From Wikipedia
Stephen “Yabba” Harold Gascoigne (born March 19, 1878 in Redfern, Sydney- died January 8, 1942 in Lidcombe, Sydney) was an Australian sports fan, well known as a heckler at Sydney Cricket Ground cricket and rugby league games in the early part of the 20th century. Yabba was known for his knowledgeable witticisms shouted loudly from “The Hill”, a grassy general admissions area of the SCG.
“The Hill” area was replaced with seating in the early 1990’s. The new stand was then formally named Yabba’s Hill in honour of his colourful comments, several of which have passed into cricketing folklore.
Some of Yabba’s best remembered insults include:
“I wish you were a statue and I were a pigeon.”
Telling a fly-swatting English cricket captain, Douglas Jardine, to “Leave our flies alone. They’re the only friends you’ve got here.”.
“Send ‘im down a piano, see if ‘e can play that!”
“O for a strong arm and a walking stick!” (at bad bowling; leg spinner Arthur Mailey, a regular victim of this one, quotes it several times in his book 10 for 66 and All That)



