Monday, January 13, 2003
The Aboriginal Cricketer Comments
Rating: ★2.5
Mid-9th century
Good-looking young man
in your Crimean shirt
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Les Murray
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7/28/2025 1:33:57 AM # 1.0.0
I wonder if Les Murray is referring to the Aboriginal fast bowler, Eddie Gilbert, which would make 'mid-9th century a mistake Cricket was not even played in the ninth century, so that fatally weakens the poem.