We Can’t Beat Your Weather - AKA Australia’s First Match In England (1926)

Maidenhead, Berkshire. Gloomy skies, cold rain, make dismal opening a Australian Test Team’s first match in England. Various shots of a gloomy looking cricket pitch. Spectators are all huddled up on benches with overcoats and umbrellas. Members of the Australian cricket team in raincoats inspect the pitch. Many press photographers take their photographs. 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), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website.