On returning home in 1933 Douglas Jardine said he was "naturally displeased" with the "notorious excitability" of Australian crowds. Well, if he was displeased, then he would be ropeable now. Seventy ...
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This week sees the 80th anniversary of cricket’s most bitter and acrimonious Test series, the infamous Bodyline series of 1932/33. Australia had won the 1930 Ashes series in England, with Don Bradman ...
It is 80 years since the first cricket match was broadcast on ABC Radio. Loading... The ABC took to the airwaves to cover the 1932-33 Ashes Test Series, which infamously became known as the Bodyline ...
There's no one source of our national character. It comes from our indigenous heritage, the struggles of the early settlers, the Federation period, and, of course, our nation's experiences at war. And ...
Alex Massie marked the 80th anniversary of the Bodyline series with an excellent Spectator blog. Among other things, the article brought home how distant it is. Bodyline exists now in those few ...
The Bodyline scandal helped shape the nature of cricket, sport and relations between Australia and England for years to come As Australian batsman Bert Oldfield collapsed, his skull fractured by a ...
Few sporting events have caused such an international storm as the 1932-33 Ashes series which, at its nadir, not only threatened the tour itself but also political relations between the United Kingdom ...
This is the story of one of the most well known but perhaps least understood moments of conflict and controversy in the history of sport the infamous Bodyline test cricket series of 1932 and 1933 ...