HOPELESS FIGHT
QUEENSLAND BATTING MELBOURNE, Tuesday In the Sheffield Shield match, in which Victoria made 793, ami Queensland IS9 in the first innings, the visitors followed on and when stumps were drawn had made 338 for seven wickets (O’Connor 66, Thompson 118, Gough 54 V The weather was fine and the wicket good. Black ie was unable to play om - ing to a strain in his sid*'. Queensland commenced their hopeless fight cautiously, the batsmen scoring very slowly. Thompson, with a tine stand, carefully carried the score along, playing confidently. After O’Connor was dismissed Thompson batted stubbornly in an endeavour to avert an innings defeat.—A. and N.Z.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 233, 21 December 1927, Page 9
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