MCC Team Leaving South Africa (1913-1914)

MCC team leaving South Africa. Several shots of cricket team members on the deck of ship. Amendment August 2011: Tall man with hat could in fact be Sydney Barnes. A legendary crickter who played for Staffordshire cricket club, not Middlesex. It is also possible that this film was acutally taken in 1914. Amendment April 2012: This clip is of the MCC team departing for South Africa on the 1913/14 tour, the final international Test tour prior to WW1. Clearly seen are Frank Woolley, Sydney (S.F.) Barnes, Johnny Douglas, Albert Relf etc. 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 Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957