Foiled again
'Barmy Army' no match for Melbourne thieves
Posted: Tuesday December 22, 1998 10:07 AM
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About 50 members of the "army" made a backpackers hotel their headquarters during their stay in Melbourne for the December 26 test Ben Radford/Allsport |
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) -- Members of the Barmy Army, the raucous fans who follow the English cricket team around the world, have lost documentary film footage after a theft at their Melbourne hostel.
The footage and camera equipment worth an estimated US$1,550 were in a knapsack stolen from a backpackers hotel in Melbourne's south.
Paul Burnham, 34, of Twickenham, London, said Tuesday the video cassettes contained footage of test matches and the army's party at the old jail in Adelaide, held to raise funds for charity.
"We want it to make a movie, documentary type thing," he said.
"We are asking if anyone has got it, if it can be left somewhere because it is no use to them but we can't go back and play the tests again."
Burnham, who works for a company which bets on sporting events, said fellow army member Andrew Evans had taken time off his job as an engineer and was living on his savings while they worked on the documentary.
He said about 50 members of the "army" had made the backpackers hotel their headquarters during their stay in Melbourne for the December 26 test, the fourth in the Ashes series.
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