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Autographed photograph of the English batsmen, Jack Hobbs and Herbert Sutcliffe, Brisbane, 1928

from State Library of Queensland

• 4 older comments, and then…
• Mister C's photo gallery said:

  I hope that the State Library of Queensland has an autographed photo of Strauss and Cook walking out to bat at the Gabba too!

• Puneet Bhatia said:

  Both of them had pretty neat handwriting !!

• Mister C's photo gallery said:

  Everybody had neat handwriting then. Ball point pens hadn't been invented and fountain pens only worked properly if you wrote slowly. Handwriting practice was a key part of primary education in those days.

• State Library of Queensland said:

  [http://www.flickr.com/photos/51979177@N02] It's always interesting to look at sporting photos from the past and consider their achievements in light of the equipment that was used at the time. Glad you like this photo!

• Simon Miller said:

  Read more about this image on the John Oxley Library blog blogs.slq.qld.gov.au/jol/2013/07/18/england-v-australia-1...

Scoreboard from the First Test at the RNA Showgrounds, Brisbane, 1928

from State Library of Queensland

• Abdul Ghaffar said:

  Thanks for sharing the History.