It’s Not Cricket
Series
- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 2 / 7
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: It’s Not Cricket. DESCRIPTION: Richard Hearne inspected the pitch, at Woolwich, before the big match: Lord’s Taverners V American Amateurs. . Transatlantic cricket has been played since 1889: on and off. The object of the match was to aid the National Playing Fields: and to have fun. But rain stopped the play. SHOTLIST: MS team walking out onto pitch. Richard Hearne inspects pitch. CU same swinging bat. MS same. Various shots of band playing. Shots of pay. MS of crowds in rain. LS same.
- Local distribution only
- Not shown in Scotland.
- Keywords
- Sport; Organisations; Music and dance; Entertainment and leisure; Weather; Fundraising; Performing arts
- Locations
- Woolwich; England
- Footage sources
- Movietone
- Card file number
- 74762
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Geoffrey Sumner
- Length of story (in feet)
- 71
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