Wonderful Bradman video clip

[Dissector]

This may have been put up elsewhere but I think it's good enough to deserve its own thread. It's a ten minute compilation of video clips from Bradman's career including a very brief colour clip right at the end.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSjK_l5PqfA&feature=related

At around the 7 minute mark there is some footage of India's 47-48 tour which is the oldest Indian cricket clip I can recall seeing. Anyone know if the left-arm spin bowler was Vinoo Mankad?

Some great footage of McCabe as well at around the 5:30 mark.

 

[JBH001]

Wonderful, wonderful clip, mate! Thank you very much!

Lovely to see Bradman as well as some of the other greats of that time - he really did have an unorthodox pick up, did he not? And Larwood? What an action! Pure poetry!

 

[neville cardus]

Does anyone know how to download videos from YouTube?

 

[Richard]

Presuming you use Windows, and a recent version at that...

Open your Temporary Internet Files folder, there should be a file in there marked "get_video?video_id" followed by a load of letters\numbers (is usually an unclassified file, but occasionally for some odd reason it comes-up as a .com file). Easiest way to find this is usually to sort your Temporary Internet Files folder by size, as these are almost always substantially larger than anything else in said folder. Copy this file to the directory you want it in, rename it, for instance, Bradman.flv and use a Flash Video Player (download here if you haven't already got one) to playback.

Make sure, though, that this is the only YT video you've watched recently. If it's not, there'll be hundreds of "get_video" such-and-such files in there. If so, you can either copy, rename and playback them all until you find the right one, or clear the lot and reload the video.

If you don't use Windows, I ain't got a clue.

 

[silentstriker]

Wow, how close was the keeper standing to Larwood?

 

[SirBloody Idiot]

Use keepvid to download it easily.

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

Figures that Richard would work hard and not smart.

 

[Richard]

Has always been a piece of using my method TBH.

 

[neville cardus]

Thanks, Richie.

 

[neville cardus]

Wow, how close was the keeper standing to Larwood?

I don't know. It's impossible to gauge.

 

[silentstriker]

I don't know. It's impossible to gauge.

Nope, you can see him running to the stumps. It only takes him a few steps. Go to 1:30 in the clip where Larwood is bowling.

 

[Top_Cat]

Anyone else notice how similar Bradman and Phil Jacques are, especially off the front-foot or am I crazy?

 

[neville cardus]

Nope, you can see him running to the stumps. It only takes him a few steps. Go to 1:30 in the clip where Larwood is bowling.

You really would do well to view these things with a more attentive eye before disgorging such hopelessly erroneous claptrap. Larwood is most certainly not bowling at the 1:30 point -- which should be perfectly apparent from the fact that he is letting go the leather with a left-handed action.

Unless I am much mistaken, the man whose speed you are so ruthlessly disparaging is in fact Bill Voce, and no-one with an ounce of sanity would place him higher than fast-medium.

 

[neville cardus]

Anyone else notice how similar Bradman and Phil Jacques are, especially off the front-foot or am I crazy?

It is an attractive comparison, and one which certainly has some foundation when we consider the positioning of their bodies and the apportionment of weight. That said, Jacques always seems to me to play with rather harder hands than is the norm, whereas Bradman, although the power in the arms and shoulders is obvious, appears barely to be holding his bat. This perfect mix of ease and effort may go some way towards explaining why Don looks so much more natural and comfortable in his strokeplay than the often-diffident Jacques.

 

[ohtani's jacket]

Nope, you can see him running to the stumps. It only takes him a few steps. Go to 1:30 in the clip where Larwood is bowling.

Dude, you can't read too much into what's shown. It was shot at a different speed than it's being played at. Hence it looks sped up in some clips.

 

[silentstriker]

Unless I am much mistaken, the man whose speed you are so ruthlessly disparaging is in fact Bill Voce, and no-one with an ounce of sanity would place him higher than fast-medium.

I didn't disparage anyone, let alone 'ruthlessly' - I was saying that the keeper was standing quite close by modern standards.

 

[Dissector]

But the ball you were referring to where the keeper runs in was obviously not bowled by Larwood. He is the one who bowls the ball before that.

Anyway I personally don't have any doubt that the quality of cricket in Bradman's time was far below that of today. Most of the video I have seen confirms that; many cricketers of that era look worse than club players today: for example that left-arm bowler who is probably Voce. However that doesn't take away from the legendary status of the likes of Bradman and Grace.

 

[BoyBrumby]

Anyway I personally don't have any doubt that the quality of cricket in Bradman's time was far below that of today. Most of the video I have seen confirms that; many cricketers of that era look worse than club players today: for example that left-arm bowler who is probably Voce. However that doesn't take away from the legendary status of the likes of Bradman and Grace.

That's true, but you might as well criticise the English archers at Agincourt for not having Kalashnikovs. To be the best of one's era is all one can ask of anyone.

One thing that struck me is how much Sir Donald favoured the leg side. It may just be the choice of clips used, of course, but he seemed to favour the on-side quite markedly.

 

[Ikki]

Was that Keith miller at 7:04?

 

[SJS]

Was that Keith miller at 7:04?

Yes that is Miller