Captain Courageous

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CRICKET lovely CRICKET a memory

april starts   clocks forward spring
practice in full swing
nets untangled from their poles
players to contact & enroll
gang mowers greased&oiled
kit-bag dis-embroiled
grass-stained pads   whitened bright
fixture list to expedite

fix sight-screen broken panels
coax another season from my flannels
spring-clean changing rooms dried with mud
re-lace boots& re-stud

wash& iron umpires coats
then score-box to creosote
tea-urns to scour     crockey to clean
a captain's tasks  routine   unseen

dreams of 50's   in the sun
games  won    by just one  run
cricketers'  good   indifferent   & unsung
this national game played just for fun

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