A sterling Eleven, second to few.
Whilst "odd men" Trumble and Burn and Boyle
"Stood out" of the first big match's toil,
'Gainst Grace and Stoddart, Newham and Read,
Sherwin and Shrewsbury, stout at need,
Lohmann and Humphreys, and Briggs and Peel,
And Attewell with the nerves of steel.
No need to tell how they met and fought,
And bowled, and batted, and stumped, and caught;
But Mr. Punch, who has seen all six