Cricket, Lovely Cricket
Thursday, 9th December 2010
Many thanks to Brother Bright for pointing me towards this completely charming British Council film about cricket. It's narrated by Ralph Richardson and John Arlott and features the 1948 Lords Test - Bradman's last appearance on the ground.
The thing that's striking is that while everything has changed, the essentials remain much the same. In that respect then, like monarchy, cricket is close to the epitome of a certain kind of English conservatism.
For more terrific films from the 1940s and 50s, digitised and made accessible in part thanks to Martin's New Deal of the Mind, pop over here.
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Fergus Pickering
December 10th, 2010 3:59am Report this commentThank you sir. I enjoyed that.
Sam Davidson
December 10th, 2010 12:15pm Report this commentCheers, that's made my day (and made up for my being in France during the Ashes).
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