1845-1945 Surrey’s Centenary Appeal (1946)

Surrey’s cricket grounds. Pan across Kennington Oval showing the state of the derelict building in the background. Evidence of WW2 bomb damage. A group of men pull a large grass roller. Jack Hobbs stands at the wicket. Practice is going on at the nets. Nigel Bennett is batting in the nets along with Laurie Fishlock. Other Surrey team members are identified. An appeal is made FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website.