Cricket Down Under 1939

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Full titles read: "CRICKET 'DOWN UNDER'"

C/U Alan Kippax. Various shots of benefit cricket match in aid of Kippax at Waverly, Australia. Includes shots of cricketers Jack Fingleton, Jack Gregory, Charlie McCartney, Tommy Andrews. C/U's Jack Gregory, Arthur Mailed and McCartney.

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Cataloguer:
Howard
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
20440
Sort Number:
39/094
Time in/Out:
01:02:55:00 / 01:04:20:00
Canister:
39/94
Film ID:
1029.04
Issue Date:
30/11/1939

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  • The match was played on 9 September 1939.

    "Waverly" in text and tags should read Waverley. The ground they're playing on is the Waverley Oval.

    The sentence beginning "Includes shots of cricketers....." should be changed to the following;

    Jack Fingleton, Bert Oldfield, Jack Gregory, Bill O'Reilly, Charlie Macartney, Ted Forssberg, Stan McCabe, C. M. Solomon, Arthur Mailey, Lincoln Hynes, Tommy Andrews, Alan McGilvray. C/U's Jack Gregory, Arthur Mailey, Charlie Macartney.


    The full line-ups of the two teams can be found here....

    http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/articl
    e/17633920#pstart1131440


    jamied 15th Oct 2012

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