cartoonist, drew a rather crude lithograph, International Cricket Match/ 19th January 1883/ Australians 1st & 2nd Innings (ML V*CRI 3), showing a procession of doleful batters departing from broken stumps beside which a man stands holding the ball. Published by Andrew Sherar of Melbourne, it includes verse from London Punch :
“Ivo Bligh had a shy
At Australian Sticks
Scored like fun, gave them One
Of the neatest tricks
Hi Ivo! Ho Ivo!
Britons breathe once more
While they fill to your skill
And Leslie’s Sparkling score.
“Ivo Bligh England’s eye
Murdoch fairly wiped
Leslie’s “gross” retrieves our loss
How he must have swiped
Hi Ivo! Ho Ivo!
Stick to it! you will
Not for “crow” just to show
England’s in it still.”
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- Writers:
- Kerr, Joan
- Date written:
- 1996
- Last updated:
- 2007
