File:Aerial photograph of Cricket match at Brisbane Cricket Ground at Woolloongabba (The Gabba), 5 December 1936.jpg
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[edit]DescriptionAerial photograph of Cricket match at Brisbane Cricket Ground at Woolloongabba (The Gabba), 5 December 1936.jpg |
English: Taken from the Maryborough Chronicle, Wide Bay and Burnett Advertiser, Monday 7 December, 1936:
TEST DAY IN BRISBANE Last Saturday was the biggest Saturday in the Brisbane Tramway Department's history. Practically every car it possesses had to be used to cope with cricket and racing crowds. In five hours, between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m., approximately 18,500 persons were conveyed to the Woolloongabba grounds from the city and Valley, and about 1200 more from the suburds on the South Side. More than 30 special cars, some from the Valley, and others from Wharf-street, in addition to the ordinary big Saturday morning service, were needed to cope with the rush to the Cricket Ground. But that was nothing compared to with the 105 cars that were pressed into service for the exodus from the ground, which began at 5 p.m., and reached its climax shortly after 6. To meet the demands of the Press, the Postal Department stationed a staff of 14 men in the box at the cricket ground, and the persistent tapping of their transmitters throughout the day is an eloquent testimony to the energy of the journalists. On Friday the telegraph operators put on the wire almost 62,000 words of Test match description. The total number of words sent overseas was 10,000. When something has happened, when a wicket has fallen, or a century has been scored, a cable is speeding overseas almost before the cheers of the crowd have subsided. And before very long the London crowds are reading in the early morning, or discussing with total strangers in the trains and buses, the sad tragedies and the inexplicable ironies of the great game. Queensland State Archives Image ID 25225 |
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Author | Queensland State Archives |
Camera location | 27° 29′ 09″ S, 153° 02′ 17″ E | View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap | -27.485833; 153.038056 |
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