Drama History Sport. Played in Australia, the series gained notoriety in Australian and worldwide cricketing history for the fact t 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 calle 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 ba Read all. See more at IMDbPro. Episodes 7. Browse episodes. Top Top-rated. Photos Add photo. Top cast Edit. Heather Mitchell Edith as Edith. Terry Bader Wyatt as Wyatt. Richard Carter Voce as Voce. Peter Dahlsen Ames as Ames. John Doyle Allen as Allen. Mark Hope Sutcliffe as Sutcliffe. Michael Jay Leyland as Leyland. Bernard Ledger Duckworth as Duckworth. Doug Middleton Hammond as Hammond.
Ron Stephenson Verity as Verity. More like this. Watch options. Storyline Edit. 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. The day England declared war on Australia. Did you know Edit. Goofs In Episode 7, the series portrays Woodfull being bowled by Larwood. However, the records show Woodfull was bowled by Mitchell in the first innings.
Quotes Douglas Jardine : I demand an apology, one of your team mates called me a bastard. Australian Player : Which one of you bastards called this bastard a bastard?
As time flew, he became somewhat of a touchy-feely maverick who firmly knew his high place in the pecking order of things, somewhat helped by the deep social stratification Britain used to have in the 's.
This attitude would lead to plenty of barricading from Australian fans although these fans didn't really hate him for being English, but more due to his arrogance and deep-seated class prejudice. Douglas Jardine while setting foot on Australian soil : "Porter, would you be so kind, our bags! In this episode, we are introduced to Percy George Fender John Gregg who would become Douglas's most valuable friend and mentor in years to come.
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