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England v Australia 1928 : test cricket comes to Queensland By JOL Admin | 18 July 2013 The year 1928 saw the culmination of a long campaign to bring test cricket to Queensland. The admission of Queensland to the Sheffield Shield competition in 1926 had opened the door. International cricket had been played in Queensland since 1883 when an English touring side visited the state and played a match against the Queensland team but efforts to bring test cricket to Brisbane for the England tour of 1907-08 were unsuccessful. The facilities at the Brisbane Cricket Ground were not up to scratch and Queensland cricket authorities returned to the Exhibition Ground which had not been used for first-class cricket for some years. This move proved successful and on 30th November 1928, the first test of the series against England began at the Brisbane Exhibition Ground. The Brisbane Courier eagerly anticipated the first test. Supporters of cricket in Queensland have had their way after a long uphill fight, and Brisbane is to have a Test match. Two main reasons used to be advanced against holding one of the Tests in this city. The first was that the status of Queensland itself as a cricketing State did not warrant any change. That reason has lost weight, since Queensland now competes for the Sheffield Shield, and is recognised as a State of great cricketing possibilities. The other reason was that the wicket in Brisbane was not good enough for Test cricket. That objection also has been removed, for during the last visit of an English team to this city it was amply demonstrated that the wicket at the Exhibition Grounds could compare very favorably with the wickets in the South. Once a distinguished English cricketer opposed the holding of a Test in Brisbane "because Brisbane was too hot." Such an objection is not seriously raised nowadays, and we doubt whether that particular player was in earnest. There remains then for the success of Brisbane's first Test match only liberal patronage on the part of the public. There were no Queensland players in the starting eleven for Australia although local allrounder Ron Oxenham was the 12th man and took a catch to dismiss Sutcliff in the second innings. The side also included Victorian slow bowler Bert Ironmonger who was born in Queensland. Three Queensland players were featured in the other matches of the series. Otto Nothing, a medium-pace bowling allrounder played in the second test in Sydney. Ron Oxenham played in the last three tests and was joined in the last test in Melbourne by slow bowler Percy Hornibrook. This was the first time two Queenslanders had been on the Australian test team and both contributed to Australia's only winning performance of the series. Source: www.slq.qld.gov.au/blog/england-v-australia-1928-test-cri...

See Phoenix Cricket Club - phoenixcricketclub.com/club-history/ ... "In the centre of the photograph of the Irish XI that played against Birkenhead Park in Phoenix in 1858 stands Charles Lawrence, with black coat and beard. Lawrence was a cricket entrepreneur who had played for Surrey and Middlesex, and was responsible for setting up an All Ireland XI in 1855. From 1851 he was employed as the club pro by Phoenix, where he organised visits to the Park by major English clubs. He was a round-arm fast bowler who often reverted to underarm lobs later in an innings. As a young boy his models and heroes in London were the legendary Alfred Mynn and Fuller Pilch. His first job as a cricket pro was in Scotland at the Perth club. In 1849 he took all ten wickets, including Mynn’s, for Scotland against the wandering professional All England XI. This team was organised by William Clarke, the founder of Nottinghamshire’s home, Trent Bridge, and who was a driving force for professional cricket. It was Clarke who recommended Lawrence for the job in Phoenix. ... " Wiki - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ireland_cricket_team#Early_history Charles Lawrence - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Lawrence_(cricketer) "After the 1861–62 tour, Lawrence settled in Australia and was appointed Australia's first professional cricket coach for the Albert Cricket Club in Redfern, Sydney, to raise the standard of cricket in the state. ... "

From the State Library of New South Wales catalogue blurb - "Nos. 6-7, 9 titled from : Christie's auction catalogue, 26 March 2002 Re photograph no. 6. The venue may be the Vice Regal Cricket Ground at Dublin established by Charles Lawrence for the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. The match could be The Gentlemen of Dublin v The Players of Dublin, 28 June 1855 - information supplied by Rex Harcourt, see ML 1063/74"

Same cricket ground (Phoenix Park) in Dublin ? - catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000566064

beachcomber australia Hello from Ireland! Thanks for pointing us to this wonderful photo.

The match v Birkenhead Park as reported in Dublin Evening Post on Thursday 1 July 1858

CRICKET. Birkenhead Park v. All Ireland. —The match between the Birkenhead Park Cricket Club and All Ireland was brought to a conclusion on Tuesday—the former winning an exciting match by 31 runs,. In the first innings of Birkenhead, Messrs. Horner, and Lockhart played remarkably well and on the part of Ireland Captain Coddington made some very fine leg hits. In the second innings of Birkenhead, Mr. Blackstock played the innings of the match ; he made one fine square leg hit out of the ground for six. Altogether, the batting was very steady, the total score being 116, or 133 for Ireland to get to win. The first two wickets fell for ten runs when Major Booth by and Doyle ran the score up to 67 before they were parted. Doyle played a very steady innings. Captain Coddington again made some very fine leg hits, and raised the hopes of Ireland, but it was not fated to be. There was a military band in attendance each day, and the match was honored by a visit from his Excellency, who seems to take great interest in the noble game. The following is the score Birkenhead Park—First innings 93; Second Innings,116. All Ireland— First Innings. 77 ; Second Innings, 101.

Wow, what a great pic!

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Test Cricket Photographs, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

Tom Garrett (front row) is the great grandfather of Midnight Oil singer and politician Peter Garrett.

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they dressed jackets with strips because they were prisoners ?