About Me
Rupert McCall
Business OwnerBrisbane, Queensland, Australia
Rupert McCall is a highly respected and internationally renowned Australian poet with a strong passion for sport. Whether reciting a special tribute for an occasion or speaking at an event, few can capture the essence of the moment like Rupert. He has been honoured with addressing crowds from Anzac Cove at Gallipoli to Ground Zero for the New York Fire Department. He is the author of six anthologies of verse that have collectively sold over 120,000 copies. In 2013 as part of the Queen’s Birthday Honours List he received a Medal (OAM) of the Order of Australia for sevices to the community, particularly as a poet.
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Q: Backyard Cricket
When I sit and watch the cricket, there’s a place I often go
Through a window where I stare upon a yard that needs a mow
I am young again with brain cells that have not been faced with beer
Although those days have left me now, the memories are clear
Of a willow hurled in spirals to the calls of “hills or flats!”
By a kid who knows for certain – if he wins the toss, he bats
On a track where something well pitched up, could whistle past your scone
Where no man got out leg before, though ‘nick behind’ was gone
When I sit and watch the cricket, there’s a place I often go
Through a window where I stare upon a yard that needs a mow
I am young again with brain cells that have not been faced with beer
Although those days have left me now, the memories are clear
Of a willow hurled in spirals to the calls of “hills or flats!”
By a kid who knows for certain – if he wins the toss, he bats
On a track where something well pitched up, could whistle past your scone
Where no man got out leg before, though ‘nick behind’ was gone
https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/1022/rupert-mccall/blog/1125/backyard-cricket
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When I sit and watch the cricket, there’s a place I often goThrough a window where I stare upon a yard that needs a mowI am young again with brain cells that have not been faced wit ...