saying "Grind them into the ground". No other batsman exceeded 31 and the wickets were spread around as Queensland were finally dismissed on the third day, the first time the MCC dismissed a first class team on the tour. The superbly in form Boycott added 42 for the first wicket with Brian Luckhurst (22) and 180 for the second with John Edrich (120) before he "retired hurt" for 124 at 222/1 to allow other players to bat. Aware of his devotion to batting a journalist joked that Boycott had been hurt in a dressing-room scuffle when he was prevented from continuing his innings, which was met with angry denials from Clark and Illingworth when it was taken up by other papers. Edrich and Fletcher (77) took the score to 284/2 and Basil d'Oliveira (33) and Illingworth (40 not out) batted out the fourth day as the game ended in an inevitable draw. Queensland Country vs MCC The MCC not unexpectedly won another game against a Queensland Country XI in their last match before the First Test at Brisbane. The home team managed to add 58 for the first wicket, thanks to Alan Brown's 44, but they fell to Ray Illingworth's off-spin (4/30) and, more surprisingly, Colin Cowdrey's part-time leg-spin (3/18). Cowdrey opened the batting with John Hampshire, but the MCC collapsed to 68/3. Illingworth (52 not out) and Brian Luckhurst (37 not out) saw them to victory and continued batting in an unbeaten stand of 87. Western Australia vs MCC What spinners? Didn't know they had brought any with 'em. Underwood, Wilson and Illingworth can't turn the ball in normal English conditions, so what hope have they got out here? Taking wickets in Australia is hard work, I can't see these three having any success. Tony Lock After the First Test the MCC flew 2,247 miles (3,617 km) across the Australian continent to play Western Australia in Perth. Bob Willis joined the team after the injured Alan Ward had been sent home. Western Australia were captained by the tough former England spinner Tony Lock who had joined the state when he was dropped by Surrey and England in 1963 for his outspoken views. He won the toss and batted; Ken McAullay retired hurt at 30/0, but returned at the end of the day to take his score to 30. Most of the runs came from the Test batsmen John Inverarity