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!
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