Publication: Melbourne Herald
Date: 18 March 1929
melbin march 18 deer sir wel orstralia as wun the in- jurince test i ad ideers wen i cum down ere to report this match for you that if the ossies wun i was goin to be to ixited to old me pen an rite about it i oan i was ixited down there on saterdy wen that grate scorer mr bye got a forer an wun the match for us but today i ave ad a orful nock back i ave ad a shok to me sistem wot as robbed me of all the joy of the ossies victry orstralier as won all rite but wot is fur more importint gunns gully as lost for the fust time in thre (3) yeers my ole teem as been beet jist becos i wasent there um- pirin in my oan just and impar- shil manner no less than six (6) of our men was giv out lbw by a underand skoundril wot is trine to curry favor with the captin of the uther side so as to git a stiddy job with the council but wate til i git ome thers goin to be a protest an if i aint maid ed serang an sole arbitrater akount of me ixperk nolege gained at this ere test there is goin to be sumpthing doin up at the gully six out lbw its perpostris an yule agree with me that thers sumpthink crook wen i tell you that wun of them men as a woodin laig wot the bail appened to it ow can a man be out lbw wen the laig aint there but is berrid up in is back paddick for goin on seventeen yeer e tuk it ome from the orspitle an planted it there so as e cud say e was the onley man on erth wot looked after the flours on is own grave an then thay goes an gives im out lbw for a laig that as been ded for seventeen yeer jist wate til i git ome * * * * wel i aint in no mood to rite you a long letter i was ixited enuf on saterdy an i shud ave rit you then an sung me peens of joy on orstralias victry i ung about the ground for to (2) ours after the match to trine see mr bradman abowt jinin up with the gunns gully teem but i never seen im it was like lookin for a needil in a aystack owever i will rite im persnil today i am ketchin the trane for ome an i cant say ime sorry i taik this operchunity to wish you an yure reeders manny appy returns of the day as it is an oliday and o revor an i want to thank all them peepil wot as rit to me sayin nice things about my jurnalist- tick wurk it makes a man feel good to no is wurk is not in vane but wen i think of that gunns gully match i go all ot up the neck hoppin you are the saim yures truly Ben Bowyang