Vin Maskell

1948 Lord’s Test, England

Too busy to watch all 17 minutes of a  British Council doco about the 1948 Lords Test? Then let us take you straight to the scoreboard action. A huge thank you to Australian cricketer Dom Fell* for his patience in sourcing and cropping photos via YouTube. Thanks Dom!

Start of play
The inner sanctum.
Bradman reaches 50
Chap on the left one of the scoreboard staff.
Barnes out for 141
Score being updated

Local game. Scoreboard and long faces tell the story.

 

Full scorecard of the 1948 Lord’s Test.

*Dom Fell is an Australian. He is a cricketer. Ipso facto, he is an Australian cricketer. Wicketkeeper-batsman for a local seventh XI down Geelong way.

 

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