1 33 RPM record, 'Talking Cricket' produced by the Atlantic Union Oil Company in association with the Wellington Cricket Association and the New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation. The record is a panel discussion hosted by New Zealand cricketer John Reid, with five English cricketers - Fred Titmus, Ken Barrington, Colin Cowdrey, Fred Trueman and Alec Bedser - discussing and analysing the technicalities of attack and defence in modern cricket, in front of a live studio audience. The record is introduced by Alex Veysey, Sports Editor of Wellington's 'Dominion' newspaper.
Side A: [0:00-0:30] Introduction by Alex Veysey, [0:30-6:35] Bedser talks about bowling to Don Bradman and how he managed to get him out, and how Bedser balls a 'cutter', [6:35-10:30] Trueman talks about bowling 'off-cutters' and his bowling technique including his grip, [10:30-14:55] Barrington talks about the scoring rate in matches and his belief that the rate of scoring would remain low, [14:55-17:20] Titmus talks about changing his tactics to get out different batsman, [17:20-21:50] Cowdrey talks about what he considers the most important aspects of batting including trying to make more effort to get ones and twos wherever possible, and his mindset when arriving at the crease, [21:50-26:26] Trueman talks about the weaknesses he looks for in batsman, and bowling bouncers while playing in the West Indies.
Side B: [0:00-1:15] Titmus talks about the skills he has developed from playing cricket, [1:15-4:30] Cowdrey talks about his batting technique where he played off the back foot against quick bowlers, and whether he moved quickly to combat the delivery of quick bowlers, [4:30-6:10] Bedser talks about bowling to batsman who play off the back foot, [6:10-7:25] Titmus talks about the difference in batting when playing in England compared to Australia, [7:25-9:10] Barrington talks about how he played against off-spinners, [9:10-10:25] Trueman talks about his greatest thrill in the gam which was when he was first chosen to play for Yorkshire, [10:25- Barrington talks about his greatest thrill in cricket which was when he received an invitation to play for Surrey Colts, and then receiving his Surrey cap and England cap within a week, [12:10-13:20] Titmus talks about his greatest thrill in cricket which was writing to Lord's for a trial and going on trial with MCC in 1949 (the correspondence relating to this event is held in the MCC archive, MCC/SEC/3/50/1), [13:20-14:50] Bedser talks about his greatest thrill which was just to play cricket, [14:50-15:45] Cowdrey talks about his greatest thrill in cricket which was to play with Len Hutton, D C S Compton, A V Bedser and T G Evans on the MCC tour of Australiia in 1954-1955, [15:45-24:05] The panel discuss the ages at which cricket coaching is most effective and the fundamental differences between batting and bowling.
