evidently intended to rally up his club in their fight for the premiership :-- Come all you football warriors
Of nineteen hundred and four,
And jump into your colors,
And take the field once more.
Come, line up near the goal post,
And number off from one,
And let us see who's missing
Since the football match was "lost." Now Clelland and Pat Finnigan
Were standing out they say,
And Bryant too, was missing,
And is long since he has played.
Brown, the "bonser" rover,
The biggest loss of all,
Is going back to West Australia,
Where he'll still be on the ball. These four our team will weaken,
And we'll miss them by and bye
When we've something tough to tackle,
And the ball is soaring high.
But let us look around and see
What sort of team is here ;
And if we'll stand a chance to win
The premiership this year. There's O'Brien and Dalton,
Both eager for the fray ;
The, Bradleys, too, are with us,
And are sturdy chaps they say.
And then we've Theo. Hellwege,
Tom Tice and Bert Young,
And another one or two besides
Whose names are in the "Times." Sam Clelland will be with us,
With Jack Finnigan and Wood so good,
And little Hugh M'Nicol
Should be in the team this year.
And don't forget Jack O'Brien, back,
Who ought to be some strength,
And Devanny at the goal posts,
Should be useful for his length. Phillips and M'Donald
Are coming on I hear
Also two more lads
The colts from Major's Line.
So with this combination
We should stand a decent show,
And we'll get a heap of courage
From the barrackers I know. With Jack Lally as our captain,
He will keep us all alive,
So now, my boys get ready
For nineteen hundred and five.
And if we are not premiers,
We'll give Heathcote a run,
So we'll set the ball a-rolling
If we only play for fun. CAPTAIN FAT. Notes From the NSW Newspaper The McIvor Times and Rodney Advertiser 22 Jun 1905 p. 3.