Historical footage: Impressions of some greats

[Midwinter]

Great find thanks

 

[fredfertang]

Larwood's action

 

[aussie]

I don't know - but sometimes when I see still photo's of Larwood, he & Steyn resembles a lot to me.

 

[fredfertang]

I don't know - but sometimes when I see still photo's of Larwood, he & Steyn resembles a lot to me.

hell of a height difference, but facially I can see what you mean

 

[Howe_zat]

Here is the definitive Bodyline video by Movietone.

It features Larwood's iconic run-up, Woodfull and Oldfield being hit, and Bradman giving a dolly to short-leg. There is also excellent footage of Gubby Allen's energetic action, and a great catch by Bill Voce at third slip to dismiss Grimmett.

Umpire conspicuously doing a job at 1:44 - not sure how he can watch for lbw shouts there, but i suppose the plan was just to give it not out regardless

 

[OverratedSanity]

Great video. Larwood looks brilliant.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Wish there was footage of Mccabe's bodyline century though

 

[fredfertang]

Wish there was footage of Mccabe's bodyline century though

There is. I'm sure we can rely on watson to find it

 

[aussie]

hell of a height difference, but facially I can see what you mean

Yea you right about the height, Larwood was about Waqar/Marshall height maybe?

 

[fredfertang]

Yea you right about the height, Larwood was about Waqar/Marshall height maybe?

he were a littl'un - about 5' 6"

 

[watson]

Wish there was footage of Mccabe's bodyline century though

Here is Movietone's account of the Sydney Test where McCabe scored 187 not out. Unfortunately the only action of McCabe is a pull and hook shot. Overall, it's not a bad video though.

 

[watson]

Since we're talking about the Sydney Bodyline Test I thought I'd show Jardine's post-match statement.

After Jardine finishes talking the camera man says "smile" - so Jardine does. Well kind of

 

[Midwinter]

This is fantastic to be able watch what i have only read about for all these years.

Jardine came across well even the smiling.

Was that the first filmed post game interview ?

 

[watson]

This is fantastic to be able watch what i have only read about for all these years.

Jardine came across well even the smiling.

Was that the first filmed post game interview ?

Haven't found any other interviews yet, but I stumbled across the following video where the Movietone commentator introduces each of the English players. Jardine's harlequin cap is the standout feature, although closely followed by Leyland's square-drive....

 

[Howe_zat]

I see the bollocks-laden 'confident but not underestimating the opposition' interview is older than we thought

Half expected Jardine to start talking about momentum and right areas

 

[G.I.Joe]

This thread is so fap worthy.

 

[harsh.ag]

Seriously great posts in the last 3 pages. Kudos to watson & co.

 

[Howe_zat]

Found a bit of the champion Windies team of the mid 60s, who I've had a bit of a liking for since they got forgotten about in Fire In Babylon

You can tell which is Wes Hall here because look at the bloody size of him - google suggests he's not actually colossal on numbers but he really sticks out here

 

[watson]

This one hour documentary made in the mid-80s features Dennis Amiss' double ton against the West Indies in 1976, Zaheer Abbas smashing 274 at Edgbaston, Viv Richards scoring 189 not out against England, and Bob Willis taking 8 for 43 at Headingley.

However, I liked the last 5 minutes the best as it features a montage of Alan Knott in action. His stumping off Norman Gifford, and his one handed catch in front of first slip to get rid of Rick McCosker were pretty special

 

[watson]

Garth McKenzie and Neil Hawke bowling to Geoff Boycott in his debut Test March at Trent Bridge, 1964.