Cricket Gallery

Harold Larwood Bowling, 1933

Photograph of the English bowler, Harold Larwood, in action during the MCC tour of Australia, 1933. During that tour, D.R. Jardine, the MCC Captain, used the pace of Larwood to employ leg theory (also known as bodyline bowling). Although successful on the cricket field, the tactic was deemed unsportsmanlike by many Australians and soured Anglo-Australian relations

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Burt Kwouk and the Pink Panther Barbados Cricket Tour Team - Heathrow Airport, London

Actor Burt Kwouk, aka Cato from the Pink Panther films, with the Pink Panther Barbados Cricket Tour Team on their return from the West Indies. The team was sponsored, and raised about 1, 200 for the British Heart Foundation on their two-week tour

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A Bat, a Ball and a Boy Preview - London

Former Australian Test captain Richie Benaud (right) is pictured with three of the guests who attended the preview in London of A Bat, a Ball and a Boy, a new cricket film he directed in Australia. (l-r) Patricia McKelvey, captain of the New Zealand women's team, Lt General Sir Oliver Leese, President of the MCC, and Rachael Heyhoe, captain of the England women's cricket team. The film features 14 Australian Test cricketers

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