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Back Defence and Attack

Essex and England all-rounder Trevor Bailey demonstrates techniques for batting back foot defence and attack strokes.

Instructional film/TV programme 1956 9 mins Silent Not rated

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Overview

Essex and England all-rounder Trevor Bailey is joined by Peter May to demonstrate the dos and don'ts of back foot defence and attack strokes for young cricketers. Clearly more comfortable on the cricket pitch than in front of the camera, Bailey nonetheless offers some useful pointers for aspiring players. He also repeatedly cautions youngsters to avoid playing the 'French way' - that's only for the beach!

The Cricket with Trevor Bailey films were part of production company Associated-Rediffusion's Sportspot programme in 1956. This instalment was filmed at Filmed at Romford Indoor Cricket School in Essex.

Featuring

Trevor Bailey

Genres

Instructional film/TV programme

Certificate

Not rated

Country

United Kingdom

Language

No Dialogue with English subtitles

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