What a list of legends,sir Gary,kanhai,worell,Hall,hunte,Barrington, dexter, Trueman,cowdrey and commentary by Johnston,just glorious,golden ....

This was about the first cricket I can remember, the dominance of the quick bowlers Hall and Trueman, also the cleverness of Shackleton, the flamboyance of the Windies’ batting, and the guts of Close and Barrington. And the sight of Cowdrey coming out with his arm in plaster was quite traumatic for a 9 yr old. Loved the game ever since....

Wes Hall's bowling run up and action had the graceful fluidity of ectoplasm. I can still vividly remember Wesley coming over to the boundary at Edgbaston in the 1963 test after warming up before the start of play. I was in the front row and as he towered over me, his head glistening with perspiration he gave me a sixpence to buy him an ice lolly. I duly scurried off to do so. One of my proudest moments. Came to this today to also watch some of Lord Ted as his death is announced. Had so many happy times watching Ted play. Thank you for this wonderful recording.

@oleggorky906

Жыл бұрын

That’s a nice recollection, thanks for sharing it. Back in the days when the players weren’t so distant from the fans, with £million plus central contracts.

Fred Trueman. What a great bowler. Superb action. Easy to see how he bowled fast for 20 years and bowled over a thousand overs in four separate seasons. Would take todays bowlers at least three years to bowl that many.

@graemestarkey7524

9 ай бұрын

He didn't bowl fast for 20 years - even by the late 50s he rarely bowled quickly. I wonder, when commentating, what he would have said about an England bowler who started a Test by having 3 long hops in a row being hit for 4.

Brian close a colossus,fearless and ferocious nobody could intimidate him

Brilliant to see this, there's a true story about the BBC had to go to the news at 6 on the final day, apparently the director general was watching and immediately phoned BBC producers and told them to get the Cricket back immediately!

@yashshah3484

3 жыл бұрын

That still happen, i believe. Like one side there's interesting test match going on, fifth day last session. And there's some important news also

They all played good&fair cricket.They were real gentleman cricketers&good people also.Good old days!?They did'nt even have wrist bands let alone helmets!Hats off to you sirs!-Love.

Wonderful to see this. Thank you.

In 1963,i was a young boy listining to this woderful match on a Radio in BBC,today i saw tis live in You tube today,after 59 yrs.Thank you

Pure cricket - no gaudy advertisements on the field, or on the players, or the stumps or the bats.

Will never forget as a young man in Trelawny listening that Phillips transistor radio of players Cowdrey, Dexter, Truman , Hunt , Basil, Sobers and one of greatest Ws Sir Frank. O how happy it has made me. Glory days. Give thanks

Fred had a magnificent bowling action

@jeangowcharan7456

2 жыл бұрын

john holmes west indies won the series 3 -1 1 draw fifth test second innings kanhai put on a batting cliniic hunte was 56 run when rohan came in score 77 runs the hook shot on his back for 6 against tony luck freddie is the first bowler to reach 300wicket fiery freddie my dad took me in 1960 englandvs WI FOUTH TEST at bourda green 10years old see truman and brian statham vs kanhai and sobers two best bowler vs two the best batsman i read a lot cricket and my cousin in england send the cricket book to read you dont have to be old to know a bout cricker cric espn you could old games by dad played local cricket a rice farmer he love cricket bud from nyc/fla

One of the finest Tests I ever saw. Between 2 very fine sides. The Windies were the acknowleged World Champions in those days with a fantastic array of players. Hall and Griffiths were fierce. Gibbs provided the finesse. And let's not forget the great Gary Sobers. Best all rounder ever. And just in case they got stuck, they had Worrell and little Kanhai to fall back on. And England played their part. Barrington dug in, as he always did. Cowdrey showed immense courage coming in. But, for me, the stand out performance was Close. He took a terrible hammering off Hall and Griffiths. The bruises stayed with him for weeks.

@rossmenzies1484

4 жыл бұрын

2 very fine sides as you say. Windies weren't however acknowledged World Champions - that was Australia, which had beaten both of these sides in the most recent home & away series.

@sentimentalbloke185

3 жыл бұрын

@@rossmenzies1484 True. Aus didn't lose to WIndies for the first time until 1965 in the Caribbean. In 60s-70s-80s there was always debate WI against RSA as the two teams couldn't play each other. RSA was at least as good as WIndies.

@yashshah3484

3 жыл бұрын

@@sentimentalbloke185 RSA played cricket in 70s? No way!!!!!

@sentimentalbloke185

3 жыл бұрын

@@yashshah3484 yep

@yashshah3484

3 жыл бұрын

@@sentimentalbloke185 By RSA you mean South Africa, i assume? Post WW it was an era of Apartheid in south Africa. They resumed playing cricket in 1991 i guess.

7.05 my goodness, reverse swing by Fred trumen and equally well played by Soliman Great 👌 J

@MrDunkiep

3 жыл бұрын

20:50. Early attempt at a ramp shot.

Great footage. Thank you so much.

The perfect answer to "they play for five whole days and it ends up as a draw"

Fascinating crowd💖

10 years old listening on my Mom's Singer Transistor Radio Guyana South America. Great memories.

What a riveting match... Down to the last ball! Nothing wrong in salvaging a draw! Good old test match cricket! Watching neigh 60 years on... Still exciting!

Brian close a colossus fearless and ferocious nobody could intimidate him.

Loads of empty seats but the Tavern is packed ♥

I loved the crowd, the mixture of West Indian supporters and British supporters all cheering. I know racism was at it's peak back then, but we did not have it as bad as the African Americans. The 1960's was a rough time for the African American in the Southern part of America where they had segregation, there is no way you would see a crowd like this at a Baseball Game in America, the African American's would probably not be allowed into the stadium. I am happy I grew up in Great Britain I did not experience any racism and I thank Cricket 🏏 for being part of that by building a good foundation for British integration of the West Indian into our current society, I know some people might find that silly but I have never felt like a outsider in Britain and I am a British West Indian.❤🇬🇧

Fred Trueman and Wes Hall playing in the same match. Fast bowling nirvana.

@audleyfelix8923

4 жыл бұрын

Memories are made of this.

This was my first time watching test cricket I was nine years old

class, thanks for uploading.

I love cricket.

Great Brian Johnston...commentator..

I was a 13 yr old Yorkshire cricket daft lad before Boycott. I remember this quite well especially Closey's 70...

@yashshah3484

3 жыл бұрын

Sir, you must be 70 now

@jonathonjubb6626

3 жыл бұрын

@@yashshah3484 Yes, thank you for letting me know....

@yashshah3484

3 жыл бұрын

@@jonathonjubb6626 hahahaha. In England, popularity of cricket has declined over the years. You think?

@jonathonjubb6626

3 жыл бұрын

@@yashshah3484 probably..

I was 5 years old when this match was played

Jolly good stuff, that.

@anthonynero7089

3 жыл бұрын

Be home bb bb bb bb bhhhhh bb bb bb h

In Pakistan the english batsmen were playing fluentky inn their tour of 1964. DECK DECASTER, was the captain. Cowedray, Graevney, Barrington, were also has importance.

It's always fascinating to see 'old' clips such as these. One thing that strikes me is that some of the seamers (Shackleton in particular) got through their overs as quickly as some spinners do today! There didn't appear to be any time lost between overs they just got to their mark and bowled. Today there is such time wasting in between overs and during too!!

@cheesemccheese5780

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah. That's something the I.C.C needs to to really fix. Bowlers need to get much quicker as when they're slow it can make the game boring.

@JP1234815

3 жыл бұрын

@@cheesemccheese5780 Yes, admittedly watching highlights is not a true gauge, but even though the scoring rate was relatively slow throughout the test (2.48 runs per over) you got the sense you wouldn't be bored as there would be another delivery coming within 20 - 30 seconds! Teams were able to bowl in excess of 100 overs per day. Today, teams amble between overs, seemingly taking ages to set a field placing and stopping just because a twig fell 3 miles away!!

@cheesemccheese5780

3 жыл бұрын

@@JP1234815 Couldn't agree more. I'd prefer 2 and a half an over but overs to be bowled quickly then 3 an over but only 80 overs to be bowled.

@blessedslave

2 жыл бұрын

Shackleton run-up is so short. So you can't use that. Keeper most of the time seems to be up. Pretty much a pseudo-spinner.

@JP1234815

2 жыл бұрын

All I''d say is actually go on espn cricinfo and read up on his profile. It really is very informative.

Legends

9:05 frank worrell

@leuz1234

4 жыл бұрын

yep

what a great fielder was colin , jee i was at this match 57 years ago

@mikebarker6979

3 жыл бұрын

Really? You must have been a young pup?

@dickmiles6639

3 жыл бұрын

@@mikebarker6979 yes

@yashshah3484

3 жыл бұрын

Cricket now a days has declined its popularity in England, i believe. Ehh?

@dickmiles6639

2 жыл бұрын

yes 13

Whenever I watch a great test match from the past the commentator almost always says "and they say test cricket is dead".was there a time people didn't say it?

Wow that was good! Notice the lack of trigger movement by the batsmen!

@vasishtvasan75

7 жыл бұрын

FosterGearing And the ridiculous grip

@vasishtvasan75

7 жыл бұрын

FosterGearing And horrendous stance

@mxxmauuhan3597

7 жыл бұрын

FosterGearing No Helmets, Arm Guards or Chest Pads. Batting gloves too seems very simple and less protective. I think batsman had to think twice before commiting to front foot.

@Aman-nk5uq

6 жыл бұрын

Vashisht u trying to be oversmart?

What a lovely action Fred had, off a reasonably short run too. They used to get through the overs much quicker back then.

@sentimentalbloke185

3 жыл бұрын

No, they didn't. Over rates have been a problem since the 1950s.

@jshaers96

3 жыл бұрын

I'd like to see some evidence for that. Over rates became an issue in the '70s with the West Indians rotating four quicks. Before that teams would often play two spinners, who would get more overs in.

@sentimentalbloke185

3 жыл бұрын

@@jshaers96 Go look at the scorecards. Hutton's team in '54-55 was infamous for pace bowlers with long runups & very slow over rates compared to pre-war. The push for 'brighter cricket' in the '50s was due to over rates reducing & defensive batting. It eventually led to limited overs cricket in England in '62.

@jshaers96

3 жыл бұрын

20 overs an hour was usual pre-1950s. However, these days 15 is considered a good rate. I'd be surprised if they were only bowling 15 in Hutton's time. If so, I'm sure it wasn't the norm. People were complaining then about relative slowness of over rates, compared to now they'd seem quite lively. However, I'm happy to be corrected if you have any actual info rather than anecdotes. Brighter cricket' was more concerned with too many blockers blighting the game.

@sentimentalbloke185

3 жыл бұрын

@@jshaers96 You don't seem to know much about that era. Suggest you go look at 54-55 series, etc. Hutton slowed down the rate as a tactic & things went downhill from there.

I am still at the stadium

Nice

Old time criket is the best

Murray at 13:07 looks like a school kid!

Fred Trueman bowling to three short-legs. That was unusually attacking. Some great players here. Rohan Kanhai was a genius on the right day. Cowdrey caught the first three at first slip.

@michaelstanford8276

3 жыл бұрын

Micky Stewart was a wonderful short-leg fielder

Interesting stat: Shackleton took 15 seconds between bowling one ball to bowling his next (bowling medium pace) Today Ravindra Jadeja is thought to get through his overs quickly by taking 14 seconds between deliveries!!

@blessedslave

2 жыл бұрын

Well, it looks odd. The field set up and the play looked like spin. And that one wicket really looked like spin. And it's not a big run-up either.

@JP1234815

2 жыл бұрын

@@blessedslave He was a medium fast bowler who opened the bowling. Check his profile on espn cricinfo.

Wow

True test of cricket skills.

Got there after lunch on day 2 in time to see Dexter on his way back to the pavilion, and Cowdrey's injury. Hard graft and very grey late afternoon Barrington and Jim Parks. But in those days you could just walk in through the turnstiles. Now you have to book a year or two in advance.

@yashshah3484

3 жыл бұрын

Sir you must be pretty old now. No offence. But English now don't enjoy their cricket anymore, do they?

@jamesbrennan6022

3 жыл бұрын

@@yashshah3484 It will happen to you too!

@yashshah3484

3 жыл бұрын

@@jamesbrennan6022 I'm Indian and cricket is followed immensely here. Almost worshipped you can say.

@jamesbrennan6022

3 жыл бұрын

@@yashshah3484 If one of the privilege of being Indian is eternal youth, you are to be envied. Most of us get old. English cricket is unaffordable these days for most of us. In 1963 I walked into the Lords Test on impulse and paid at the turnstile - no bother. These days to get in I have to pay a small fortune months in advance. Indian cricket will end up the same way. Enjoy it while you can, and use your eternal youth - if that's what it is - to PLAY the game.

@yashshah3484

3 жыл бұрын

@@jamesbrennan6022 Sir, when you said "it will happen to you too", i thought you're saying, popularity of cricket will reduce in my country as well. I didn't realize you were saying about "aging"... Hence, the confusion. Secondly, after the invention of T20, craze of test matches has almost vanished. Barring a few here and there. Like recently one happened between India and Australia. Idk if you followed that series or no. It was well fought and India was victorious. Imho, i think ICC has done nothing to promote a game in non cricket playing countries. In last decade, only Afghanistan has emerged in international cricket. Whereas, African countries like Zimbabwe and Kenya don't play game anymore. Zimbabwe used to play test series in as recent as 2005. And Kenya was in 2003 WC semifinal.

Remove the wordings from the screen unable to see the picture

12.50 "Looks like she's come from Russia.."

Righty-o!

Very poor use of reviews by both sides there.

@carmenlottner297

3 жыл бұрын

😄😄😄😄😄!

Is galey in there

wow!,what a glimpse into the past ,when England, was a completely different landscape with village greens and English roses(girls) and a sense of the English community.And now?Whatever happened?Why have i blink ed and suddenly awakened into an alien landscape with a fractured Strife ridden society full of unrest and so much unhappiness.Did we take our eye off the ball or did we just get lazy and let things happen?. Someone tell me, please.!

@Aman-nk5uq

6 жыл бұрын

RIp world since 2000.

@zbba416

5 жыл бұрын

Ah yes, the good old days of sexual repression and 'no dogs no blacks no irish' in landladies' windows...

@ferdydon400

4 жыл бұрын

Rose-coloured spectacles it looks like, there is good and bad in every age.

@djangorheinhardt

4 жыл бұрын

@@zbba416 More like an age of freedom of choice which is now the "elephant in the room " syndrome which has transmuted into all of our lives.

And no need for red cards. If given, they walked.

No Dhoni those days. We have come a long way since then.

@amaranathabayasinghe1024

5 жыл бұрын

Sweet memories

Here is the song about West indies win over England at Lords in 1950 kzread.info/dash/bejne/qXqgm9psiN2xg9o.html

The time when you increase brightness then eng player disappeared..n when brightness decreased wi player disappeared...😑😂😂

allen did well

Brian Johnston (I think) calling Worrell 100 times greater than him, a butler. What a wanker.

@vikingfitz9088

7 ай бұрын

Don’t be daft. Listen again, “like a butler”. Nothing contentious about it all.

Butcher was not lbw

bowling looks slow

@Grogu-485

4 жыл бұрын

Wes Hall was one of the Quickest bowlers

if they had had Boycott as an opener, they might have won