They may be blind, but that wouldn’t stop them from playing cricket, especially not after the excitement of Melbourne’s recent First Test match. Word got around quickly throughout Melbourne about these valiant cricketers. Distressed staff and family of these cricketers at the local ‘Asylum for the Blind’ beg for ‘inventive kindness’: a ball that wouldn’t become a weapon. The rattle of rocks help them hear the ball coming, but the blow to the face punishes the batsman with serious injury. Bannerman, Spofforth, Murdoch, Dave Gregory - these men all take their turns as their ‘Heroes’ at the crease. The imposing building of Ormond Hall's front yard serves well as field, some borrowed wickets, a donated bat and an improvised unorthodox cricket ball they’ve devised: a kerosene tin can beaten into a ball with rocks inside for sound.
These men have dreamed of watching a match at the nearby 'MCG', especially the famed recent two Test matches between the Combined Australia XI against England.
Melbournians love cricket and this year especially. It's Autumn 1877, alongside busy St Kilda Road in Melbourne, a group of men are playing a game of cricket.
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