Batting Back 200 Years -- Mr. John Moore, the well-known author batting for the Gentlemen in the 200- year-old cricket match. A team of Professor A.H. Smith's Gentlemen met the Dumbleton C.C. In a cricket match at the village of Dumbleton, near Tewkesbury, played according to the rules of 1751. Two stumps only were used, bowling was underhand, the players wore knee breeches, and the umpire was supplied with a bat. August 22, 1951. (Photo by Fox Photos).