South African Broadcasting Corporation, 'Talking Cricket' Parts 1 and 2

Reference

AV/5/31

Date:

1970

Level of description

item

Extent

1 33 RPM Record: 2 sides, total time 29 minutes 1 second

Part of

Vinyl (AV/5)

Scope and Content

1 33 RPM Record, 'Talking Cricket' Parts 1 and 2, produced by the South African Broadcasting Corporation Overseas Transcription Service. The record was compiled and narrated by Martin Young. Part 1 is 14 minutes long and discusses great memories of matches at Lord's Cricket Ground; Part 2 is 15 minutes 1 second long and discusses great memories of matches at The Gabba, Brisbane.

Part 1: Martin Young introduces the record, D G Bradman talks about his memories of scoring 254 for Australia against England at Lord's in 1930 and regarding it as his finest innings, F E Woolley talks about making scores of 95 and 93 for England against Australia in 1921 against the bowling of J M Gregory and E A McDonald, Sir Neville Cardus talks about W R Hammond scoring 240 for England against Australia in 1938, J B Statham talks about his performance for England against South Africa in 1955 taking 7 wickets for 39 runs, D J McGlew talks about being dismissed for a pair in both innings by Statham during the England vs. South Africa Test match in 1955, X C Balaskas talks about his match figures of 9-103 which helped South Africa claim their first Test victory in England at Lord's in 1935, T E Bailey talks about his partnership with Willie Watson for England against Australia in 1953 which helped the hosts to a draw at Lord's, Syd Buller talks about umpiring in the England vs. West Indies Test match in 1963 when M C Cowdrey came out to bat wearing a sling during the final over.

Part 2: Young introduces the record, T G Evans talks about playing at Brisbane for England against Australia in 1946-1947 and the huge thunderstorm which disrupted the match and E R H Toshack bowling half-volleys during the match, Young talks about D G Bradman coming out of retirement to play in the same match, Leonard Hutton talks about the Australia vs. England Test match at Brisbane in 1954-1955 where Hutton had misread the conditions and put Australia into bat (they made 601 for 8 declared, winning by an innings and 154 runs), G S Sobers and Richie Benaud talk about their memories of the Tied Test in 1960-1961 between Australia and the West Indies with radio commentary of the end of the match from the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.

Associations

South African Broadcasting Corporation
Douglas Martin Young
Sir Donald George Bradman
Frank Edward Woolley
Jack Morrison Gregory
Edgar Arthur McDonald
Sir Neville Cardus
Walter Reginald Hammond
John Brian Statham
Derrick John McGlew
Xenophon Constantine Balaskas
Trevor Edward Bailey
Willie Watson
John Sydney Buller
Michael Colin Cowdrey
Thomas Godfrey Evans
Ernest Raymond Herbert Toshack
Sir Leonard Hutton
Richard Benaud
Sir Garfield St Aubrun Sobers
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Subject

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, Lord's, Australia in England 1921, Australia in England 1930, Australia in England 1938, South Africa in England 1955, South Africa in England 1935, Australia in England 1953, West Indies in England 1963, MCC in Australia 1946-1947, MCC in Australia 1954-1955, West Indies in Australia 1960-1961, tied matches

Institution name

Marylebone Cricket Club

Conditions governing access

Open

Language

English

Size

1 33 RPM Record: 2 sides, total time 29 minutes 1 second

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