CRICKET CONGRATULATIONS.
843! Well done! Well played! Well hit!
It opens Mr. Punch's eyes a bit
To see our friends of the Antipodes
Pile up their hundreds with the utmost ease.
Bruce leads the way, and shows Blues—Dark and Light—
Left-handed men may play the game aright.
Then Bannerman, safe as a Gunn is he,
Exceeds the Century by thirty-three,
While five more than a hundred runs are due
To Trumble, whom his friends call simply "Hugh."
Well played, Australia! Banks may fail—they do,
And, truth to tell, you have lost one or two,
But this at any rate's a clear deduction—
Your Cricket Team can need no reconstruction!