Down came the Rain!

[Tamrin]

There was an especially long drought in Central Australia. The tribal elders had tried all their most potent chants, dances and ceremonials, all to no avail. One of the elders observed that rain was never a problem in England, so why not send their cleverest doctor to London to learn their secret. Off he went to England, learned the secret and returned to the tribe. The doctor informed them that these crazy white men had a big paddock of grass enclosed by a white picket fence. In the middle were two lots of sticks driven into the ground. Two men, each with a club, stood next to these sticks and waited for a lot of other men to spread themselves all over the paddock. Then two more men, wearing black trousers, four sweaters and six hats, came out to keep a close watch on the men with the clubs. Then one man got a red rock and threw it at one of the fellers with a club and DOWN CAME THE RAIN!

BTW, in 1868 the first Australian cricket team to tour overseas was all Aboriginal!

[Tamrin]

Maybe that's why these blokes kept playing in the face of a bush fire
in 2002, at Abernethy, near Cessnock, here in the Hunter Valley



Photo by Darren Pateman

[Tamrin]

Cricket


You have two sides one out in the field and one in.

Each man that's in the side that goes in goes out and when he's out he come in and the next man goes in until he's out.

When they are all out the side that's out comes in and the side that's been in goes out and tries to get those coming in out.

When both sides have been in and out including not outs, that's the end of the game.

HOWZAT!

Source: MCC