CRICKET
SHEFFIELD SHIELD MATCH.
HELD tfp BY RAIN.
(Received. 10 a.m.) BRISBANE, This Day.
Owing to heavy rain, no play was possible yesterday in the Sheffield Shield match between Victoria and Queensland, the former having scored 300 in first innings, thte latter responding wdth 384 for nine wickets. —A. and N.Z.
CONTEST ABANDONED,
(Received 2.30 p.m.) BRISBANE, This Day,
Continuance of rain this morning compelled abandonment of the Sheffield Shield game. Queensland thus won on the first innings.—Ai and N.Z.
AUSTRALIANS' TOUR.
A WAIfeATO MOVE,
HAMILTON, This Day.
The Waikato Cricket in order to provide a. strong opposition to the Australian cricketers when they visit Hamilton on March 7 and 8, has decided to invite T. C. Lowry, H. M. McOirr, F. T. Badcock (Wellington) and E. H. Bowley, J. Langridge and A, L. Player (Auckland) to combine with five Waikato representatives as a North Island side, owing to the weakness of a local team. —Press Assn.
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Northern Advocate, 8 February 1928, Page 5
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