Ashes Tour 1932/33

The Ashes Tour 1932/33 was the tour of the English Cricket Team , the 29th staging of the Ashes included, and was carried out in 1932 and 28 February 1933 between 2 December. The Ashes Series 1932/33 itself was played in the form of five test matches between Australia and England. The venues were always Australian stadiums. In addition to the test series, the tour included a number of other games between the two teams in the winter of 1932/33 . England won the series 4–1.

The series is also known as the Bodyline series , as the English team worked with the so-called fast leg theory bowling, which included direct almost bowling on the body.

prehistory

It was the first tour of the season for both teams. The last meeting of the two teams on a tour took place in England in the 1930 season .

Stages

Adelaide Brisbane Melbourne Sydney

Tour venues

The following stages have been designated as the venue for the tour.

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
Adelaide oval	Adelaide	53,583	3rd test
The gabba	Brisbane	42,000	4th test
Melbourne Cricket Ground	Melbourne	100.024	2nd test
Sydney Cricket Ground	Sydney	48,000	1st & 5th test

Squad lists

The teams named the following squads.

test
Australia	England
Harry Alexander Donald Bradman Ernie Bromley Rick darling Jack Fingleton Clarrie Grimmett Bert Ironmonger Alan Kippax Perker Lee Hammy Love Stan McCabe Lisle Nagel Leo O'Brien Bill O'Reilly Bert Oldfield Bill Ponsford Vic Richardson Tim Wall Bill Woodfull	David Allen Les Ames Bill Bowes Wally Hammond Douglas Jardine Harold Larwood Maurice Leyland Tommy Mitchell Eddie Paynter Herbert Sutcliffe Hedley Verity Bill Voce Bob Wyatt Nawab of Pataudi

Testing

First test in Sydney

December 2-7 scorecard	Sydney	Australia 360 (102.2) & 164 (63.3)	-	England 524 (229.4) & 1-0 (0.1)
		England wins with 10 wickets

Second test in Melbourne

December 30th - January 3rd scorecard	Melbourne	Australia 228 (86.3) & 191 (56.5)	-	England 169 (85.3) & 139 (55.1)
		Australia wins with 111 runs

Third test in Adelaide

January 13-19 Scorecard	Adelaide	England 341 (146.1) & 412 (191.3)	-	Australia 222 (95.4) & 193 (69.2)
		England wins with 338 runs

Fourth test in Brisbane

February 10-16 Scorecard	Brisbane	Australia 340 (121) & 175 (68.3)	-	England 356 (185.4) & 162-4 (79.4)
		England wins with 6 wickets

Fifth test in Sydney

February 23-28 Scorecard	Sydney	Australia 435 (108.2) & 182 (54.4)	-	England 454 (171.2) & 168-2 (71.2)
		England wins with 8 wickets

Bodyline Series

At the previous meeting of the two teams in 1930, England was clearly inferior to the Australians, which was mainly due to their batsman Don Bradman . To address this in charge of the national team appointed Marylebone Cricket Club with Douglas Jardine a new captain . He said he had recognized a weakness of Bradman that he had problems with high balls played on the body. To do this, he needed a bowler who could not only throw fast balls but also place them very precisely. Jardine found this in Harold Larwood . The strategy also envisaged placing so many outfield players on the leg side of the field that if the batsman dodged or protected his body there was a high probability that he would be eliminated. The strategy was designed to intimidate the opponent and thus force him to make mistakes.

Bradman was missing in the first game and the new strategy still worked, but at the same time caused protests. In the second game Bradman was there again and even if Australia won the strategy was seen as dangerous and unsporting by the Australians. At the third test in Adelaide, the situation escalated when after a hit by the Australian captain in the heart area, the audience went over to excessive boos . Jardine commented on the litter to Larwood with "Well bowled Harold" , which meant that the outside field had to be provided with police protection. In the following, the Australian Bert Oldfield was also hit and suffered a skull fracture. The MCC tour manager tried to calm the situation down and spoke to the Australian captain, who replied, "I don't want to see you Mr Warner. There are two teams out there; one is trying to play cricket and the other is not. The matter is in your hands, Mr Warner, and I have nothing further to say to you. Good afternoon. " ("I don't want to see you Mr. Warner. There are two teams out there, one trying to play cricket and the other not. It's in your hands, Mr. Warner, and I have nothing more to say. Hello." )

The Australian Federation subsequently sent a message to the MCC in England complaining about unsportsmanlike conduct. The MCC replied that he could not imagine that a MCC team led by a "gentleman" like Douglas Jardine could act unsportsmanlike at all. Jardine further escalated the situation by announcing that his team would not contest the last two tests if the Australians did not take back the allegations. This caused resentment at the diplomatic level, as both governments supported their teams. It was not until the withdrawal of Australian Prime Minister Joseph Lyons that the situation calmed down, who feared the effects of a boycott of Australian goods in England on the domestic economy. England won the series. Back in England it was initially only the team manager Warner who viewed the strategy of the body line critically. It was only when the MCC saw the tactics used against their own team on both tours of the West Indies in England the following summer that the MCC put the process of rule changes into effect to counter the Bodyline strategy. For Larwood, the last test in Sydney was the last test of his career.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Greig Watson: Bodyline: 80 years of cricket's greatest controversy ( English ) BBC. January 16, 2013. Accessed June 23, 2020.
2. ↑ ^{a b} Martin Williamson: Bodyline ( English ) Cricinfo. August 11, 2002. Accessed June 23, 2020.
3. ↑ Martin Williamson: Bodyline quotes ( English ) Cricinfo. January 29, 2013. Accessed June 23, 2020.

Web links

• The series on Cricinfo