Lives in Cricket No 44 - LCH Palairet

another no-ball was called, this made the total 18 of which three were scored off.’ After this Phillips did not call Mold again during the innings or the match; Webb was called for one no-ball by Richardson for overstepping. The game continued amidst a lot of calling by the spectators aimed at Phillips. The day’s cricket, now taking second to the events, continued and by the close Lancashire had reached 275 for three in reply to Somerset’s 253, Tyldesley still being in on 168. The events were reported in great detail by the press and the following morning several thousand turned up to see if they would see a repeat of the first day. What it did do was to get the interest of Mitchell and Kenyon who were a film company based in Blackburn. The company were early pioneers of commercial motion pictures. At the time they were noted for their dramatisation of the Boer War. The company also would film various sporting events and as a result of the first day events, they appeared at the ground to film proceedings (possibly with the hope of a recording Arthur Mold being called for throwing again). As a result, the teams were filmed as they left the field at lunch, Lancashire having been dismissed for 354 and Somerset going in one wicket down. Lionel is shown leaving the field talking to Archie MacLaren. He appears, 15 seconds into the video (this can be seen on YouTube ) and is in shot for 12 seconds. He is wearing his Harlequin cap, he is tall, very slim and walks with an air of authority and he even gazes at the camera as he leaves the field. What a pity the cameramen did not film some of Lionel’s batting; furthermore it is almost certainly the only live film we have of him. Somerset were dismissed by tea and lost the match by ten wickets. Lionel made 29 and 23. More importantly it virtually finished Mold’s career. If this match caused a stir in the cricket world, the following game with Yorkshire at Headingley matched it, but this time for the play. The game started just after noon to a good crowd of nearly 8,000. Winning the toss, the now regular opening pair of Lionel and Braund commenced the innings; both were out for A new century and 1901 74