Once a Privy Counsellor at Lord’s*
Watched a bowler* throw balls like gourds
Convened judicial com.*
Summoned bowler to come
And sentenced him to eat bitter gourds.

Lord’s: The Mecca of cricket grounds in London
where the Marylebone Cricket Club has
its seat.
bowler: The player who lances the ball at the
batsman; yet during the act the elbow
must not be bent – at the risk of being
called by the Umpire a « no ball «, that is,
even if the ball hits the wickets and the
bails are dislodged, the batsman is not
given « out.».
*Judicial Com(mittee) of the Privy Council, the highest
Court of Appeal in England (and the former
British territories) until the Supreme
Court was set up in 2010 to hear some appeals.
The Privy Counsellor/Councillor
is a Member of the House of Lords and a judge.

© T. Wignesan – Paris, 2013

T (no first name) Wignesan

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