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Dramatization of the 1932/33 Test cricket series between England and Australia. Played in Australia, the series gained notoriety in Australian and worldwide cricketing history for the fact that the English team (headed by captain Douglas Jardine) applied a bowling technique called "leg theory", or more commonly, Bodyline. This technique involved bowlers bowling the ball directly at the batsman's body, and resulted in many of the Australian team receiving numerous bruises and injuries, with batsman Bert Oldfield sustaining a cracked skull. The series generated much anger and resentment towards the English team within Australia and seriously damaged Anglo-Australian cricketing relations at the time.
Douglas Jardine
Donald Bradman
Lord Harris
Harold Larwood
Pelham Warner
Percy George Fender
Edith
Clive 'Chooka' Cooper (Reporter)
Bill Woodfull
Nawab of Pataudi
Eddie Paynter
Bill Bowes
Bill Voce
Mr. Jardine
Mrs. Jardine
Mr. Bradman
Jessie Bradman
Joseph Lyons (Prime Minister)
Aubrey Oxlade
Dr. Allen Robertson
William Jeanes
Lord Hawke
Ernest Jones (Barracker)
Bill Ponsford
Stan McCabe
Jack Fingleton
Viv Richardson
Bert Oldfield
Frank Packer
Waiter - Perth Reception
