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Bård K
At 16:31 06.10.2002 +0200, Kristian Østberg wrote:
>Kjære O-ringere. Nå er jeg virkelig kommet ut og kjøre med en tekst som
>gir seg ut for å være sakprosa, men for meg står som pure fiction. I John
>Pilgers New Rulers of the World forekommer nedenstående. Jeg er så
>uvitende om cricket at jeg har problemer, ikke bare med å finne norske
>uttrykk, men også med å forstå teksten.
>
>Først to avsnitt i sin helhet:
>Eddie Gilbert is another forgotten name. In the 1930s, Eddie, a fast
>bowler, was given special permission to play outside the Queensland
>reserve, in a white team. He took five wickets for sixtyfive runs against
>the West Indies. In 1931, he faced Donald Bradman, the world’s greatest
>batsman, and bowled him for a duck. Bradman later wrote, ‘He sent down in
>that period the fastest «bowling» I can remember … one delivery knocked
>the bat out of my hand and I unhesitatingly class this short burst faster
>than anything seen from [Harold] Larwood or anyone else. Historian Thom
>Blake wrote that ‘the occasion demonstrated that the black could triumph
>over white. Living on the settlement, inmates were constantly reminded of
>their inferior status as blacks … Bradman’s dismissal gave inmates a
>sense of hope and pride [which] countered the usual stereotypes of
>Aborigines as lazy, useless primitives.’
>On November 11, 1936, the Secretary of the Queensland Cricket Association
>wrote to the Protector of Aborigines, ‘The matter of Eddie Gilbert has
>been fully discussed by my executive committee and it was decided, with
>your concurrence, to arrange for Gilbert to return to the settlement …
>With regard to the cricketing clothes bought for Gilbert, it is asked that
>arrangements be made for these to be laundered, and delivery of the
>laundered clothes to be made to this office.’ His cricketing whites were
>duly collected by the Fish Steam Laundry on November 16, 1936. Thus they
>solved the problem of a remarkable sportsman who dared to be too good for
>his own good.
>
>Så kommer godbitene, delvis med forslag til norsk:
>Eddie, a fast bowler
>Eddie, en rask kaster
>
>He took five wickets for sixtyfive runs against the West Indies
>Han tok fire gjerder i femogseksti omganger mot Vest-India
>
>In 1931, he faced Donald Bradman, the world’s greatest batsman, and bowled
>him for a duck.
>I 1931 sto han overfor Donald Bradman, verdens største slagmann, og kastet
>ham for null poeng.
>
>He sent down in that period the fastest «bowling» I can remember
>????
>
>one delivery knocked the bat out of my hand and I unhesitatingly class
>this short burst faster than anything seen
>
>Bradman’s dismissal gave inmates a sense of hope and pride
>????? (Jeg har sjekket Internett og Encyclopaedia Britannica, men denne
>avskjedigelsen/avvisningen finner jeg ikke noe om, kanskje like bra å
>overlate problemet til den norske leseren?)
>
>Kristian