1932-33 Ashes ‘Bodyline’ Test Cricket Series - All Tests.

1932-33 Ashes ‘Bodyline’ Test Cricket Series - All Tests. Key players:- Don Bradman, Douglas Jardine, Harold Larwood, Stan McCabe, Walter Hammond. Key venues: Sydney Cricket Ground, Melbourne Cricket Ground, Adelaide Oval, Brisbane Gabba. Australia versus England.
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[@kh.rafiqueabdullah799]

This is vintage video. It gives me chills in the spine that how those batsmen faced the FIREBALLS from the pacers without any helmet and proper protection gears durning that time. Just amazing! 🏏😍🏏😍🏏😍

[@amankumarmohanty5836]

This is nothing like fire Ball

[@chriskostopoulos8142]

And on uncovered wickets too.

[@temurhakim2356]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/q6rTdoCueqZ1pLc LOL YES INDIAN WALL

[@anweshpradhan1842]

Lmao 120 kmph balls are not fire balls.

[@iang8169]

Check out the aust v england 74/75 and engand v west indies 76 . No helmets and instead of one monster fast bowler in larwood , the england had to go up against 2 in thommo and lille and 3 against the windies . Now in 79 aust had to go up agaisnt the windies who had 4 great fast bowlers in the team , no spinners , amd some of tje aust wore helmets but they had no chin / face protection .

[@sportsfan277]

England not only had great fast bowlers.They also had the greatest left arm spinner of all time,Hedley Verity.

[@theknightwatchman]

Yes Verity was a great bowler. Sadly lost in the War a few years later.

[@charlescovell8054]

Yes Verity was a great left arm spinner. But I would put Derek Underwood ahead of him.

[@alangeorgebarstow]

@@charlescovell8054 Verity took 144 wickets in 40 test matches for a bowling average of 23·37. Underwood took 297 wickets in 86 test matches for a bowling average of 25·8. That means on record, Verity is ahead of Underwood.

[@vantheman1238]

They certainly did. Plus they had Sutcliffe and Hammond.

[@vantheman1238]

@@alangeorgebarstowhy do they have to be ahead of each other? Both great bowlers who bowled in different eras. Let’s enjoy the fact that they both played for England wonderfully well.

[@mattinterweb]

Larwood's action is a thing of beauty. He looks rapid to.

[@alangeorgebarstow]

Larwood's flowing action was the direct inspiration for, in particular, Lindwall and Trueman among others.

[@cricket023]

Dunno why people say Bradman wasn't good as he faced average bowlers. In such a deadly series he averaged 56.

[@theknightwatchman]

Bradman was a class above. It’s doubtful anyone could have mastered Bodyline. English players like Walter Hammond threatened to retire if he had to face it. It would have changed the game completely.

[@mohitsinha2732]

Who says Bradman wasn't good? He was great, probably greatest... The only point is that Sunny (Gavaskar) faced very hostile 4 Larwoods (90 mph+) from the mighty WI all thru his career besides Lillee/Thomo, Imran/Sarfaraz/Akram & Willis/Snow... And all this without helmet and with basic protective gear like Bradman era... Yet averaged 52+ overall in tests, and an average close to 70 against the hostile Mighty West Indies of 70s/80s with 13 centuries just against them... His 2nd innings average was close to 60... Considering, Bradman also averaged 56+ in Bodyline Series, we can compare Gavaskar to Bradman...as both played without helmet, without any bouncer restrictions and the former(Sunny) faced many more express & hostile pacers in his career... So all people say is that Bradman may not be as far ahead of the rest of the pack of legends as is made out to be....

[@cricket023]

@@mohitsinha2732 You don't know the real truth. Gavaskar was bloody good against England. But he averaged only 20 against Australia when Lillee played. Also of all his hundreds he made against West Indies only three were against the quartet. Another point is most of his hundreds were on slow pitches of Kanpur and Delhi.

[@mohitsinha2732]

@@cricket023 This is being grossly uncharitable because he scored 2 centuries (121 & 236 n.o.) in the the revenge test series alone when WI came after losing the world cup of 1983 with the pace quartet at its peak including Marshall. Besides, in his debut series in WI he scored 774 runs in 4 tests with 3(4?) Centuries... A world record still unbroken... The attack was Wes Hall & Co under Sobers... Why couldn't other Indians score anywhere close?? Do you dispute that he had 13(14?) centuries and an average of 68+ against the Mighty WI? And Why doesn't any other batsmen of that era come anywhere close to Sunny either in no. Of centuries or batting average against the WI of 70s & 80s? As for that one series against Aussies, He was woefully out of form and that lean patch hits every batsman sometime in his life... Check his century for World-11 against Australia and you will know how well he handled Lillee & Thomson (Pasco etc too)... BTW all his batting exploits were without helmet... Which makes him comparable/better than any great from the golden olden era...

[@tomcustard]

@@mohitsinha2732 Not everything is about India champ, West Indies didn't bowl with a bodyline field either which was outlawed after this series.

[@bj5567]

The way Bradman gets out at 17:14 is a very Steve Smith-like dismissal.

[@theknightwatchman]

Well spotted. Definitely moving across the stumps.

[@SwaggerKing-rj7jv]

Bradman of course The Greatest Ever.

[@Vortigan07]

What an excellent video! I've never seen all five tests put together in one place before, not like this. Harold Larwood had an approach to the wicket and an action that was very easy on the eye and he was, quite evidently, ferociously quick! No mug with the bat either as the record shows from the 5th Test! And you have to look at Bradman, as you always do...to have averaged 56 against that attack in a 4-1 defeat is really quite astonishing! Across the whole series, there is much to admire among some of the performances on both sides when you start to get into the details, certainly much more to it than that which it's defined by.

[@theknightwatchman]

Thanks for watching. It was a very dramatic series, and as you say, incredible performances from both sides: Larwood, McCabe, Paynter, Bradman.

[@stephenarnold6359]

Absolutely! I had no idea so much footage of the series existed. We're continually shown just the usual same old clips.

[@BruceLee-sw4ms]

The England WK isn’t standing back far at all - Keepers of quick bowling these days stand back up to 28 metres

[@manthenaarjunkumar9483]

Bradman runs very fast between the wickets

[@chloedog47]

And so you should as a standard

[@saxon1376]

It’s not bodyline that’s an Australian press thing !! It’s fast leg theory 💪

[@amarkantasthana]

If it was not bodyline, what happened to Larwood's and Jardines carriers? Why Nawab of Pataudi sr, who protested against bodyline, was shunted out and did not play in the series again.

[@YogeshYadav-or6mi]

Larwood seems to be a great bowler .

[@theknightwatchman]

Best fast bowler of his generation.

[@RohitRaj-ti4jh]

@@theknightwatchman He is fast bowler of all the time Legend

[@roshandewangan8338]

1932-33 की इस आस्ट्रेलिया- ईन्लैंड बॉडी लाईन सीरिज मे गेन्दबाज हेराल्ड लारवुड, English captain डगलस जारडिन की खोज थी, जिसे जारडिन ने खासकर Sir Don bred Men को घायल करने के लिए लाया था...

[@stevenburton6785]

Great vintage video,surely there are enough rich cricket lovers around to fund digital enhancement and renovation of this priceless footage, Thanks for a great video.

[@theknightwatchman]

Thank you very much 🙏

[@mcdonnell-douglasdc-1087]

Bodyline bowling was the physical version of sledging.

[@theknightwatchman]

Yes, I think the only sledging was done off the field:- Jardine: ‘I want an apology from the player who called Larwood a bastard’ Australian player: ‘Which one of you bastards called Larwood a bastard instead of Jardine?’.

[@arkamukhopadhyay9111]

​@@theknightwatchman no, it was Jardine himself who was called a bastard and demanded an apology. The iconic Aussie response was, "which one of you bastards called this bastard a bastard?"

[@theknightwatchman]

@@arkamukhopadhyay9111 That was the Bodyline TV mini-series version.

[@alangeorgebarstow]

The 'Bodyline' bowling in that series was nowhere near as vicious as the bowling dished out in the 1970s by Lillee and Thomson for Australia; nor the 'chin music' that followed from Andy Roberts, Michael Holding, Joel Garner, Colin Croft, Patrick Patterson, Malcolm Marshall, Curtly Ambrose, Courtney Walsh, Ian Bishop and a tranche of other fast West Indians following on.

[@user-qt3dg3qn6x]

Too much is made of it all. Larwood was fast but was the only fast one causing problems. Allen refused to bowl it, Bowes wasn't fast at all and Voce only took 11 wickets in the whole series.

[@112sje]

As well as being a great fast bowler, Harold Larwood could bat a bit as well. In one Test Match (I think possibly the last one at Sydney), Jardine sent him in as a "Knight" watchman ! and Harold missed a century by only two runs ! It's a shame there were no clips of that but it is still a very interesting piece of film, with footage I have never seen before.

[@theknightwatchman]

Yes, Larwood got 98 and had the SCG crowd behind him all the way apparently. It seems the newsreel cameramen missed it or the reels were lost over time. Just a press photo marking the aftermath of his dismissal.

[@davejaguar6532]

Jack Fingleton's 1946 book, Cricket Crisis is an excellent book and does a very good job of explaining why "bodyline" was not simply "leg theory" and why it was the field placements that made bodyline a successful methodology. Those who claim that bowlers still use a form of bodyline today do not know that the mere use of balls aimed at the batsman's body/head today is nothing at all like Mr Jardine's bodyline strategy. Bodyline was very successful in taming Bradman. Yes, Bradman still averaged 56 in the series but one needs to contrast that against the 139 he averaged in the 1930 series batting against the same attack of Larwood et al.

[@theknightwatchman]

Yes, great book from someone who actually faced the tactic. Fingleton scored a century in the tour game for NSW facing Bodyline before the test series started.

[@geoffblight6594]

My grandfather played cricket for Australia he was good superb bowler 1938 pre ministers side

[@ianjeremy4471]

Good old Douglas Jardine 🏏 🇬🇧

[@theknightwatchman]

He certainly knew what it took to win. Thanks for watching.

[@sentimentalbloke185]

@@theknightwatchman and wreck the game of cricket in the process

[@theknightwatchman]

@@sentimentalbloke185 He was the definitely first ruthless, win-at-all-costs captain which has become the norm in the modern era.

[@iainjohnson4105]

I believe Warwick Armstrong was the same before Jardine.

[@theknightwatchman]

@@iainjohnson4105 Armstrong had similar advantages to Jardine: a strong pace attack (Gregory/McDonald) and a great batting line-up.

[@prashantyelpale8140]

Larwood great bowler, same style lateron of wasley hall. running from side and very fast.

[@theislamicchannel6442]

3 Bloody series of the Millennium 1932 1933 Eng beat Australia Body line Series 1975 Australia hammered West Indies 5 1 1976 Jamica Inda west Indies bloodbath Bradman vs Larwood Bodyline series Boycott vs Holding Richards vs Lillie Thomson Pascoe Hogg 1975 series Aus 5 - WI 1 Gavaskar vs Holding 1976 Series Bloodbath (Holding Daniel Roberts Marshall ) Srikanth vs Imran Khan Mark Waugh vs Alan Donald Tendulkar vs McGrath Brett Lee Kohli vs Anderson Waugh vs Ambrose Smith vs Jofra Archer Watson vs Wahab Riaz Rohit vs Aamir Any other duels encounters you know please add them here.That is why it is named and called TEST CRICKET, it seriously puts the batsmen bowlers fielders everybody into tests, you are tested your courage your bravery your skills your technique your patience your aggression your fears your plans your implementation your selection everything is being tested put on trials and this is the real authentic cricket TEST CRICKET.Jardine believed Bradman struggled against balls which bounced into his chest and formed a tactic to exploit this. But the plan needed the right bowler, and that bowler was former Nottinghamshire miner Harold Larwood.Duncan Hamilton, Larwood's biographer, said: "He had two things. Firstly he was incredibly accurate, he claimed never to have bowled a wide in his career, and accuracy was essential to Bodyline.As Australian batsman Bert Oldfield collapsed, his skull fractured by a lightning-fast ball, the booing from the 50,000-strong Adelaide Oval crowd became a deafening howl.The England players, mouths dry with fear, looked for escape routes - or even potential weapons - in case the mob fell on them.Bowler Harold Larwood, the focus of the fury, turned to team-mate Les Ames. "If they come," he said, "you can take the leg stump for protection - I'll take the middle."Never before or since that moment, 80 years ago to the day, on 16 January 1933, had cricket - and arguably any other sport - seen a contest which fired such anger, which reached so far and echoed for so long, as the Bodyline tour. Australia won the series 5-1. The Series is remembered for hostile fast bowling by Dennis Lillee and Jeff Thomson and for Viv Richards ability to take on fast bowlers by opening the innings in last test match.My father listened to these series commentaries on radio those days and briefed us in details exactly how the Fame Thirsty Captains of England Australia and West Indies who were on verge of losing the captaincy and positions planned implemented organized unethical tactics during these 3 most bloody series of cricket played between Eng Aus WI Aus & WI India and dominated the oppositions who were better teams than them. 1932 33 Bodyline Series Larwood vs Bradman Eng beat Aus 4-1. Larwood & Engish bowlers attacked bodies of Aussies & especially Larwood devastatingly fast precise . All his contemporaries said he was the quickest they had faced. At certain times during that series he must have got close to, if not passed, the 100mph (160km/h) mark. "Every fast bowler who sees that old footage says, 'Wow, that's quick!'." Larwood believed Bradman struggled against balls which bounced into his chest and formed a tactic to exploit this.Australian batsman Bert Oldfield collapsed, his skull fractured by a lightning-fast ball, the booing from the 50,000-strong Adelaide Oval crowd became a deafening howl. 1975 series Aus beat WI 5-1 Lillie Thomson Richards Crowd sang Lillie Lillie kill kill kill & Kill Kill the Black Bastard .The Series is remembered for hostile fast bowling by Dennis Lillee and Jeff Thomson and for Viv Richards ability to take on fast bowlers by opening the innings in last test match. After this dissastrous drubbing at hands of Lillie thomson and co...Lloyd went to all parts of WI and chose Wayne Daniel Roberts to the existing Holding and Croft he had and then started initiated his strategy when he was losing the series to India in 1976 and then it was at Jamaica Sabina Park the bloodbath. 1976 WI beat India 2-1 Holding vs Gavaskar Amarnath Patel Vishwanath Vengsarkar Bloodbath Jamaica Test Crowd sang kill kill kill. Captain Bedi forced to declare as 3 top batsmen in hospital Amarnath Patel Gaekwad, 3 injured cant bat Gavaskar Vishwanath Vengsarkar and only bowlers left to bat and the risk of getting the bowlers also injured because of the unethical tactics used by Clive Lloyd attacking batsmen with beamers and batsmen as Clive's team got hammered in Australia 5-1 @Lillie Thomson Ferocious Hostile Bowling . India scored 400+ runs@Gavaskar and won test matches and from Winning the Series lost the Series and 1st time ever a team ie India from Winning the Series had to declare and lose the series because of injuries as those days planes facilities of transportation was not quick as today. Gavaskar threw his bat and cap in frustration and kept continuously appealing to the umpires saying I have not come here to die, I have a family and a new born son to see after I return home, but WI bowlers kept bowling beamers bouncers unlimited as those days there were no restrictions rules for bowlers. Last but not the least this current crap of superstars are very lucky to be living in these current times. Williamson Root kohli babar Smith Develliers etc can't bat against these quality bowlers and that too with bigger larger sophisticated bats protection helmets guards equipment gadgets fielding rules larger boundaries no restrictions on bouncers beamers pathetic dangerous crowds. That is why it is named and called TEST CRICKET, it seriously puts the batsmen bowlers fielders everybody into tests, You are continuously tested for 5 days rigorously you are tested with your courage your bravery your skills your technique your patience your temperament your aggression your fears your plans your strategies your implementation your selection everything is being tested put on trials and this is the real authentic cricket TEST CRICKET.

[@theknightwatchman]

Great comment 👍 Test cricket is the ultimate.

[@sanuyadav7883]

England not only great medium fast bowlers ..but they also have the greatest left arm orthodox spinner of that time yrrrrr😮😮

[@theknightwatchman]

Yes, Hadley Verity. England had a great attack.

[@agr7879]

Brilliant footage

[@brad361]

Always wondered how Voce was effective bowling Bodyline. Action doesn’t seem to support decent pace and historical commentary suggests he wasn’t that quick. Still, 15 wickets @27 for the series suggests he was very effective.

[@theknightwatchman]

The half-tracker Voce gave Woodfull at 7:00 was fairly rapid, but yeah, he just ambled-in and the power seemed to be in his chest and shoulders. It’s a shame the camera angles were so varied back then which makes it hard to judge.

[@theknightwatchman]

Also, it shows how the field placings were more the key to Bodyline than the pace of the bowling.

[@dhaanushl6465]

Michael Jackson King of PoP Sir Don Bradman King of Cricket

[@tooleyheadbang4239]

Who stopped Jackson?

[@christopherdale7017]

Great footage the game that really mattered was the 4th test in Brisbane after the Adelaide BS the difference was Eddie Paynter had he been given out LBW I believe Australia could of gone to Sydney to retain the Ashes.

[@theknightwatchman]

Yes, England was 6/216 in reply to Australia’s 340 when Paynter arrived at the crease and got the score to 356. Could have been a very different story if he was out cheaply.

[@christopherdale7017]

@@theknightwatchman if you watch the 1984 scene were Paynter was in hospital in Brisbane that was my grandmother who was a student nurse at the time tell off Jardine saying he shouldn't be here. I never knew that till she told me 6 weeks before she died in 2011.

[@theknightwatchman]

Really?! Would have been great to be involved in. Sorry she has passed away. That series really got me into cricket history.

[@shekhartalashilkar7063]

Wonderful 100

[@rahulbose4323]

Oh brilliant thank you

[@theknightwatchman]

You’re welcome 😊

[@rallabhandimurthy756]

Great treat to see those wonderful old cricketers very happy the visuals are preserved for the future

[@Amit10005]

Awesome.👍

[@theknightwatchman]

Thank you ☺️

[@Ingens_Scherz]

Weirdly brilliant.

[@amp1709]

Pataudi in England Team.

[@arunsadasivan1738]

It will be great if you could upload the odi between England and Australia in Perth on jan 1995. This match was part of the quadrangular series in Australia which featured Zimbabwe and England along with Australia A. Will be great if you could upload that video. Jan 10 1995

[@theknightwatchman]

Unfortunately I don’t have access to that great series, but I remember it well. I actually went to a game, AusA vs England at the MCG. I hope someone uploads it for you.

[@nickpaine316]

Some British bowlers refused to bowl leg theory, what a shame history is so misrepresented. Try learning the facts not believing the hype. Mitchell Johnson around the wicket just a few short years ago did the same, just because the fielding positions were banned, did not stop the intent to bowl at the batsmen, rather than the stumps. The worst injuries caused in this series were to standard fields, not leg theory. Leg theory had existed since 1924, and had been used by British and Australians alike. Know the facts, not the stories

[@jehanariyaratnam2874]

But with only 2 bouncers an over allowed now it was done in a controlled fashion. Johnson wasn't bowling 6 bouncers an over with a packed leg side field - completely different scenario

[@nickpaine316]

@@jehanariyaratnam2874 that’s 2 balls an over currently that pass above the shoulder height of the batsmen under the new laws. Yes a different field setting restriction, but currently fast bowling on non- swinging wickets is far more dangerous. How many balls bowled in the modern game by the likes of Johnson, Harmisson, Starc and co actually would go on to hit the stumps? Very few is the answer. Most are above the waist and at the batsmen. In my opinion, not in the spirit of cricket. The opposite side of that is the poor quality of the international standard cricket ball, and the flat lifeless pitches making cricket favour the batsmen. Something needs to be addressed in the modern game, seeing batsmen covered in pads being regularly struck on the head and chest by bowling is not good for the game in my opinion. It’s one of the reasons cricket is not played in British Schools anymore, and the national sport is now the incredulous football.

[@jehanariyaratnam2874]

@@nickpaine316 I still like having that intimidation factor so batsmen can't just jump onto the front foot. Bouncers test a batsman's back foot game. If you're good enough you should be able to duck or pull/hook it for 4 or 6. Also stops the tailenders coming in and slogging. It's a wicket taking option too because balls can pop up off the gloves or splice of the bat or top edged hooks/pulls can be caught. Limit it to 2 bouncers/over and I have no problem with it

[@mohitsinha2732]

Correction: Leg theory had been tried before in 1903-04 , George First(?) And later 1915-16 Frank Foster. Jardine had discussions with them... The difference in 1932-33 was the fierce 90-95mph pace & rifle-accuracy of the great Harold Larwood...

[@terranceparsons5185]

Ironmonger! Brilliant name!

[@ankitbadsar843]

Bradman was a leg Spinner, Steven Smith is also a leg Spinner

[@jdeep0709]

Nawab🔥

[@mad_dog1971]

Bodyline was a nonsense. Was just great fast bowling. What incredible footage

[@gettinhungrig8806]

This is the game now! Still bodyline. We haven't progressed at all.

[@terranceparsons5185]

You can bet your life that that Australian side would not have run Jonny Bairstow out!

[@angelacooper2661]

My father was born a month before the First Test (he died nine years ago). He was keen on cricket which explains why I am also a cricket fan. Very primitive pads, gloves and about half a century prior to protective helmets. I shudder to think what would have transpired if Oldfield's injury proved fatal. Who kept wicket for Australia during the Fourth Test?

[@theknightwatchman]

Hampden ‘Hammy’ Love replaced Oldfield for the fourth Test in Brisbane. Love had been Oldfield’s understudy for many years at NSW and even moved to Victoria for better opportunities. At least he got the chance of one Test and a baggy green. Sorry to hear of the loss of your father, but it’s great he passed down the love of cricket to you.

[@goga1054]

Another thing that we should remember is that the fast bowlers could drag their right or left foot( depending on the bowlers being right handed or left) over the crease and the ball was not declared a no ball as it is today! A lot of fast bowlers like Trueman, Davidson,Lindwall, Miller, Hall, Griffith etc heaped a lot from this rule.

[@theknightwatchman]

That’s right. The backfoot ‘no-ball’.

[@davec8730]

is that could OR should? i was watching (i think it was the third test on here) the umpire crouching to watch Larwood's right foot in the delivery stride, it does look off the floor and was wondering if he was called a lot. if the umpire had to watch the backfoot for trailing and the front for overstepping it was a monumental task, of seeing the front foot overstep but the backfoot drag and thus NOT a no ball.

[@shelleydicapri8075]

The visuals are excellently put together. Sadly, the soundtrack of stock crowd fx and library music is risible.

[@theknightwatchman]

It was an early experiment. I wouldn’t mind attempting it again. It will still result in a copyright challenge unfortunately.

[@lornz5374]

this was great, but would have liked to see more explanation of precise time lines..eg..exactly which test, and at what stage in that test ,was the first bodyline field set....and how often it was used after that...and when exactly did the letter of protest go from ACB to MCC... having said that, I've never seen 90% of this footage before, so thx.....

[@theknightwatchman]

The ABC made a documentary called ‘Bodyline: It’s Just Not Cricket’ which is on KZbin. It is a great doco and has all that information, this video aims to be more of a footage compilation.

[@lornz5374]

great thx..keep up the great work..

[@Gypsyaroundglobe]

SAIF ALI KHAN GRANDFATHER PLAYED FOR ENGLAND .

[@bhavyagodara8495]

After many years Johnson give english team the same bodyline bowling taste, english batsman were so scared of him in whole series and will remember him for ever

[@theknightwatchman]

The batsmen were lucky there was a bouncer and leg side fielder limit for Johnson 😁

[@bhavyagodara8495]

@@theknightwatchman yes otherwise english team left that tour in half 😀😁

[@theknightwatchman]

@@bhavyagodara8495 I remember watching the Ashes series before in England and Ryan Harris bowled some bouncers at Jonathan Trott who looked very uncomfortable with his technique against the short ball. I thought the next series in Australia would be a bouncer barrage...I was right 😁

[@bhavyagodara8495]

@@theknightwatchman i love Australian team from 1987 , but now players like, hayden gilli, waugh brothers, roy, ponting, martien specially batsman not coming in team, bowling is ok

[@theknightwatchman]

@@bhavyagodara8495 Yes, participation in cricket in Australia isn’t the same as previous years. Too many competing sports and pastimes. Australia will not have the depth in the future, unlike India which still beat us at home despite losing so many players to injury.

[@alangeorgebarstow]

I advise anyone who is seriously interested in the 'Bodyline' test series to try an obtain a copy of Jack Fingleton's excellent book 'Cricket Crisis'. It is acknowledged as the definitive record of the series and of all the players involved. Although the author, Fingleton, was an Australian who played in that series; as a professional journalist he remained completely neutral when writing this excellent book, which has been widely acclaimed as one of the best cricket books ever written. I am currently re-reading my copy.

[@theknightwatchman]

Great book. ‘Bodyline Autopsy’ by David Frith is also fantastic.

[@user-qt3dg3qn6x]

I read 'Bodyline Autopsy' a few years ago and the detail is superb. It is a great book.

[@sudiptagolui8794]

Still Badman average 56

[@dr.vamshikrishna1002]

@2:50 Nawab of pataudi

[@Deano4322]

3:57 England need 1 run to win , not a sole watching from the stands in the background , none of the high fives and group hugs like today when a wicket is taken , back then it was a case of walk back to your mark and “ right who’s next ? “ .

[@theknightwatchman]

And all the Australian players who were Sydney-based went to their day jobs when the test finished early because they were semi-professional. Different times.

[@ashashroff1700]

Friendship is Made in the Pitch. Play Hardest.

[@SumitYadav-ir3ks]

The old gold days

[@nobunaga240]

The video mentions body line bowling but you need to look at the field setting. If there are few close fielders on leg side then it’s not the bodyline all the fuss was about. The two Aussie batsmen injured were by short hostile bowling like lillee and Thomson or the famous West Indian lads, not bodyline per se

[@theknightwatchman]

The newsreels don’t show much as they had to preserve film and unfortunately many of the angles are side-on. Australian batsman Bill Ponsford was a mass of bruises because he turned his back on the short-pitched bowling because he didn’t want to offer a deflection to the leg trap whereas Bradman moved to the leg and tried to hit it through the offside or pull it forward of mid-wicket. Larwood’s pace was definitely a factor in dominating the Australian batting.

[@Hereford1642]

@@theknightwatchman Look at Brian Close v the West Indies. I remember his photo with the bruises in the paper at the time. Still easy to find online. Batsmen get hit by fast bowlers and that is cricket I think. I am not really sure what the difference was between body line and what the WIndies did to England that summer.

[@theknightwatchman]

@@Hereford1642 Yes, I know the picture. Close was absolutely pounded black and blue. I guess the difference was that the Windies had the fielding restriction and the intimidatory bowling law, but definitely four West Indies fast bowlers was more lethal than Larwood and Voce by a long way.

[@teenoso4069]

Looks like normal medium fast bowling

[@paulclissold1525]

I am very suspicious as to the tenor and reasoning behind these vlogs many appear to come not from the countries repeesented in the vision. This one is particularly bizarre.

[@davec8730]

it's NOT ENGLAND, it IS THE MCC.

[@xpertran]

ONLY IN TEST MCC WAS CALLED ENGLAND.

[@mattinterweb]

Looks like they really packed them in back in those days, am I right in seeing large standing sections? Standing all day in that heat!? And lots of women too.

[@theknightwatchman]

Yes, the concourses of many stands, between the fence and the stands had no seating in those days…so it was standing room only.

[@MrDanallman]

Plain as day to me that Larwood wasn't lightening quick as they say he was. He looks like an 80mph bowler here, Voce looks like a 70/75 mph medium dobber, and as for the technique of the batsmen including Bradman you seriously have to question whether they were better than really good amateurs or not. Having said that they were not professional like todays players who have the luxury of training week in week out. These guys like Larwood had to work for a living down the mines and then play for their country as a secondary income.

[@theknightwatchman]

From memory, in the documentary Bodyline: the Ultimate Test, Larwood’s speed was analysed to be around 140-145km/h which was definitely an outlier for the time. While some of the English were professionals, none of the Australians were. Most were either sports store owners, teachers and journalists and there was no coaching and barely any practice as many were either working up until match day or arriving in the city of play the day before. Very different times.

[@MrDanallman]

@@theknightwatchman I would be shocked if he reached 145kph. You can see the keeper running up to the stumps in less than 10 paces at one point. At 145 the keeper would be staa minimum 15/18 paces back.

[@vikingfitz9088]

@@MrDanallman uncovered pitches. Not the same carry. However fast he was, it was clearly uncomfortable for the batsmen

[@cricketexplained8526]

80 mph is lightning quick without a helmet.

[@aniket385]

This wasn’t captured with High frames per minute camera of today technology but olden tech so we don’t know how much speed of film processing is slowed down to capture image .

[@cargumdeu]

For people who like to dismiss olde England as a racist place, odd that the Nawab of Pataudi should have played Test Cricket for England in 1932. The back story is interesting. He set a record for a Universities game for Oxford that wasnt beaten til 2005, and was named Wisden Player of the Year for 1932. But he refused to go along with Jardine's bodyline tactics, and was dropped after the 2nd Test, with Jardine saying 'I see his highness is a conscientious objector'.

[@theknightwatchman]

True. Duleepsinhji played for England in the 20s and 30s and Ranjitsinhji around the turn of the century alongside WG Grace.

[@AnithaS-yj3cq]

He told larwoods the bodyline

[@gettinhungrig8806]

Mark Wood looks the modern day equivalent of Larwood. Both short men. Latest Ashes series had mostly bodyline bowling by both sides but initiated by the Australians. It needs to be banned for good. The head high delivery should be a no-ball. End of story.

[@majidkhan-tv3fw]

Why all batsmen foot work so bad including Bradman. Maybe that's the way they used to ply at that time.

[@theknightwatchman]

Very little coaching in those amateur/semi-professional days.

[@warrenthornton7582]

Bradman was scared

[@theknightwatchman]

I think everyone was. Larwood is estimated to have bowled between 138-148km/h, the ball was repeatedly pitched short and there were no helmets and limited padding. England players like Wally Hammond threatened to quit the game if he was to face the tactic. And he did get hit in the head when the West Indies bowled it shortly before the MCC banned it.

[@aarambhaparichit1792]

Jo bouncers nahi khel sakta hai use cricket nahi khelna chahiye

[@kajalchakraborty6983]

Where is Donald Bradman

[@tdogs51]

Jardine was a mad man ,bodyline a disgrace not in the spirit of the game and not cricket. ..UNSPORTSMENLIKE LOL

[@Arjun-ej7fj]

First time seeing such a great summary upload of the 1932/33 ashes. May i ask a doubt. Larwood is regarded as the quickest of his generation who could consistently bowl 145+ (no proof... I guess) In this video... The commentator says at 1:25 that larwood was timed at 70mph!!!.. Just 112 kph!!!kzbin.info/www/bejne/l6jdY36vgt94gsk What is it... Is it a mistake by the commentator? By the way can you pls tell me who the commentator is.. Ive heard his commentary in old videos.. But don't know the name

[@theknightwatchman]

Thanks for watching and for your comment. Newsreels from the time are very unreliable. A lot of the ‘commentators’ were voice-over people who knew nothing about cricket, so it’s hard to give them any credibility. In 2013 there was a documentary called ‘Bodyline: the Ultimate Test’ which digitally analysed Larwood’s speed from 1932/33 and it was estimated to be in excess of 140kph. Unfortunately, the documentary isn’t easily available but it’s very good.

[@Arjun-ej7fj]

@@theknightwatchman approximately how quick was the fast bolwers of that era barring larwood.. Jack Fingelton said Larwood was twice quick as anyone out there... And no one seems to have a disagreement with that. And if larwood was far ahead in pace with 145+...how much did voce, allen or any of that era bowl... 130?

[@theknightwatchman]

@@Arjun-ej7fj I think you would have to go back to Jack Gregory and Ted McDonald for Australia in the early-1920s, but they probably would not have hit the 140kph mark, perhaps into the low-to-mid 130kphs. I think Gubby Allen for England would have reached the 130kphs. The pitches in Australia were very dry and flat. Bowling pace was not a rewarding job around that time and many chose to bowl medium pace to avoid injury and exhaustion. Spin was prioritised and often part-time seamers like Stan McCabe opened the bowling to scuff the ball for the spinners. Very different times.

[@Arjun-ej7fj]

@@theknightwatchman thank you... And my final doubt... Which ive asked a numerous times to different people and have got no answer... There was a fast bowling competition in 1979...thomson won it striking at 147.9 kph I agree about thommo.. He didnt had practice and was drinking beer and was out of prime... If he had practice he would have made 150+ from 148...which is great.. None would expect akthar to bowl 160 in 2008 right as it was far from his prime, so expecting a 160 from thommo is wrong Thomson prime endes in late 76...and still he was quick But what about others? Holding was timed at 150 in 76 and within 3 yrs (79) his best on that day was just 141!!!!! He is only 25 by age... Lille clocked 154 in 76 and 138 or something in 79!!! Andy roberts 159 in 76 and 138 in 79!!!! How come their speed reduce that much and all the other leading bolwers clocked at 130s.. Even younger quicks!!! How does that Even todays quivks such as Starc and Cummins bowl around 145 consistently So were they less quick comapred to today... And how did all these mid to late 130s time at 150+ just 3 years before All except Thomson doesn't make any sense

[@theknightwatchman]

@@Arjun-ej7fj I think the answer would be the method of measuring the speed. That competition was held during World Series Cricket in Perth and was measured on analog equipment. All the bowler’s speeds that it measured seemed to be too low compared to previous measurements. So, I think the bowlers were actually faster than they were measured at...Thomson would have been a lot more. I was lucky enough to see Thomson bowl live in 1983...he was a fair bit slower following his shoulder injury but was an incredible bowler and did well in that 1982-83 Ashes series. He was just a class bowler and knew how to take wickets.

[@sentimentalbloke185]

music is ridiculous

[@theknightwatchman]

Don’t get much choice with copyright free.

[@rondunn4336]

What cowardice to hurl a dangerous missile at a batsman's head and body. If I were Cricket's Tzar I would penalize any short ball six runs.

[@ashashroff1700]

When all you have is the Crown Guard and Blade. You become invincible.

[@hyena131]

0:31 - Voce can't be capable of generating any real pace with that slow, trundling, gentle run up.