The Life Of Jack Hobbs Reel 2 (1926)

This item is a duplicate of - check for best quality. c. 1926 Reel 2. Several Pathe Super Gazette stories spliced together. (i) “Nottingham - The First Test“. Cricketers practice their strokes at the nets. Hobbs and Sutcliffe open the innings to the bowling of Gregory and Macartney. Shots of the match in progress. Rain stops play. Pitch inspectors. Crowds in the rain. (ii) “London - The 2nd Test Match at Lords“. Many cricket enthusiasts queuing to get into the match. Very long queue. Several policemen around. Collins wins the toss. England team takes the field. Shots of the match and the spectators. Slow motion footage of bowling and batting technique. Shot of crowd - surprising amount of men wearing knotted handkerchiefs on their heads! Jack Gregory (Bowled) (Harold?) Larwood. C/U of Warren Bardsley. (iii) “Second Test Match at Lords... (Continued)“. Shot of the scoreboard then team walking onto pitch. Match in progress. Hobbs & Sutcliffe open for England. Technique