South African Broadcasting Corporation, 'Talking Cricket' Parts 5 and 6

Reference

AV/5/32

Date:

1970

Level of description

item

Extent

1 33 RPM Record: 2 sides, total time 29 minutes 4 seconds

Part of

Vinyl (AV/5)

Scope and Content

1 33 RPM Record, 'Talking Cricket' Parts 5 and 6, produced by the South African Broadcasting Corporation Overseas Transcription Service. The record was compiled and narrated by Martin Young. Part 5 is 14 minutes 34 seconds long and discusses great memories of matches at Sydney Cricket Ground; Part 6 is 14 minutes 30 seconds long and discusses great memories of matches at Kennington Oval, London.

Part 5: Young introduces the record, and then introduces J C Laker who talks about making his Test debut for England against Australia at Sydney (though according to research Laker did not play at Sydney Cricket Ground until 1959, his penultimate Test match), R N Harvey talks about enjoying playing at the ground and Young discusses Harvey's best innings at Sydney including 190 against South Africa in 1952-1953 and 92 not out against England in 1954-1955 (the Second Test), J B Statham talks about Harvey's innings against England in 1954-1955 and England winning the match, Len Hutton talks about not selecting A V Bedser for the match, Bill Voce talks about the batting of S J McCabe for Australia against England in 1932-1933 which Voce thought was the finest innings he had seen, G O B Allen talks about whether England would have had greater success by not bowling Bodyline during the 1932-1933 tour of Australia, C V Grimmett talks about his first Test wicket for Australia against England at Sydney in 1924-1925 taking his first wicket which was F E Woolley and taking 11-82 in the match, Young talks about The Hill at Sydney, and the spectators, known as the 'Hillites', T E Bailey talks about receiving advice from supporters at Sydney.

Part 6: Young introduces the record, and introduces Andrew Sandham who talks about playing with J B Hobbs for Surrey and England, P B H May talks about playing for Surrey against Australia at The Oval in 1953 and facing R R Lindwall in his first over, Lindwall talks about developing an inswinger bowling method in England in 1953 and using it against P B H May for Australia against Surrey in 1953, T L Goddard talks about England's victory over South Africa at The Oval in 1955 and taking 5 wickets for South Africa in England's first innings, R E S Wyatt talks about captaining England against Australia at The Oval in 1930 and receiving applause from the crowd when he came out to bat in the match, Len Hutton talks about playing for England against South Africa in 1951 and being given out for obstructing the field, C V Grimmett talks about Willfred Rhodes bowling for England against Australia in 1926, Wilfred Rhodes talks about bowling for England against Australia at The Oval in 1926.

Associations

Douglas Martin Young
South African Broadcasting Corporation
James Charles Laker
Robert Neil Harvey
John Brian Statham
Sir Leonard Hutton
Sir Alec Victor Bedser
William Voce
Stanley Joseph McCabe
Sir George Oswald Browning Allen
Clarence Victor Grimmett
Frank Edward Woolley
Trevor Edward Bailey
Andrew Sandham
Sir John Berry Hobbs
Peter Barker Howard May
Raymond Russell Lindwall
Trevor Leslie Goddard
Robert Elliot Storey Wyatt
Wilfred Rhodes

Subject

Sydney Cricket Ground, Kennington Oval, London, England, South Africa in Australia 1952-1953, MCC in Australia 1954-1955, MCC in Australia 1932-1933, MCC in Australia 1924-1925, Bodyline, obstructing the field, Australia in England 1953, South Africa in England 1955, Australia in England 1930, South Africa in England 1951, Australia in England 1926

Institution name

Marylebone Cricket Club

Conditions governing access

Open

Language

English, 6574, , , , , , , , ,

Size

1 33 RPM Record: 2 sides, total time 29 minutes 4 seconds

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Credit line:

Original number: M.70.59C. Donated to MCC by the South African Broadcasting Corporation, 1970.

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