Eve Takes Up Cricket (1922)

“A slow motion study of London University Girls at play“. Intertitle reads: “One by one the games which were once Adam’s very own are being appropriated by Eve“. A group of girls are sitting and watching a cricket match. A girl bowls. We see in slow motion her delivery. We then see the bats women play in stroke in slow motion. She misses. We see another delivery from the bowler. The team look around because the bats woman has hit the ball. She starts to run. The players wear gymslips. Intertitle mentions “Pondoland“ - ? Story incomplete. Safety print exists. Nitrate neg is in Cricket can 20. Beta copy exists. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies