Rain Mars Manchester Test

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1258
Date Released
13 Jul 1953
Date submitted
9 Jul 1953
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Story

Story No. within this Issue
5 / 6
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Rain Mars Manchester Test (3rd Test). DESCRIPTION: Rain caused the start of the Third Test Match at Old Trafford to be late, it caused long delays during the match and several times sent the players scurrying back to the Pavilion. After a bad start in which England took three Australian wickets for 48, Harvey and Hole stayed put to pile up the runs. SHOTLIST: Cut story - KS. Crowds standing in rain. Shot of a rain cloud. Various shots of queues standing in rain. Inside ground, crowds. Selectors Brown, Yardley, Wyatt and Hutton inspecting wicket, cover still on. Hassett and Hutton in lounge suits inspect wicket. Hutton and Hassett toss up. Hassett wins. England take the field. Hassett and Morris come out to bat. MS Bedser bowling first ball. CU Bedser bowling. Morris bats. Bailey bowling. Hassett bats. Bailey bowls to Hassett. Hassett walk off with wicket broken. SCU Wardle bowls to Miller. Cloud shot. Team running off field. Bedser bowling to Miller, ball knocks bail off. Miller disgusted walks off. Scoreboard reads 3 for 48. SCU Hole bats. SCU Harvey bats.
Keywords
Sport; Weather; Cricket
Locations
Old Trafford, Manchester
Card file number
59379
Credits:
Camera
George Richardson
Camera
James Humphries
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Camera
Martin Gray
Length of story (in feet)
239
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Rain Mars Manchester Test', British Movietone News Issue No. 1258, 13 Jul 1953. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/18628 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)