Movietone’s News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Sport - 12,000 Miles Away

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Series Name: British Movietone News

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Issue No.

869A

Date Released

31 Jan 1946

Date submitted

25 Jan 1946

Date submitted

28 Jan 1946

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6 / 6

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Movietone’s News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Cricket in Australia. DESCRIPTION: CRICKET - At Sydney Cricket Ground an Australian Services team play New South Wales. SHOTLIST: KS Hassett leads team onto field. Miller bowls to Barnes, latter scores off same. Sismey catches Carroll out. Sismey fields another ball. Pepper bowls to Barnes. Barnes scores one to make a century. Crowds cheer, cut-in shot. Whittington and Carmody onto field to bat for Australian Services Team. O’Reilly bowls to Whittington. New fast bowler Lindwall bowling. Clean bowls Hassett. O’Reilly bowls to Keith Miller. Lindwall bowls fast ball to Williams who falls over and knocks off one of the bails. Cut-in crowd shot. Umpire replaces bail, Williams out according to the umpire.

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Commentator: Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

105

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