Starfighter
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John Inverarity still hanging about being mediocre. At least he wised up and left WA.
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Historical footage: Impressions of some greats
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NotMcKenzie
International Debutant
1962–63 Ashes, 5th test, Sydney
Lot of similar footage of this series floating around, but this one contains several nice side-on studies of bowlers between 0.40 and 2.35; shown are Trueman, Statham (wide shot), Benaud, O'Neill, Davidson, McKenzie, Hawke, Simpson, Statham and Trueman again, Dexter and Titmus (Allen left out for some reason, and England bowled Barrington and Graveney (ahead of Illingworth, who only bowled 15 overs in the match) in the final innings).
Incidentally, Fred Titmus—who can be seen here almost but not quite flighting the ball—was fourth in England's batting averages for the series with 36.4.
Lot of similar footage of this series floating around, but this one contains several nice side-on studies of bowlers between 0.40 and 2.35; shown are Trueman, Statham (wide shot), Benaud, O'Neill, Davidson, McKenzie, Hawke, Simpson, Statham and Trueman again, Dexter and Titmus (Allen left out for some reason, and England bowled Barrington and Graveney (ahead of Illingworth, who only bowled 15 overs in the match) in the final innings).
Incidentally, Fred Titmus—who can be seen here almost but not quite flighting the ball—was fourth in England's batting averages for the series with 36.4.
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NotMcKenzie
International Debutant
If you want to see Bradman playing club cricket in 1946, British Movietone is happy to oblige
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NotMcKenzie
International Debutant
A short clip from Pathe, where from 8 seconds, we find that Alan Donald has precedent for his infamous running from his own countrymen.
Victor Ian
International Coach
Adults talk about the child within. You should be talking about the fetus within.
SillyCowCorner1
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How old is the child in you?
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Starfighter
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jimmy101
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Seems most of those little turds weren't paying close enough attention, otherwise we should have had a new generation of Huttons on the loose circa 1970 ;-)
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Bill Lawry such an under rated cricketer. Just a top class opener.
Starfighter
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Now here's an interesting one. A documentary (there's five parts in total) about a Lancashire League match in 1949, Rawtenstall vs Bacup. This part includes footage of the league professionals including players such as Weekes and Tribe. The actual match, shown in parts 4 and 5, was attended by about 10,000.
NotMcKenzie
International Debutant
Anyway...
I don't think this has been posted in this thread yet, although I posted it elsewhere.
This is a compilation of amateur movies shot during the tour of Australia and New Zealand by the M.C.C. in 1935/36.
Scorecards of Australian Portion/
Scorecard of New Zealand Portion/
The first bowler shown is WA's Ron Halcombe, a confirmed chucker (no-balled in 1930), who took 0/64 and 0/25 as his career was sliding to a halt.
The MCC bowler at 1:52 is Sandy Baxter, who took 1/77 (1st innings only) and who also appears again at 23:02 against a New Zealand XI at Auckland (from scorecards) where he took 4/86 and 1/9. His bowler action is quite remeniscent of Mike Proctor's.
The bowler in the Otago match at 16:10 is probably George Dickinson, who played two tests against England in 1929/30, and took 1/139 in this match as MCC compiled 550 to win by an innings and 115 runs. It is certainly one of the most remarkable bowling actions I have seen, slingy and very round-arm.
I don't think this has been posted in this thread yet, although I posted it elsewhere.
This is a compilation of amateur movies shot during the tour of Australia and New Zealand by the M.C.C. in 1935/36.
Scorecards of Australian Portion/
Scorecard of New Zealand Portion/
The first bowler shown is WA's Ron Halcombe, a confirmed chucker (no-balled in 1930), who took 0/64 and 0/25 as his career was sliding to a halt.
The MCC bowler at 1:52 is Sandy Baxter, who took 1/77 (1st innings only) and who also appears again at 23:02 against a New Zealand XI at Auckland (from scorecards) where he took 4/86 and 1/9. His bowler action is quite remeniscent of Mike Proctor's.
The bowler in the Otago match at 16:10 is probably George Dickinson, who played two tests against England in 1929/30, and took 1/139 in this match as MCC compiled 550 to win by an innings and 115 runs. It is certainly one of the most remarkable bowling actions I have seen, slingy and very round-arm.
fredfertang
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First decent look I've ever had at Joe Hardstaff - certainly wasn't disappointed
Starfighter
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NotMcKenzie
International Debutant
I like how they gloss over the riot in Calcutta. 'The third day's play started as if nothing had happened,' except for the fact that the roofs are now missing from all the stands and there's a pile of burnt chairs and other detritus lying in the background.
We have to be thrown on the tender mercies of Pathe's player for that.
Those stands were works of art.
We have to be thrown on the tender mercies of Pathe's player for that.
Those stands were works of art.
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Starfighter
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Yeah, it's only one shot, not entirely in frame, and not even in a match, but I thought some might be interested to see Tom Pritchard.
At 1:30
At 1:30