If someone asked you to wax with them and you were already committed, you were obliged to declare, "Sorry I'm already waxing" so its seems that the "max wax" was 2. It was most commonly used in relation to kick to kick footy where waxing improved the overall possesions the waxing pair would gain. Contributor's comments: I remember it being used as a general term to mean sharing the spoils of a cooperative effort. It may have been imported by a public servant moving up from Melbourne. Contributor's comments: to share the bat alternatively, say after a given number of shots in a game of backyard cricket: "I'll wax you, 10." Contributor's comments: We used waxing in primary school in the ACT but it appears to have died out shortly after as younger friends of mine are not familiar with it. Contributor's comments: In Riverina would mean sharing the spoils eg if either of us wins we will split the prize. When I contributed the item about waxing with particular reference to kick to kick I forgot to mention that the words wax and waxing were commonly used in SW WA. Contributor's comments: Greetings from SW WA. Two people can wax at Monopoly just as easily as at cricket. To set it up one kid would say to the other "will you wax with me?" Contributor's comments: I always understood it more generally, to mean `to play (any game) together as a team'. Whoever got the ball would either kick it or give it to their mate to kick depending on whose turn it was.
Contributor's comments: I remember it being used to indicate two participants in kick to kick sharing and taking turns. I have used this term with other ex-Victorians living in the Top End (Darwin), to mean partnering in a sporting sense: Let's wax Jonno and Tez are waxing (batting) Also, whacks.
As kids, while playing backyard cricket, you waxed with your team member who was at the other wicket.
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