David Frith Presents.....

[wpdavid]

It looks fascinating - thanks for providing it.

I'll be interested to hear what Frith says about the WI quicks to camera, as he was famously dismissive of most of them in print.

 

[kyear2]

He seemed to be a fan of Marshall.

 

[neville cardus]

This one hour documentary traces the history of bowling from the 1850s to the late 1980s when it was made. I thought that it deserved it's own thread since it is so good. Believe it or not there is good footage of Wilfred Rhodes bowling and some sound archive of him being interviewed. You also get to see an 80 year SF Barnes rolling his arm over, as well as great leg spinners like Subhash Gupte and Tich Freeman in action. Not to be missed by anyone with even the vaguest interest in cricketing history.

This is pants-jizzingly good.

But maybe I speak for myself.

 

[wpdavid]

He seemed to be a fan of Marshall.

Yup. iirc he rated Marshall and Holding, reckoned that Garner and Ambrose were lucky to be born with lengthy limbs, and that was about it.

 

[OverratedSanity]

This one hour documentary traces the history of bowling from the 1850s to the late 1980s when it was made. I thought that it deserved it's own thread since it is so good. Believe it or not there is good footage of Wilfred Rhodes bowling and some sound archive of him being interviewed. You also get to see an 80 year SF Barnes rolling his arm over, as well as great leg spinners like Subhash Gupte and Tich Freeman in action. Not to be missed by anyone with even the vaguest interest in cricketing history.

Great video but one frame took it to legendary status



Second greatest siva pic