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Patrick Eagar interviewed by David Rayvern Allen



Reference
MCC/AAL/3/12
Date:
2011-07-05
Level of description
item
Extent
1 CD: 62 minutes 25 seconds
Part of
David Rayvern Allen Audio Archive (MCC/AAL/3)
Scope and Content
1 CD, Patrick Eagar interviewed by David Rayvern Allen and Christopher Lane. The CD consists of 14 tracks.

Track 1: [0:00-1:10] Eagar talks about early experiences of cricket including playing cricket and the cricket career of his father, Desmond, [1:10-2:15] Eagar talks about his father's role as Secretary of Hampshire County Cricket Club, [2:15-4:51] Eagar talks about the history of cricket photography.

Track 2: [0:00-1:22] Eagar talks about pioneers of cricket photography, [1:22-5:58] Eagar talks about his early interest in photography and knowing when it would form the basis of his future career.

Track 3: [0:00-1:20] Eagar talks about leaving Cambridge University and working as a freelance photographer, and receiving encouragement from E W Swanton, [1:15-3:00] Eagar talks about working for the Cricketer, and a magazine called The Game, [3:00-4:24] Eagar talks about whether he made many mistakes in his career.

Track 4: [0:00-1:10] Eagar talks about his father allowing him to photograph Hampshire cricketers, [1:10-4:03] Eagar talks about being invited to take photography at Test Matches.

Track 5: [0:00-2:15] Eagar talks about the MCC's decision to let non-agency photographers into Lord's from 1972, [2:15-3:22] Eagar talks about the photographer Ken Kelly.

Track 6: [0:00-1:45] Eagar talks about the early days of photographing Test cricket, [1:45-3:05] Eagar talks about his annoyance with Dick Gaby and Gus Farley concerning his photography position for Test Matches, [3:05-5:42] Eagar talks about the routine of attending Test Matches during his early career and the procedures he adopted for photographing the day's play.

Track 7: [0:00-2:37] Eagar talks about his procedure for photographing Test Matches.

Track 8: [0:00-2:46] Eagar talks about the modern routine for photographing Test Matches at Lord's, and photographers arriving early to photograph Test Matches.

Track 9: [0:00-1:00] Eagar talks about Gary Sobers as being his favourite player to photograph, and taking photographs of Jeff Thomson, Dennis Lillee and Barry Richards, [1:10-1:45] Eagar talks about accidents including photographing portraits of the England team and later realising the film did not go through the camera, [1:45-2:20] Allen talks about whether there has been photographs of each type of dismissal, [2:20-4:41] Eagar talks about the future of cricket photography.

Track 10: [0:00-0:50] Eagar talks about his ambitions for the future including books, [0:50-3:40] Allen introduces Christopher Lane, who asks Eagar which grounds he went to most, Eagar talks about the rights issue and attending Old Trafford, Headingley and Trent Bridge to photograph county matches, and the MCC medallion system, attending John Player League matches, [3:40-4:42] Eager talks about a photograph he took of Alec Bedser with an apple on his head, whilst photographing John Arlott, and photographing the Centenary Test in Melbourne.

Track 11: [0:00-3:15] Eagar talks about relationships with cricketers and asking for their permission to photograph them, his own photography business, and arrangements between photograph agencies and newspapers.

Track 12: [0:00-4:09] Eagar talks about his memories of England tours including to the West Indies in 1973, and Australia in 1974-1975 part funded by The Sunday Times.

Track 13: [0:00-1:40] Eagar talks about his photographs being used in The Sunday Times from England's Australian tour of 1974-1975, and photographing cricket in minor cricketing nations, [1:40-3:41] Eagar talks about the impact of digital photography on his career.

Track 14: [0:00-2:10] Eagar talks about the impact of digital photography on his career, [2:10-5:10] Eagar talks about photographers he admires, and photographing around 325 Test Matches including more than half of the Tests ever played at Lord's, [5:10-6:42] Eagar talks about dating cricket history through photographs, [6:42-7:20] Eager talks about floodlights affecting photographs, [7:20-8:14] Eagar talks about security arrangements for photographers.

A back-up copy of this CD is included.
Associations
Patrick Eagar
David Rayvern Allen
Hampshire County Cricket Club
Cambridge University
Ken Kelly
Richard T Gaby
Sir Garfield St Aubrun Sobers
Dennis Keith Lillee
Jeffrey Robert Thomson
Barry Anderson Richards
Sir Alec Victor Bedser
Leslie Thomas John Arlott
John Player League
The Sunday Times
The Cricketer
Ernest William Swanton
Subject
photography, MCC in Australia 1974-1975, MCC in West Indies 1973-1974
Conditions governing access
Open
Language
English
Size
1 CD: 62 minutes 25 seconds
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