The Capetown Test

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1440
Date Released
7 Jan 1957
Date Other
Jan 1957
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 7
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: The Capetown Test. DESCRIPTION: On the beautiful Newlands Ground at Capetown, England reached a formidable 369, in the 2nd test. SHOTLIST: Peter May and McGlew toss the coin. May wins. Richardson and Trevor Bailey out onto the pitch. Crowds. People in a tree watching. Shots of the play. Crowd. Play. Crowd. Play. McLean runs after the ball. Crowd. Richardson LBW. Denis Compton onto the pitch. Crowd. Play. Crowd. Bailey caught. LS Table Mountain. Panning over cricket pitch.
Keywords
Sport; Cricket
Locations
Cape Town; South Africa
Card file number
69349
Credits:
Commentator
Geoffrey Sumner
Camera
Lomba
Length of story (in feet)
161
Story extras:
Film clip

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'The Capetown Test', British Movietone News Issue No. 1440, 7 Jan 1957. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/21408 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)