I was 11 when I listened to the commentary on this test match and now I am going on to 83 in a couple of months. This was one of the greatest test matches that ever took place and now I've had a chance to see it
It was common at dat time...even in 80s n 70s crowd ran into the main field. N players ran away from them in the middle of the match..no security at dat time...
Amazed to see video from 1948..wow.. imagine how many from the spectators/players could be alive now???? maybe only 1% or may b all died??? and someday in future we would also be just part of history
Well said George. Get involved Po man, I didn't catch the bug till I was in my mid 40's I'm 63 now and 3rd highest wicket taker at my club this year! @@georgemorley1029
Cricket's the best thing to have happened to civilization. Its varieties and chess-like complexities make it so beautiful to watch yet in the last 80 or some years only a handful of new countries have taken to this game.
It is neither the greatest (that honor should surely go to football or soccer as they call it in USA) nor the most respected game today, what with so many betting scandals plaguing this game.
Great footage and commentary from a legendary actor and player. By the way, a lot of people are wondering why there’s an ungentlemanly act at the end with the scuffle for the wickets. This is important to understand in the context of the relationship between England (possessed of a superiority complex) and Australia (eternal underdogs and upstarts). The wickets are fiercely contested and prized trophies for the winning side and the losing side don’t want to let them waltz off with them. It’s like depriving them of the satisfaction of walking off with the colours of battle after a victory in war. Especially when you consider that the Ashes themselves are the burnt remains of the bails from the very first time that England got revenge in Australia for their first test defeat on British soil. The raw memory of being beaten at your own game gives the whole Ashes series a feeling of drama and tension like no other. Winning it for Australia represents getting one over on the English, whereas winning them for England feels like defending the nation’s sporting honour. That’s why the English Batsmen and the Australian players are having a wrestle for them. It’s basically a matter of trying to spoil the Australian moment of triumph by not letting them get away with another “bounders” act.
What a sheer delight to listen to the clipped tones of Sir Ralph and the Basingstoke burr of a young John Arlott. Thank you so much for resurrecting this.
16:32 wtf! Came here to see cricket in its "gentleman's game" days and really enjoyed the documentary. Then i also saw gentlemen fighting for wickets with each other and the poor umpire 😃😃😃
T10 and T20 are the future of cricket, test cricket is going to extinct in next 30 years for sure taking in mind how much it's quality has degraded in last 40 years.
Stupidity... cricket is no religion in India. I like watching cricket but if given a chance i would rather play football. So stop speaking for everyone else
Very quaint and interesting film. I have been to Lords for the Centenary test in England and was at the MCG for the centenary test in Australia. A great double.
I am very pleased to see this video of 1948 at that time i was too young a i don't about cricket. Beautiful to watch Bradman and all other great cricketer s of old time.thanks for this super vedio.
Every cricket lover must watch this video !!! We have this recording from 1948 and unfortunately we don't have any recording of 1983 world cup match between India Vs Zimbabwe in which Indian legend all-rounder Kapil Dev scored a magnificent 175 when India was reeling under 17/5 with the wicket keeper Kiran More. Its a pity that the modern cricket missed this great match because BBC was on strike on that very day :-(
4.29 Bill Bowes in the press box. The great Yorkshire fast bowler of the 1930s who became a cricket writer after the war. He was the slightly forgotten man on the bodyline series in 32-33.
Fascinating. Wonderful history. I was struck so many things; The formal dress of the crowd, how many people were fitted in, the maleness of it all, there's barely a woman in sight except for the one knitting, by the impressive vocabulary used, the way they're telling a story of how they imagine the game to be. Like all of us in our own time, there's a certain lack of awareness. Claiming that there's no boundaries of class or race seems incongruous in an era where the split between wealthy, highborn amateurs and generally working class professionals was huge, and where all the players are white. I loved it.
Who would have thought in 1948 that Cricket would be the most popular game in the Indian subcontinent and that test cricket would evolve into a 20-20 format, the most popular version today!
I am really excited to see 1948 match and I love it. Cricket is the greatest game in the world and it will always be the greatest game in Cricket lovers heart.
Beautiful.. Cricket is a beautiful game, I started playing when I was 5 years old and stopped playing at 23 😔, always dreamt of playing for India , but had no money to support, could not afford to buy a cricket kit, so sad😒
You overrate previous cricket. Today's cricket didn't lose its glory. Cricket standard is now higher than then cricket. Cricketer stance is weirder than today's cricketers stance.
I'm late to reply, but you need to understand that this was filmed using celluloid film. The quality of film is much superior to digital cameras and tape. Slow motion is basically using a higher rpm of turns of the reel to capture more frames. Does that make sense?
I was 11 when I listened to the commentary on this test match and now I am going on to 83 in a couple of months. This was one of the greatest test matches that ever took place and now I've
had a chance to see it
83 yr old. surfing TH-cam 🤔
Old guys are good
Wow, it’s amazing to hear from someone who followed this game live! You must have seen a humongous number of changes in your lifetime Sir!
nice joke
@@khalidmahmood858 You're the only 'joke' here right now.
My grandfather was at The Oval for Bradman's last innings. He was 20 at the time.
What was his name
YNWA Martinh88.
U lier
91 years since ....
*Time traveler is here*
Did I just see players fighting with each other and umpires for the stumps after victory?? Wow! unbelievable and hilarious!
six stumps 11 players. At least there are four bails to scrounge so only one misses out
lol yes, I hope they didn't deny the Don a stump in his final Lords game
Exactly! I thought standards of behaviour had got worse since then but maybe not...
It was common at dat time...even in 80s n 70s crowd ran into the main field. N players ran away from them in the middle of the match..no security at dat time...
@@PRASHANTKUMAR-nb1rv a infamous incident in Antigua which west Indian fans invaded the ground and prevent Australian from score the winning run.
What a lovely nostalgic piece
Can't agree with you more..
Amazed to see video from 1948..wow.. imagine how many from the spectators/players could be alive now???? maybe only 1% or may b all died??? and someday in future we would also be just part of history
yeah thats the reality someday all of this will end
This is the quote of the whole humanity
Doubtful if any of them would be alive today, except perhaps the kids, who would be octogenarians today!
If the queen was watching the match she is alive and at that time she was 22.
@@Contemporarywise she will never die
Watching Ben Stoke's miracle at Headingley (25/08/19), I wanted to delve into a bit more on history of this beautiful game. Long live test cricket.
po man Good! A rich history to delve into, too. Always growing. Get playing and go to matches!
Well said George. Get involved Po man, I didn't catch the bug till I was in my mid 40's I'm 63 now and 3rd highest wicket taker at my club this year! @@georgemorley1029
Cricket's the best thing to have happened to civilization. Its varieties and chess-like complexities make it so beautiful to watch yet in the last 80 or some years only a handful of new countries have taken to this game.
The greatest sport ever. Period.
DaSnarky Remarky
Its a great sport, but it gets ruined by the icc.
You can blame the admin for that. Greatest sport with the worst admin
Its not as complicated as chess at all.
Cricket is the greatest the best the most respectful sport of all time
It is neither the greatest (that honor should surely go to football or soccer as they call it in USA) nor the most respected game today, what with so many betting scandals plaguing this game.
Sridhar Kaushik bro if you are Indian don’t praise any other sport barring cricket
@@2sridhark ; agree with you.. that is why English dont care much about cricket, even though they invented it
*was
In My eyes
Cricket is not even a sport now...
It's a Religion
And my my gods are.
Sir Garfield Sobers
Sachin Tendulkar
Sir Donald Bradman.
Great footage and commentary from a legendary actor and player. By the way, a lot of people are wondering why there’s an ungentlemanly act at the end with the scuffle for the wickets. This is important to understand in the context of the relationship between England (possessed of a superiority complex) and Australia (eternal underdogs and upstarts). The wickets are fiercely contested and prized trophies for the winning side and the losing side don’t want to let them waltz off with them. It’s like depriving them of the satisfaction of walking off with the colours of battle after a victory in war. Especially when you consider that the Ashes themselves are the burnt remains of the bails from the very first time that England got revenge in Australia for their first test defeat on British soil. The raw memory of being beaten at your own game gives the whole Ashes series a feeling of drama and tension like no other. Winning it for Australia represents getting one over on the English, whereas winning them for England feels like defending the nation’s sporting honour. That’s why the English Batsmen and the Australian players are having a wrestle for them. It’s basically a matter of trying to spoil the Australian moment of triumph by not letting them get away with another “bounders” act.
It was actually after Australia first won on English soil that the term The Ashes was coined by the English press.
What a sheer delight to listen to the clipped tones of Sir Ralph and the Basingstoke burr of a young John Arlott. Thank you so much for resurrecting this.
I think Arlott must have been sponsored...by British Tobacco company.
16:32 wtf! Came here to see cricket in its "gentleman's game" days and really enjoyed the documentary. Then i also saw gentlemen fighting for wickets with each other and the poor umpire 😃😃😃
They were running to the assistance of a stricken bee.
It’s the ashes. The stumps are prized trophies.
The late great Fred Trueman's definition of a gentleman was a bloke who gets out of the bath to have a piss
Good old times.. Wish I could live in that era
Watching footage of a vintage cricket match alongside the supreme posh English accent..now that's something to cherish
Watched Don batting for the first time!! :)
I948cricket
I was at Lord's last year. Was lucky enough to step into the old Pavilion Long Room. You could feel every bit of the history when you stand in there.
yes, they don't look down on the players and other spectators as much as they used to since the ground was levelled more.
How cool and calm those days were !! No tensions, Great peace of mind...
Err, 3 years before WW2 had just finished.
so beautiful lord cricket ground
Thanks England thanks for giving us Cricket
A gem for cricket lovers ❤
This is purest form of cricket this real not t20 or t10
Wtf even is t10 man eww
Nah man. T20 is cricket too. Just more entertaining
T20 is much better than T10
T10 and T20 are the future of cricket, test cricket is going to extinct in next 30 years for sure taking in mind how much it's quality has degraded in last 40 years.
@@RR_theproahole in fact, ECB promoted a new format, the hundred, which only have 10 overs, but 10 balls per over.
Wonderful insight into cricket history and also the England of 1948. Interesting to see its’s a pretty diverse crowd.
Look at the spectators. So gentlemenly attired and behaved. Todays spectators are rightly called crowd.
That’s because back then u would be pretty wealthy to attend a cricket game, now as u know not so much
Because it makes the game more entertaining and enjoyable to be at. people just being "well behaved" makes it seem boring especially for a test match
😂😂😂👍
What do you want the todays "crowd" to wear? Suits and boots? And arrive in a 1920s car or on a horse?
Snob
Watching cricket in lord's ground give me immense pleasure
1948, the year I was born into the world of cricket.
Peter Clatworthy u must b ancient
Are you dead now????
Are u dead
Hi peter. Are you alive?
Guys he is 71 young
It’s crazy to think that most people in this film have already passed away, even though they look so young. What a different era...
I cannot properly express or even comprehend my love for this 🏏 ❤️
It’s so amazing how cricket changed over the years...
This is amazing. Thank you!
so fantastic to be able watched these wonderful historic films
We Indians adopted cricket as religion,my country people love cricket and it make us united !!!
Stupidity... cricket is no religion in India. I like watching cricket but if given a chance i would rather play football. So stop speaking for everyone else
Max Trinosomois ain’t u doing it same 😂
@@renytom9260 lol Indians forget what's their religion. Ikmkb.
@@harshitsrivastava5670 cricket is religion in India
If you don't like to play , don't
For other it is
Old is gold. Wish i would play cricket in this historical ground.
Great collection. Love to watch.
Marvellous stuff. Cricket is such a noble sport.
Cricket is the greatest the best the most respectful sport of all time
The greatest sport ever.
Great video.
But I am amazed at how close Godfrey Evans is to the stumps with Alec Bedser bowling. Wasnt Bedser fast or medium fast?
"Cricket is a part of the very substance of a country's education" I must remember to use that wonderful line as much as possible.
Very quaint and interesting film. I have been to Lords for the Centenary test in England and was at the MCG for the centenary test in Australia. A great double.
This was wonderful. The atmosphere inside Lords was very different the moment England won the World Cup!
That bowling practise was Damnly great
Wonderful film, just shows how great the game of cricket is and will forever be.
Man it somehow feel like this match happened just yesterday, classic yet modern!
6:48 .... what a brilliant transition!
_"Lindwall bowls to Hutton as Bradman looks on."_
Jeez, that's the A-Team right there!
Lone Star You certainly needed to be able to play to get mentioned in that sentence
A better time, a better era of cricket. Even the most average punter looks well-dressed, respectful and happy with life.
Loved the way they fort over the stumps at the end!
Groundsmen in chalk stripe worsted wool trousers and Derby shoes! 70 years seem like 70 light years
Wow that's a bit of fun I like the kid being taught about keeping head over the ball, tell that's to Crawley or Stokes! The games changed
The turn for the spin demonstration, especially the leg spin was as good as the Warne delivery to Gatting.
I am very pleased to see this video of 1948 at that time i was too young a i don't about cricket. Beautiful to watch Bradman and all other great cricketer s of old time.thanks for this super vedio.
May there souls rest in peace🙏🙏🙏
Probably 99% of the people in the video are dead by now
That 1% are really lucky
@@Tanvir.shares less than 1% but will be alive like 90 ... more than it.
Unki atma lords me bhatakti hai
Not at all
I find this strangely comforting
Every cricket lover must watch this video !!! We have this recording from 1948 and unfortunately we don't have any recording of 1983 world cup match between India Vs Zimbabwe in which Indian legend all-rounder Kapil Dev scored a magnificent 175 when India was reeling under 17/5 with the wicket keeper Kiran More. Its a pity that the modern cricket missed this great match because BBC was on strike on that very day :-(
Wicket keeper was not kiran more it’s syed kirmani
4.29 Bill Bowes in the press box. The great Yorkshire fast bowler of the 1930s who became a cricket writer after the war.
He was the slightly forgotten man on the bodyline series in 32-33.
Thank you for this video , alot of love from India 🇮🇳
1st old video I have seen due to attraction of title and beauty of lords and cricket as well
What a nice video the history of the lords
Huge of British people's to watch cricket on those years.and all are in nice costume of coat shuit and tie..Great British dukes
I fell like, I was in lords that time. Thanks, British councill.
Fascinating. Wonderful history. I was struck so many things; The formal dress of the crowd, how many people were fitted in, the maleness of it all, there's barely a woman in sight except for the one knitting, by the impressive vocabulary used, the way they're telling a story of how they imagine the game to be.
Like all of us in our own time, there's a certain lack of awareness. Claiming that there's no boundaries of class or race seems incongruous in an era where the split between wealthy, highborn amateurs and generally working class professionals was huge, and where all the players are white.
I loved it.
Proud to be a cricket lover and follower.
It is looking like a magical story
so nice went for 17 minutes in olden cricket
What a classic intro by Sir Ralph and John Arlott.
Who would have thought in 1948 that Cricket would be the most popular game in the Indian subcontinent and that test cricket would evolve into a 20-20 format, the most popular version today!
Will the commentator ever going to put down his cigarette, he was holding for the whole test match
😂😂
Dhrum pan karna mana hai 😁😁
Saravana Palani Chain smoking. Each one lit with the butt of the last. 🚬 🚬 🚬
Even the great John Arlott had bad habits it seems. Some things change for the better...
Classic!
Great time great players missing that time missing sir Donald bradman
A wonderful little trip down memory lane.
Great to see some footage of the "Invincibles" in full swing as they defeat the evil Mother Country. :)
great history in this lovely game!
Classic video.
Thank you.
Sir Donald Bradman is hands down the greatest cricket player of all time 🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🐐🐐🐐🏏🏏🏏
Film of “The Don” shows why he is still considered the best.
All audience behaved like gentlemen. It shows that the countries with decent behaviour readily flourish.
That was lovely, thank you.
6:21 He bowled better than Rashid Khan
Dhrubo Hridraz the bests are Shane warne suqlain mushtaq abdul qadir
@@ustaddigital5469 saqlain mustaq was an off spinner and yes shane warne and abdul qadir were the greatest. I just made a fun out of Rashid
@@youseemunsettled believe me Saqlain was better than all see statistics
Pitches were unprepared those days. That spin must be normal back then
I am really excited to see 1948 match and I love it. Cricket is the greatest game in the world and it will always be the greatest game in
Cricket lovers heart.
Love the english keeper standing up to the "medium/fast" opening bowlers.
Godfrey Evans. Kent and England legend.
Love this old stuff.
Beautiful.. Cricket is a beautiful game, I started playing when I was 5 years old and stopped playing at 23 😔, always dreamt of playing for India
, but had no money to support, could not afford to buy a cricket kit, so sad😒
Lovely video
What a shame! What Cricket has become now from the glory days...
You overrate previous cricket. Today's cricket didn't lose its glory. Cricket standard is now higher than then cricket. Cricketer stance is weirder than today's cricketers stance.
r/lewronggeneration
protocols of zion. ..
That slow-mo part of the video starting at 6:12 blew my mind. How did the cameras of 1948 could have captured such high quality slow-mo video? :O
I'm late to reply, but you need to understand that this was filmed using celluloid film. The quality of film is much superior to digital cameras and tape. Slow motion is basically using a higher rpm of turns of the reel to capture more frames. Does that make sense?
so pure this all :)
The smoaker commentator is dope😂
Wow... Discipline of the spectators is just over the top.
At that time the ticket costed around 50000 and only rich people could afford it... That's Why
@@hypernova54absolutely untrue comment
@@johnp515 well I'm from India.....50k dollars is different from 50k rupees
We r lucky to watch this video. . .
Great upload
A lovely little film and I agree sauron, only Lindwall looks like a true fasty.
brilliant!
I love cricket forever
To everyone I gonna say!!!
Make Cricket Great Again.
Play this beautiful game to the end of the day😍
What a classic golden era of cricket ❤
Sir donald george bradman the greatest cricketer of all time
For a second I thought I was watching Tom and Jerry 😂😂😂
Maine v jehi socha....
that there was such a time .... the supreme gift of empire....
WOW very impressive croud
England is a winner of world cup 19
New Zealand won
old is gold....
Old is Gold🏅🏅🏆🏆🏆💯💯💯
Today i m watching pak vs Bangladesh at same venue on5th july wc 2019 after almost 71years
Sad for our teams
@@sajibsjb Yes brother very unlucky
Our beautiful game 😍
क्या पुराने दिन थे यार देख कर मन को सुकून मिल रहा है👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👏👏👏👏👏