Prince Ranjitsinhji Practising Batting at the Nets Probably the first ever cricket film: Indian cricketing royalty prepares for the first test between England and Australia at Sydney. Sport 1897 1 mins Ian and Viv Interview with International and Somerset cricketers Ian Botham and Viv Richards News Sport 1980 6 mins Cricket Notes 1924 Rain may stop play, but never the British sense of humour. Animation & Artists Moving Image Non-Fiction 1924 1 mins Women Cricketers: Kent V. Australia Sevenoaks Vine Cricket Club hosts a women's cricket match between the Kent XI and the touring Australian team. 1951 1 mins Mike Atherton on BFI's Cricket on Film Cricketing legend Mike Atherton joins BFI senior curator Steve Bryant on a tour through a century of cricket on film. Short documentary 2016 12 mins Sussex County Cricket Match First-class big-hitters from the county team, including Rupert Webb, take on Horley in this exciting colour film from 1960’s Sussex Amateur film 1960 7 mins The Summer Game WG Grace and Bodyline, village greens and rain-soaked pitches - the story of cricket has rarely looked better. Sport 1970 33 mins Timeless Test It's just not cricket… Don Bradman and Australia punish England at the Oval in the deciding test of the 1930 Ashes series Non-Fiction 1930 2 mins Cricket Again! Essex County cricket team get some much needed practice in the nets at the County Ground, Leyton. Non-Fiction 1922 0 mins Look Where You're Going Eyes right, eyes left, eyes right again - a Test cricketer endorses the road safety code. Documentary 1954 11 mins Arthur Mold Bowling to A.N. Hornby (1901) Did he bowl or did he throw? A fascinating record of an early cricketing controversy. Non-Fiction Sport 1901 9 mins Sussex vs The West Indies at Hove Cricket legends abound in Hove as Sussex play the West Indies during their 1963 tour of the UK Amateur film 1963 13 mins England Women's Cricket Eleven Can frail womanhood cope playing such a hardy sport as cricket? Abso-blooming-lutely! So says England Women’s captain Rachael Heyhoe Flint. Sport 1971 7 mins Amazons at the Wicket Women cricketers slog their male counterparts to the boundary in this fixture between Cobham Ladies and Manor Athletic in Richmond Non-Fiction 1925 1 mins Women's Cricket in Hove High up on the Downs above Hove a women's cricket team enjoy a match, a chat and even a quick smoke while a dog makes off with a handbag Amateur film 1963 5 mins Australia v East Anglia Women's Cricket Women cricketers are just as tough as the men, and no, despite rumours, they don’t wear coconut shells to protect themselves during matchplay! Sport 1976 5 mins Women Willows and Wickets Action from a women's game of cricket in Sunbury, with one of the teams consisting of workers at Lyons Corner Houses. Non-Fiction 1929 1 mins Celebrating a Centenary of Cricket in Southampton A centenary of cricket at Hampshire's County Ground is celebrated - with Australia topping the bill Amateur film 1985 13 mins Great Local Derby, Accrington v Church Cricket Match (1902) Rare film record of an Edwardian local league cricket game between two Lancashire sides. Non-Fiction Sport 1902 5 mins Colden Common v Twyford Cricket Match This nostalgic film from Jack Francis captures the essence of village cricket as Colden Common battles it out with Twyford in 1955 Amateur film 1955 9 mins On The Set of The Shout A cricket match with extras News Sport 1977 6 mins Cricketers All Well played! A celebration of our national game and some of its finest players. 1949 40 mins MPs at the Wicket MPs take to the Oval for a game of cricket Non-Fiction 1924 1 mins Bombing BFD (Bradford) Cricket A film of two halves, beginning with the citizens of Bradford wandering through a city centre ravaged by the bombs of the Luftwaffe, and then enjoying a leisurely game of cricket. Non-Fiction 1940 4 mins The Manufacture of Cricket Bats and Other Stories John P Howard's superb film shows how cricket bats are made as well as a variety of other stories like cutting records to Air Ministers at Hendon Amateur film 1939 15 mins Cricket Bats A master craftsman in willow: Duncan Fearnley explains the intricacies of making his championship winning cricket bats. News 1974 5 mins Cobbler Makes Cricket Boots for World's Cricket Stars Anglia TV visit the world famous cobbler for cricketers, Albert Whiting, in his Northampton shop. News Sport 1972 3 mins New Cricket Headguard Lancashire and England cricketer David “Bumble” Lloyd is far from 'bowled over' by the idea of the introduction of a new headguard. Anglia TV. Sport 1971 3 mins Essex Willows A fascinating look at how a cricket bat is professionally crafted, by hand, in 1946, from its beginnings as a willow tree. Government sponsored film School programme and Educational film 1946 24 mins Cricket on Test From village green to Lord's: the late, great Richie Benaud narrates a guide to the state of cricket in England. Sport 1965 9 mins
