West Indies’ Bernard Julien is caught at mid-on by Mike Hendrick off John Snow in the first ball at Trent Bridge. – Vintage Photograph

Description

On June 8th, 1976, West Indies’ Bernard Julien was caught at mid-on by Mike Hendrick off John Snow in the first ball of the day at Trent Bridge, England. West Indies had set England a target of 339 and were two wickets down for 55 when veterans John Edrich and Brian Close pulled the innings round. With less than two and a half hours to play, England were 88 for two and the game was moving towards an inevitable draw. West Indies’ bowlers had scented victory in the morning session when Mike Brearly and David Steele were sent back cheaply, but with the pacemen failing to achieve a further breakthrough Edrich and Close were confronted by the gentle left-arm spin of Roy Fredericks and Bernard Julien as they steered England out of trouble.On June 8th, 1976, West Indies’ Bernard Julien was caught at mid-on by Mike Hendrick off John Snow in the first ball of the day at Trent Bridge, England. West Indies had set England a target of 339 and were two wickets down for 55 when veterans John Edrich and Brian Close pulled the innings round. With less than two and a half hours to play, England were 88 for two and the game was moving towards an inevitable draw. West Indies’ bowlers had scented victory in the morning session when Mike Brearly and David Steele were sent back cheaply, but with the pacemen failing to achieve a further breakthrough Edrich and Close were confronted by the gentle left-arm spin of Roy Fredericks and Bernard Julien as they steered England out of trouble.

Dimensions: 17.6 x 17.6 cm

IMS SKU: SCAN-NQOX-04742609

IMPORTANT! WHEN BUYING PHOTOS FROM US:
All the original vintage images are sold without watermarks.
All our press photos are LIMITED ARCHIVE ORIGINALS – they are not reprints or digital prints produced by us. We sell them in the same conditions they were given to us by the archives.
SEE the BACKSIDE OF the PHOTO – many times the image for sale will present stamps, dates and other publication details – these marks attest and increase the value of the press photos.
Since the photos are old press photograps they may have scratches, lines or other wears of time, which just underlines the authenticity and age of the photos.
What you will buy from us has a true historical value and authenticity. All these old photos have a story to tell and come from reliable sources.
In the past, the photos were often parts of series or were mass produced by the archives. Nowadays, their number is decimed – many were destroyed by time, use or natural disasters. Few were preserved and are nowadays carefully stored in our archives.

OCR computer generated text:

BERNARD JULIEN is caught at mid-on by Mike Hendrick off John Snow in the first ball at Trent Bridge today. By HAROLD ABEL ENGLAND, set 339 at about 65 an hour, to win the first Test at Trent Bridge lost two wickets for 55 before veterans John Edrich and Brian Close pulled the innings round. By mid-afternoon, with less than two and a half hours to play, Eng- land were 88 for two and the game was moving towards an inevitable draw. West Indies’ bowlers had scented victory in the morning session when Mike Brearly and David Steel were sent bac k cheaply, but with the pacemen fail- ing to achieve a further breakthrough Edrich and Close were confronted by the gentle left-arm spin of Roy Fredericks and Ber- nard Julien as they steered England out of trouble. West Inidies captain Clive Lloyd declared after his side had added a brisk 52 to their overnight 124. They lost Bernard Julien to the first ball of the day, but Kallicharran, with the help of two good sixes off John Snow, stayed with Viv Richards to add 52 in 35 minutes. Richards was then lbw to Snow for 63 and Lloyd declared. The bowlers sent down a normal quota of bouncers but they had to be pitched really short to rise to any great height and both Brearley and Edrich WEST INDIES First Innings 494 (I V A Richards 232, A I Kallicharran 97; D L Underwood 4-82). Second Innings RC Fredericks b Snow….. CG Greenidge c & b Old ……. IVA Richards lbw Snow CH Lloyd e Brearley b Snow .. BD Julien c Hendrick Snow……. AI Kallicharran not out……… Extras……. 15 23 63 21 13 29 Total (5 wkts dec)….. 176 HA Gomes, DL Murray, VA Holder, A M E Roberts, W Daniel did not bat. Fall of wickets: 1-33, 2-77, 3-109, 4-124, 5-176. Bowling: Hendrick 7-2-22-0; Snow 11-2-53-4; Underwood 7-3-9-0; Old 10-0-64-1; Greig 1-0-16-0. ENGLAND First Innings: 332 (D S Steele 106, RA Woolmer 82; W W Daniel 4-53) Second Innings 41 JH Edrich not out…… JM Brearley e Murray b Hol- der DS Steele e Julien b Roberts … DB Close not out Extras 17 6 11 13 Total (2 wkts)………. 88 ducked them comfortably. Soon Lloyd posted a short third man and a deep fine leg and the removal of half the menacing arc from behind the wicket must have given the batsmen heart. But at 38 Holder broke through with the first ball of his third over. Brearley followed a good delivery going away and edged it into the gloves of Deryck Murray. The sight of Steele emerging from the pavilion I was good for English eyes and after playing quietly through a couple of overs he was off the mark with a cover drive for four off Holder. Edrich reached the ropes too in the square leg area when Roberts returned at the opposite end and the batting began to look more convincing on a wicket that gave the bowlers some encouragement. The 50 came up in 62 minutes and five runs later Steele, on six, went to hook Roberts, but instead lobbed a simple catch to Julien 15 yards from the bat at fine leg. Steele’s lowest score in his previous seven innings for England was 39 and his exit at such a vital time now meant that Close was in for the last 13 minutes of the morning. He negotiated them safelv and …… 8 JUN 1976