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The
Mission Cricket Team
Started
around 1960 ish. Some of the players:
Rob
Taylor, Freddie Walker, Jim Sanderson, Laurie Yarnall, Eddie
Hearne, WIll Harrup, Frank Bedell, Fred. (Russ) Harrup,
Colin Wooster, Will Tams, Ray Crouch, Maurice Shenton, Mick
Potter, John Mills, David Morrison, Doug Mills, Ernie MOrrison,
Joe Green, Ted Harrup, Mick Coney, Doug Tams, Barry Milton,
Bill Clay (sen.), Nev Underwood, Geof Beeby, Freddie Coleman,
David Whitehead, Alan Moore, Pete Read, Les Beeby.
The
Cricket Match (slightly related...)
Our
life is like a cricket match
Our men are very keen,
The pitch may not be always smooth
The field not always green.
The
creases have been marked for us
We know just where to stand
We know just when to make a hit,
In this the spiritual land.
The
game began long, long ago,
In eighteen ninety seven,
With just a few men here, and there
Now, many times eleven.
Our
captain spins good faith about,
We must not let it fall,
But meet it firmly with the bat,
And hit it out to all.
We only
have one umpire!
We know it should be two,
But the bible stands united
The old testament and the new.
We can
appeal just when we like,
Whenever we're in doubt,
The umpires word is always right,
If we be in or out.
Onlookers
will you join our team,
We still want many more,
Sometimes the game is rather slow,
But you are bound to score.
The
scorers book is held by one,
Who knows our every aim,
Who knows the spirit of our team,
And how we play the game.
And
so until our game is closed,
Boundary, single or bye,
We'll wait to play the Greatest Game,
In greener fields on high.
'Tis
there we'll count our centuries
As we turn the pages o'er
Our deeds, our heartaches, and our tears,
By these we'll know the score.
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