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About Yabba
- Stephen Harold Gascoigne, better known as Yabba, (19 March 1878 - 8 January 1942) was an Australian sports fan, remembered 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. In Yabba's era, cricket matches were watched like tennis matches, and spectators at the SCG were much quieter than today.
- This is the reason Yabba's comments were so clearly heard by players and other spectators. "The Hill" area was replaced with seating in the early 1990s.
- The new area was then formally named Yabba's Hill in honour of his colourful comments, several of which have passed into cricketing folklore.
- In 2007 the Doug Walters Stand and Yabba's Hill were demolished to make way for the new Victor Trumper Stand.
- On 7 December 2008 a bronze statue of Yabba, sculpted by Cathy Weiszmann, was unveiled at the Sydney Cricket Ground in The Hill area of the new stand.
- It depicts Yabba in a characteristic pose, one hand acting as a megaphone, in the act of delivering one of his famous interjections.
- Yabba was portrayed by Paul Chubb in the 1984 mini-series Bodyline.
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