Peter Kettle | 7:07am BST 03 October 2025
We not often publish poetry, although PK despatched us this reflection on two of cricket’s biggest icons, WG Grace and DG Bradman. We thought you would possibly get pleasure from one thing completely different.
DB moderately than Don Bradman,provides aptitude don’t you assume?
It differentiates this unconventional,artistic, excessive velocity scorer from themass of different excessive profile gamers.
One whom Marylebone Cricket Clubtwice provided its presidency.
“DB” rightly places him onan acknowledgement parwith that equally dominantfigure of his personal period , WG-
Dr William Gilbert Grace –the best affect onthe fashionable recreation’s emergence.
“The Don”- in distinction to “DB”-is restrained and reverential in type.He himself acquired sick within the headfrom such deferential therapy.
This new deal with I’m surehe’d heartily approve of – a time period of endearmentinto the discount.
It’d begin a common pattern –have MCC members, in each hemispheres,muttering “DB” between overs,and faculty kids by no means hearinganything else –“Bradman”, who’s he?
Even the pavilion tea girl gettingchummy with “DB”. Quickly feels she is aware of him intimately.
And, sure, DB-WG a rhyming couplet!
I foresee photographs of the pair side-by-sideon cereal packets and on aeroplane logos:– undoubtedly on Prime Ministers socks– even perhaps on rainbows
