How M'Dougall Topped The Score
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Very good
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
A classic of Australian comic verse, How M'Dougall Topped the Score presents one of the most beloved and humorous tales in the nation's cricketing literary tradition. Written by Thomas E. Spencer, the poem chronicles the unlikely heroics of M'Dougall, a Scottish immigrant whose unconventional and chaotic intervention turns the tide of a crucial cricket match for his adopted Australian team. Spencer delivers the narrative with rollicking wit and a sharp ear for comic timing, capturing the larrikin spirit and multicultural texture of colonial Australian life. The verse crackles with energy and good-natured absurdity, making it a perennial favourite that has been recited and celebrated for generations. A gem of antipodean humour, it stands alongside the works of Henry Lawson and Banjo Paterson as a defining piece of Australian folk poetry.
Author: Thomas E. Spencer
Format: Hardback
Published: 1981, Currey O'Neil
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Very good
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
A classic of Australian comic verse, How M'Dougall Topped the Score presents one of the most beloved and humorous tales in the nation's cricketing literary tradition. Written by Thomas E. Spencer, the poem chronicles the unlikely heroics of M'Dougall, a Scottish immigrant whose unconventional and chaotic intervention turns the tide of a crucial cricket match for his adopted Australian team. Spencer delivers the narrative with rollicking wit and a sharp ear for comic timing, capturing the larrikin spirit and multicultural texture of colonial Australian life. The verse crackles with energy and good-natured absurdity, making it a perennial favourite that has been recited and celebrated for generations. A gem of antipodean humour, it stands alongside the works of Henry Lawson and Banjo Paterson as a defining piece of Australian folk poetry.