The First Test

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1931

Date Released

6 Jun 1966

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Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 4

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: The First Test. DESCRIPTION: The first day of the first test at Old Trafford. Hunte and Sobers set about the English Bowling. SHOTLIST: Key Scene. GV England take the field at Old Trafford, Manchester. LS ditto. LS Hunte and McMorris walk out to open balling for West Indies. MS crowd. GV Jones bowls to Hunte. Umpire signals 4 runs. MS crowd. MLS Jones bowling to McMorris. MLS McMorris hits ball back towards bowler. GV Brown bowls to Hunte four runs scored. MS crowd. MLS Higgs bowls to Kanhai. MLS ball hits wickets Kanhai walks back towards pavilion. MS English players clap. CU scoreboard 42 for 2 wickets. GV Higgs bowls to Butcher, three runs. MS West Indian players watch from pavilion. MLS Brown to Hunte four runs, to score his fifty. MS crowd. MLS Titmus bowls to Nurse. MS West Indian players watch from pavilion. MLS Titmus to Nurse 1 run scored. MS crowd. MS Titmus to Hunte who scores four runs to make his 100. MLS crowd. GV scoreboard 205 for 3. GV Sobers walks out to bat. LS crowd. MLS Titmus bowls to Sobers four runs scored. MLS Higgs bowls to Hunte two runs. MLS Higgs to Sobers pan as fielder retrieves ball. GV scoreboard 300 for 5. MLS West Indians in crowd.

Keywords

Sport; Cricket

Locations

England; Old Trafford, Manchester

Card file number

91194

Credits:

Commentator: Leslie Mitchell
Camera: Michael Samuelson

Length of story (in feet)

236

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