The 2nd Test at Lord’s

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1047A
Date Released
30 Jun 1949
Date submitted
27 Jun 1949
Stories in this Issue:

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Story

Story No. within this Issue
6 / 6
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Test Match - Lord’s. DESCRIPTION: The Duke of Edinburgh meets the rival captains before the toss-up. England open the batting, reaching 313 for 9, Mann, not thinking, declared which is illegal on the first day of a three day Test Match. As New Zealand didn’t lose any wickets it was overlooked. SHOTLIST: KS. Queues outside Lord’s. Various shots of queues. Elevated GV crowds inside ground. Duke of Edinburgh meets the captains (Mann & Hadlee). LS play. Cowie bowls Robertson LBW. Various shots of types seated in paper hats etc. shading themselves from the sun. Cut-in Attlee & Bevin watching. Trevor Bailey batting. Denis Compton batting. Evans clean bowled. Gladwin skies ball, Hadlee drops same. LS of play. Martin Donelly (NZ), batting scored over a double century. Donelly acknowledge crowd.
Keywords
Royalty; Sport; Cricket
Locations
Lord’s Cricket Ground, London
Card file number
52178
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Camera
Martin Gray
Camera
Paul Wyand
Length of story (in feet)
165
Story extras:
Film clip

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'The 2nd Test at Lord’s', British Movietone News Issue No. 1047A, 30 Jun 1949. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/15810 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)