The original match in 1878 ended in a draw, with Gloucestershire needing 111 to win with five wickets in hand, Grace 58*.
The satirical magazine Punch printed the following poem following a particularly slow and boring innings by William Scotton.
The first six stanzas compare Mynn with his contemporaries and the poem closes with these lines: The Australian poet Les Murray wrote "The Aboriginal Cricketer": One of the most famous[9] pieces of nostalgic rose-tinted poems is "Vitaï Lampada" by Sir Henry Newbolt.
Egbert Moore, who sang under the pseudonym Lord Beginner, popularized the most famous of cricketing calypsos to celebrate the occasion.
[14] "The Victory Calypso" also immortalised the spin bowling pair of Sonny Ramadhin and Alf Valentine.
More shocks for Australia, the Melbourne disaster, As Favell got going, his wicket went tumbling, We got them out cheaply, and score second victory, Good captaincy from Len Hutton, but the honours must go to Typhoon Tyson.
Poem XVII reads: "Dreadlock Holiday" is probably the most well-known pop song to mention cricket.