By JONATHON HOWARD
LOCAL cricket clubs and Noosa residents have joined in mourning the death of Australian Cricketer Phillip Hughes.
The 25-year-old lost his battle for life at St Vincent’s Hospital, on Thursday 28 November, in Sydney.
Hughes had been in intensive care since being hit at the base of the skull while batting for South Australia on day one of a Sheffield Shield match against his home state New South Wales, on Tuesday 26 November.
Messages of support for his family have since poured in from cricketers, sportspeople and members of the public from across Australia and around the world.
The Tewantin Noosa Cricket Club joined thousands of clubs and resident by placing a “baggy green“ hat on an upright cricket bat, as a show of respect and unity to Hughes’s legacy.
Tewantin Noosa Bowls Club member Garry Moss wrote a touching poem as a tribute to Hughes and his memory.
Tribute to Phillip Hughes
Phillip Joel Hughes, number 408 is your baggy green.
You handled the willow, as well as few we’ve seen.
Youngest every to get a double ton in your first test.
And you will be remembered as amongst the best.
‘63 not out’, now etched in time, you thrilled many a crowd.
You have done yourself, your family and your country proud.
You touched more lives than you probably know.
And you are now being honoured as the many tributes show.
Some comfort knowing you left this world doing what you love.
Now your guiding light shines brightly from the heavens above.
– by Gary Moss
