Arthur Mold Bowling to A.N. Hornby (1901)

This film is part of the Mitchell and Kenyon collection - an amazing visual record of everyday life in Britain at the beginning of the twentieth century. For more information about the films of Mitchell and Kenyon see http://www.bfi.org.uk/features/mk

To buy the DVD click here - http://www.bfi.org.uk/filmstore

You can watch over 1000 other complete films and TV programmes from the BFI National Archive free of charge at the new BFI Mediatheque - http://www.bfi.org.uk/mediatheque

Category:

Sports

Tags:

• BFI
• Sports
• Victorian
• Edwardian
• Old
• Trafford
• Lancashire
• County
• Cricket
• steam
• trains
• railways

[JemMackie]

Pity Mold wasn't Asian or the cricket authorities would have changed the rules so he could throw legally.

[FaerieCrone]

Back to a time when the term 'ladies and gentlemen' rang true.

[SLICKR392]

That kid @ 1:03 might have an 80 year old grand child by now.

[melglen1]

wasnt edwardian cricket substandard poor athletecism poor techniques

[widlad7]

@stumps03 well said.

[stumps03]

@widlad7 Lancashire's best-loved cricketer and a great hero of mine,the one and only Johnny 'Boy' Briggs

[EvoLuTioNBst]

@hawking8 shut up about my great uncle i play cricket myself and i spin it to win it (and i mean spin it like hell) so please watch what u say he is a great man but is bowling action made it look astohg he through the ball so in true fact he is a brilliant fast bowler

[EvoLuTioNBst]

@JemMackie arthur mold is my great uncle so please mind what u say r.i.p arthur mold

[hawking8]

He's a chucker, worse than Murlitharan

Great film though, pure gold.

[widlad7]

@johnnybriggs118 God bless Johnny Briggs!

[johnnybriggs118]

@widlad7 Hiya, yes I love finding out about Johnny Briggs, he's a bit of a personal hero and I collect stories about him.  I drove past what was Cheadle Asylum the other week. Victorian cricket was splendid for the gentlemen like Hornby but pretty brutal for the ordinary players like Briggs and Mold.