Historical footage: Impressions of some greats

[Starfighter]

'Hopper' Read, late career Maurice Tate, James Langridge, Tim Wall, Hans Ebeling, Stan Nichols

 

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Main feature of interest is that the bowler at the end in Jim Smith, a fast medium bowler who played a few tests for England and who scored the fastest (non-contrived) first class fifty, in just 11 minutes and possibly as few as 12 balls, against Gloucestershire at Bristol in 1938.

 

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Don Bradman scores his 34th 1st Class double century.

 

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The second test South Africa vs England 56/57 where SA were bowled out for 72 in the last innings.

 

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[NotMcKenzie]

First Ashes Test, Brisbane, 1928–29 (30 Nov.–5 Dec.)

Part of footage repeats, starts in full from 1.15

This was the first test played in Brisbane, on the Brisbane Exhibition Ground, won by England by a margin of a mere 675 runs.

The footage shows parts of the first two innings. Hendren top-scored for England with an innings of 169 at number six, followed by Larwood (70) and Chapman (50) as England rattled up 521 in 175.3 overs. Three bowlers bowled 40 or more overs each.

In reply, Australia were shot out for 9/122 all out, with Larwood taking 6/32 in 14.4 overs as England otherwise required only Tate and Hammond to bowl.

England then put on 8/342, and Australia—chasing the small target of 741—collapsed from 1/17 at the end of day 4 to 8/66 all out as as overnight rain affected the pitch, White taking 4/7 in 6.3 overs, and opener Woodfull top-scored with 30.


Of course, this is known for being Bradman's first test: he scored 18 batting at seven and 1 at six.


This test was also notable for being the last for prominent Australian all-rounders Jack Gregory and Charles Kelleway, both of whom are seen bowling during England's innings. Gregory broke down with a knee injury after England's first innings—being a fast bowler, bowling 41 overs (3/142) probably didn't help—ending his first-class career at 33. Kelleway, aged 42 years 7 months, went wicketless and was bowled by Larwood for 8 in Australia's first innings before going down ill and also being unable to take a further part in the match.

These absences meant that Grimmett (6/131 of 44.1 overs) and Ironmonger (2/85 off 50 overs) opened the bowling in England's second innings.

 

[Burgey]

Spinners opening the bowling. Terrible.

It’s like a SC test in 2018.

Meanwhile, Starfighter is playing the role of watson admirably in this thread, sans the latter’s rampant race baiting.

 

[fredfertang]

Gregory ****ed his knee when he fell on it trying to catch Larwood from his own bowling - much upset our Lol, to whom he'd been a hero

 

[Starfighter]

Gregory ****ed his knee when he fell on it trying to catch Larwood from his own bowling - much upset our Lol, to whom he'd been a hero

I remember a picture of that in David Frith's ​England versus Australia (1984 edition) that I read religiously in high school. I'll have to try pick up another copy some time, it had a lot of very good photographs or illustrations of pre-WWII matches in it.

 

[NotMcKenzie]

Newspaper reports indicate that he also did something to his knee after the spilt chance.

Dec 4, The Age:

In the Englishmen's first innings he bowled 41 overs, and late on Saturday he heard a click in his knee. It was thought at the time a cartilage in his knee had shifted. Soreness developed later.

Brisbane Telegraph:

Asked whether it was his well-remembered attempt to catch Larwoodcon Saturday that caused his kneectrouble, he replied, "Partly that, and I also gave it a twist later when I was bowling. In the excitement of the moment I did not notice it. It was only when I cooled down in the room later that I felt the pain."

(Although the veracity of any supposed statements from players at that time seems to be up for question)

The papers, in this case the Sydney Sun, carried what appears to be a photograph of the attempt:

Both Melbourne papers (Age/I] and Argus) carried the suitable headline, 'Australian Debacle'

 

[Starfighter]

I think it was a different picture, he was lying on the ground.

 

[Starfighter]

1:37 Wilfred Rhodes
3:15 Roy Kilner
3:27 George Macaulay
4:22 Abe Waddington (trust me)
I think the bowler at the end is just Macaulay again, but I'm not sure. It would be nice if it was Emmott Robinson though.

 

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Patsy Hendren batting against Surrey in 1933 - I think this was the match where he scored 55 and 111. Alf Gover puts in an appearance for the bowling side.

 

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The testimonial match for Alan Kippax

 

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A better hosted version of the Syd Barnes clip linked elsewhere in this thread.

 

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The fast bowler is Pat Crawford who played played four tests in 1956, one of the late-armed long dragging fast bowlers that dominated the final years of the back foot no-ball rule. He was used as a negative example by Don Bradman who noted that he conceded regular no balls because he 'takes no care of where he places his feet' while practicing and was shown in a picture to be nearly breaking the popping crease with his back foot.