Movietone’s News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: MCC Versus Western Australia

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
907
Date Released
21 Oct 1946
Date submitted
18 Oct 1946
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
6 / 7
Section Title
Movietone’s News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: MCC Versus Western Australia. DESCRIPTION: The first of the MCC’s tour matches was against Western Australia. Thanks to Wally Hammond, who scored 208, they built a first innings lead of 477. SHOTLIST: KS GV of pitch. Aussies batting. P Smith bowling, Voce bowling followed by Wright bowling into camera. Pan of Edrich bowling. Aussies punishing our bowling. Hardstaff and Ikin coming out of pavilion. GV of both batting. MS Hardstaff batting. Ikin batting. Hammond batting, several shots. Hammond stands by wicket.
Keywords
Sport; Cricket
Locations
Perth; Western Australia
Footage sources
Australia
Card file number
47637
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
104
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Movietone’s News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: MCC Versus Western Australia', British Movietone News Issue No. 907, 21 Oct 1946. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/14110 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)