[Cricket].

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Year
1960
Reference
147161
Media type
Audio
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Rights Information
Year
1960
Reference
147161
Media type
Audio
Categories
Instructional radio programs
Nonfiction radio programs
Radio interviews
Radio programs
Radio sports events
Radio talk shows
Sound recordings
Duration
00:29:18
Broadcast Date
29 Jul 1960
Credits
RNZ Collection
Bowes, William E.
Robertson, Robbie
SPENCE, Shirley
SIKI, Bela
Moore, Dudley
Moore, Dennis
KATCHEN, Julius
New Zealand Broadcasting Service (estab. 1946, closed 1962)

A compilation of seven audio cuts.

1. Bill Bowes talks about cricket in Australia and Britain and mentions Don Bradman.
2. Robbie Robertson talks about the history of rugby in Tonga and tells of chidren kicking coconuts around.
3. The owners of trotter Caduceus, Dudley and Dennis Moore, are interviewed after the Yonkers race.
4. 2YC transmitter closes down with talks by W. L. Harrison, the chief engineer, Don Kaye who plays an excerpt of Silver Bell which was the first item broadcast when opened.
5. Pianist, Julius Katchen, talks about early performances and personal lifestyle. Interviewed at 2XN July 1960.
6. An extract from the 2XG broadcast for the Mrs. East Coast contest, including an interview with Gisborne's Mrs. New Zealand entrant, Mrs. Shirley Spence.(00:04:30)
7. Pianist, Bela Siki, talks about learning the piano in Budapest from Dohnanyi and Lipatti.