PLAYERS SUSPENDED
BRISBANE, 25th January. Because they refused to express regret' for having disregarded the instructions of the selection committee in choosing a' team for the Sheffield match in Melbourne, five of the leading Queensland players have been suspended by the local Cricket Association. ■ \ The players arc: Goodwin, Amos, Thurlow, Gough, and Benstead. To the surprise of his colleagues, Osenham apoh> gised. While the Queensland Sheffield Shield team was on tour in December a meeting of 'players decided to. defy the Queensland Cricket Association, and appointed their own selectors. The players considered that the practice of the.Queensland selectors' in Brisbane- choosing tfie team for each match by telegraph was unsatisfactory, as the selectors must be out of. touch with the players. Last season the Queensland selectors in Brisbane insisted on choosing the team for each game by telegraph, a complete departure from the practice of other State teams. Leo O'Connor, who was then, captain, became involved, and dropped out of the game. '
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Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 21, 26 January 1931, Page 17
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