A film made by former Yorkshire and England cricket player, turned journalist, Bill Bowes showing a tour of Australia at the time of the Ashes. The film includes some good action sequences from one of the test matches, as well as of the players away from the games. In the second half there is some commercial film of New South Wales. The match shown is possibly Adelaide 30 January- 5 February, 1959. The film begins with a test match between Australia and England at an unknown location. It is...

A film made by former Yorkshire and England cricket player, turned journalist, Bill Bowes showing a tour of Australia at the time of the Ashes. The film includes some good action sequences from one of the test matches, as well as of the players away from the games. In the second half there is some commercial film of New South Wales. The match shown is possibly Adelaide 30 January- 5 February, 1959. The film begins with a test match between Australia and England at an unknown location. It is being filmed from behind the bowler, quite close up (a bit grainy), some in slow motion. The bowling is changed from the near end, with a balding left-arm medium pacer – Tony Lock. Two English cricketers pad up to go into the nets. The film goes around many of the England team, with each player posing for the camera. It then goes behind the scenes to show people outside drinking, before moving on to the stadium. The next test is at Adelaide. The two umpires come out, followed by the Australian team in the field and the two English batsmen, Fred Truman and Brian Statham. On the scoreboard it shows England have scored 240 and 270 in their two innings and Australia 476 in their first innings. The scoreboard then shows England on 74 for 3, with Colin Cowdrey on 28 – presumably earlier in the game when Peter May was out. The action is filmed at first from the side at a distance, and then from behind the bowler, closer up. Some bowling is filmed from the side in slow motion. The crowd run onto the pitch at the close of the day’s play with England on 36 (46?) without loss. The next action is filmed from high up in the stands, at first from a distance and then closer. Fred Truman is bowling at this end and fast left arm at the other. The film is then taken from the other side of the ground lower down and closer. Several wickets are shown falling. The crowd run onto the pitch at the end of the game. There is then a section that seems to be commercial film, perhaps with some by Bowes as well. It begins with a map of Victoria and New South Wales, highlighting the snowy mountain region, but showing Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane. Workers are up in the mountains, tree felling and drilling. A diagram shows the Snowy-Murray development. The next section of film returns to Bowes, showing many of the signs warning of the dangers of fire. The filmmaker drives around the area showing the development work in progress, including the building of a dam and tunnels through the mountains. The film moves from summer to winter and working in the snow, with much snow clearing. At the end the results of the work for the irrigation of the land is shown, with orange orchards. The End The last section of film starts with the Union Jack flying. There is a ceremony of the changing of the guards, with the queen on horseback, posing in full uniform and medals, filmed in close up looking directly into the camera whilst the national anthem plays.