it abov a wisper the pleece mite ave erd me but mind you i aint sayin nuthink agen the ossies i aint no carpin critick mind you thay done wot they done be- cos it ad to be done i agree with all the uther ex- perks that while the inglishmen was orful dull an tame an deadly monotonus wen thay was skorin so slow the ossies was reely playin brillyunt crickit wen thay done sackly the saim thing you see it was the saim thing onley it was diffrunt it was altogether diffrunt an it was diffrunt becos in a manner of speekin— i mean if you look at it the rite way well wots the good of torkin you ask anny of the uther ex- perks an thay will tell you ask anny of the crowd wot was there an thay will tell you the ossies batted slow becos thay ad to bat slow agen sich bowlin an it aint a bit of use ar- guin becos i no an anny man wot sez diffrunt can cum an ave it out with me i dunno wot ime gittin all ot- ted up abowt but wen i ear a man wot dont no nuthink about the gaim sayin that the ossies is a lot slower than the inglishmen wy i— o well i dunno ave it yer oan way ave it anny way you like annyways ime goin down agen today to do a bit more watin but i find watin orful ard be- cos as i say i aint got the reel test match temperment a test match temperment is the saim temperment wot ole jim airey as got ten yeer ago e tuk out a in- shurince policy agen being struk by litening an e is still livin in opes torkin of opes wy dont sum wun tell yung jackson to put spikes in is boots fancy losin a match for the sake of a spike its enuf to make the ole crowd spikey hoppin you are the saim, yures truly Ben Bowyang