Australians’ First Match

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1247A

Date Released

30 Apr 1953

Date submitted

Apr 1953

Date submitted

27 Apr 1953

Stories in this Issue:

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Story

Story No. within this Issue

6 / 7

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: The Duke at Australians First Match. East Molesey V Australians. DESCRIPTION: His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh was present at East Molesey to see the Australians play the local cricket team, which included some County players for the occasion. The tourists won the match and were presented to the Duke by Hassett. SHOTLIST: Cut story - KS. Australians take the field. Crowd shots. Groups of the two teams. Toss-up by captains, Hassett & McNeill. Australians take the field. Mix to still of cricket match to 1787. Lindwall bowls - 2 shots. Miller bowls. Tallon stumps McNeill. Duke of Edinburgh arrives, takes his seat. Bailey bowls to McDonald, two runs taken. Morris batting. Hassett batting. Harvey bowled by Tribe. Miller batting & pan to Tagg’s Island. Teams walk off. Australian team presented to Duke inside tea tent.

Keywords

Royalty; Sport

Footage sources

British Paramount
Pathe
Rota

Card file number

58946

Credits:

Commentator: Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

198

Story extras:

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