Publication: Melbourne Herald
Date: 13 March 1929
melbin march 13 deer sir now wot about the ossies aint i sed all along wot was goin to appin an aint it cum tru as a crikit exsperk i rekin i stand aloan but wile i was down there at the ground yesterdy i neerly forgot to behave like the perfeck test match abituey wot i ave lerned to becum besides me cushin an me lunch bag an me bottil i ave now lerned to take along a pare of oprey glasses an a bored look but i neerly forgot meself yesterdy an let a yell outer me wen bradman started nockin em about i think the bloke nex me mus- ter thort i ad the ikkups i think praps instid of givin me a tikit for the stand in fucher you mite git me a pass for the outer were i mite find more room fer self ixpreshun but i am ramlin on like this becos reely i got a confeshin to maik to you an i dunno ow to begin fack o the matter is i ad to (2) strings to me bo wen i cum down ere to report this test match for you an i been drorin dubble exes but that is neether ere nor there an not wurth dis- cussin but wot i do wish to announce is that i been actin ere as speshil comishner for the gunns gully crickit club an have been in constant comunicashun with ther secatry mr bil smith with a vew to gettin old of likely players for the club little did the orstralian batsmen think as thay went out to the wikits that the egil ey of a selector was watchin evry move but i never let it be nown for for feer it mite make them nervis owever i ave now maid up my mind an i can let the cat outer the bag * * * * las nite i wired bil smith ur- gint as follers ave found the rite man for our club good stile ard hitter but keeps em a bit to low for long grass an ferns will i ingage im ben bowyang an this mornin i receeved the follerin from bil ingage im can git im job on rode wurks comitey unanimous excep arry fungis oo is jelis can git im bord an login my place oo is e bil smith so it is now my pleesin jooty to announce that the gunns gully crickit club preemiers un- beeten for thre (3) seesins run- nin with my umpiring now offers a place in its teem to this yung bradman an we can give im a stidy job on the noo rode an good tuker at bils place it is a oner that praps e di- dent look for but the gunns gully selecters is very diffrunt frum yures down ere an alwiz beleves in ingagin yung blud before it gits ardnin of the artries of corse bradman will ave to larn a few noo rules before e plays in our teem sich as not out wencot off trees and thre (3) runs for ball lost in braken an cetra but thats eesy ime goin down agen brite an erly today to run me ey finly over this yung plaier an will then maik im a formil offer in my offishal capasity or i mite put it off for a day or to (2) so i can keep on drorin them dubble exes i ope to see sum good play today an more continyus as them englishmen mitent be so orful thursty hoppin you are the saim yures truly Ben Bowyang