England Sobered in Defeat

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1940A
Date Released
11 Aug 1966
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 4
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: England Sobered in Defeat. DESCRIPTION: The fourth Test at Leeds - and victory for the West Indies by an innings and fifty five runs. Movietone presents highlights from the West Indies’ first innings - including the record Sobers - Nurse fifth wicket stand - and the dismal dismissal of England’s batsmen during their second innings. SHOTLIST: Key Scene. Zoom in on English team coming out to field. GV ground. GV Snow bowling to Hunts. MCU of crowd. GV Higgs bowls Lashley off stump. MLS scoreboard 37-1. MS Underwood bowling. MS Underwood bowls to Kanhai who is caught Graveney. MLS scoreboard 179-2. MCU Snow bowling. GV Snow has Hunter lbw. MS crowd. Higgs bowling. GV Higgs has Butcher caught behind by Parks. MS Higgs bowling. MS Higgs bowls to Nurse who turns it deep fine leg. MS of Sobers square cutting ball for a single. GV of crowd. MCU Sobers drives ball and takes two runs. MS crowd. MCU Sobers square cuts for a four. MCU umpire signals four. MLS scoreboard 40-1. MS Hall bowls to Barber who takes a single. GV of crowd. MS Gibbs bowls to Parks who hits a six. GV crowd. MCU Sobers bowls Graveney. MS scoreboard 132-5. MS Gibbs bowls to Parks. Zoom in Nurse who caught Parks. GV 133-6. Sobers to Milburn who square cuts for four. MS Gibbs bowls Milburn. MCU coloured woman with child. MLS Gibbs bowls Titmus. MS crowd. MS Gibbs bowling. MS Underwood caught Kanhai. MCU crowd applauding. MS Sobers bowls to Higgs who is caught Hunt. Players run off field as spectators rush onto pitch.
Keywords
Sport; Cricket
Locations
Leeds; England
Card file number
91429
Credits:
Commentator
George Elliot
Camera
Samuelson
Length of story (in feet)
293
Story extras:
Film clip

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'England Sobered in Defeat', British Movietone News Issue No. 1940A, 11 Aug 1966. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/26539 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)