88th Varsity Cricket Match 1926

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London.

Title: "88th 'Varsity Cricket Match. Cricket's Ascot made as brilliant a picture as ever at Lord's".

Annual cricket match between Oxford and Cambridge Universities.

M/S of a cricket team walking from the pavilion onto the pitch. Various L/Ss of players batting.

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Cataloguer:
Amelia
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
70323
Sort Number:
G 1309
Time in/Out:
01:17:57:00 / 01:19:24:00
Canister:
G 1309
Film ID:
510.07
Issue Date:
08/07/1926

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