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SENSATIONS OF SPORT NÓ. 3.....BY JOHN COTTRELL

THE BODY-LINE BOWLING WAR

ADOLF HITLER becomes the new ruler of Germany. That news shook the world on Monday, January 30, 1933. Yet in England on that fateful day, public attention was captured by a front-page dispatch headlined: AUSTRALIA SENDS SECRET CABLE TO M.C.C.

This news aroused nationwide anxiety. For, as everyone knew, that cable could mean the end of Test cricket between England and Australia.

Only a dispute of the ugliest nature could kill this traditional meeting be tween the two grent cricket powers. And such a dispute had been raging for month over Englani's leg-theory attack in the 1932-33 Test series.

The Australian Board of Control had protested to the M.C.C. In reply, the M.CC. had offered to cancel the remainder of England's tour of Australia.

Now universally known as of the pitch seemed imminent "body-line bowling," the leg- Even Woodfull, the Australian Thenry atinek caused the bitterest captain, volerd his feelings about controversy in cricket blatory, leg-theory with that now I roused Australian spectators famous remark: "There are two to near trenzy. and severely teams in the field and one of sted Angia - Austalian re- them is not playing cricket." lations.

1 blso ruined the career of Think brilliant cricketer, Harold "Liltic Lol" Larwood, the on-

to

Unprecedented

malice,"

Shortly before travhig for home, Larwood was besieged by, more than a hundred hooligans, who boarded his train at a rall

La force way slattan and tried their way into his compartment. He said he would never vist Australia again,

benter

The "body-line" controversy raged on until the summer of 1034. Mr W.3, Juhnson, fn Aus- By now, all Australia was de tration selector.

that héaried ex-miner of Notting manding a ban on "body-line." the adoption of such tactles was

claimed Thom. who Was háiled ds An Australla judge. Justice England's confession that She

England's greatest fast bowler. Sheriden, went so far as to say: was

at cricket." Larwood

England's Leg-theory bowling is covered V. Richardson, the Australian natural choice to carry out the by the criminal law under vice-capinin, kald the continua- leg-theory attack, devised

which it is a serious offence than of body-line would kill the Jcheck the heavy scoring Aus recklessly and wantonly to harm game.

tralian batsmen in general, and any.

person. cven without of Don Bradman in paticular.

Finally, the M.C.C. and And that made him his own

Austallig Board reached an un- So it was that, on January deestanding.

that "n form of xecuiloner.

18, 1893, the Australian Board bowling which was obviously a By taking 33 wickets in the of Contrel took the unprecedent- direst attack by a bawler upon five Tesis, 1: was chiefly ed step

of complaining to the the batsman would be an offence responsible for bringing the M.C.C. Their message said: against the spirit of the game," Ashes back to England, Yet. "Body-line bowling has assumed after that series, he never ch proportions as to menace, ing

But there was no precise rui- the matter; it was left bowled for his country again? the best interests of the game...

Responsible In our view it is unsportsman-up to the captains to discourage

such altacks. And in 1034 every-. ilke."

one wondered it there would be The M.C.C. refuted the sug- more ugly scenes during, the

there had been Australian tour of England. desilon that HEsportsmanlike piny, nad offered to cancel the rest of the avoided

But

trouble further

because the selector But the Australians re- dropped Larwood from the Eng- to many pifed that the sportsmanship of land side. It seemed the England side was not in prople that England's Kreatest questien.

fast bowler had been sparificed

In leg-theory, Larwood's job was to concentrate his tremend- ously fast deliveries on the leg stump.

The usual three slips. third man and cover point

were

dary and make catches If the

eft. His 90-mlic-an hour de-

tour.

was

So the tour continued-and sa for the sake et Anglo-Australian body-ilne." The critics com- did the pubile outery against friendship.

# was highly plained that dangerous because leg felders

Foot Injury

Australian batsman Bortio Oldfield played a fost boll from Larwood into his own face. The enraged crowd shouted abuse, and an invasion of the pitch

seemed imminent,

moved to the leg side, lo form two rings an inner ring to take coteles trom defensive shots, on culer ring to protect the boun-

batsman should fit out.

Well-supported by Bill Voce, Jaarwood's fantasile pace and

crowded so closely around the It was said that the old foot accuracy made the policy pay aisman that he could not de- injury kept Larwood out of the fiveries completely unnerved the fend himself without offering a Tests. The asserted that he Hallshum, Secretary for War und tance to stop using the leg fantastic pace bowling gradual-

was perfectly fit-and his county Australian batsmen and, not calch,

It the Australforts" case had cricket performances proved his the previous year's M.C.C. pre- theory which he had perfected ly ran down to a fast-medium least, the mighty Brudmon,

sident,

in Australia,

merchant. After retiring from Now, there was nothing new been stated with less emotion, point. In June, 1034, shortly be

I might have carried

for the necond Test, he soinu

Unfortunately, Larwood had The "bodygline" dispute vie cricket, he opened a sweet shop.

Larwood's

Then, in 1950 the Harold Lar- about leg-theory: it brought a

There was reason for six wickets for one run in a not helped matters by his out- tually ended storm of protests only because it weight.

after the 1932-33 carGÉT, He never bowled for wood story look an Ironic twist. and that leg-theory was bowling spell against Lancashire, okennes ST. LOUIS BLUES. ROCK N ROLL PASODOBLE JIVE was aligns were accustom- not in the best interests of the

so devastating in practice, believing

In July. Larwood stated that tour. He had said he would not England again and he had only He emigrated to Australla

scasons In county settled happily in the

country seme English he had been sacrificed to political play against an Australian cap. five more

cricket, ed to seeing their batsmen build game: Indeed,

where 18 years earlier he had ups colossal scores; when they counties threatened to refuse to influences. But this was denied trin (meaning Woodfull) who re-

The man who terrorised Aus- suffered so much abuse. play Agaitisi In 1934. But by Mr JH. Thomas, the Domin- garded him as unsportsmanlike. were deuled this pleasure, they complaints that It was purely an ions Secretary, and by Lord And he had declared his reluc- Iralia's greatest batsmen with his

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The row really flared up when critics coined the term "body-line." This cleverly ob- scured the issue, for the merg use of the word "body" suggested that leg theory was an attack on the batsman, not on the ler

stump.

Jecring

to intimidate batsmea attempt were not supported by the facts.. Larwood bowled 1,777 balla on the tour and only two bats- men were severely hit. One of them-Oldfield-admitted

that

it was its own fault. And the bails which hit Woodfull were bolh outside the OFF stump.

Larwood argued: "If I was bowling at the body, how was it I kept hitting the wickets and getting men out 1.b.w.

Panic Spreads

As a result, Latwood had to endure more booing and jeering than any other tourist in crickel history. Over 50,000 spectators would rpar a derisive count at

Yet the panie spread. News every step he took on his 20-

odd strides

wicket papers published sensational Crowds barracked him on and pletures of the bruises on Aus- off the Beld; he was viciously tralian cricketers; some players began wearing protective padd-

the Lo

attached in the press.

Week.

by week during this Ing above the waist.

Nothing, however, could slop scrimonious Test tour, the out-

He was not ery against "body-line" grew "Little Lol." stronger. And it became nearly strongly built man, only 5ft. Bin. defening during the third Test toll, but throughout the tour he of his energy at Adelaide, when Bilt Woodful put every ounce and Hertle Oldüield were both into his sizzling deliveries, which

hit by Larwood's express dali- had been known to knock the balls nearly 70 yards almost to veries.

Woodfull was hit twice, and the boundary.

Larwood bowled so furiously Oldfield played a ball into his that, in the fifth Test, he trag Cown face. The enraged crowd tured two small bones under shouted abuse, and an Invasion, the ball of the big Joe of his

in

left foot. And this injury pre- vented him from bowling England in the following season. "Little L5" took 39 wickbla In te series and capped this performance by scoring 90 runs In the Anal Test. He was the hero of all England and Pub- lle Enemy No. 1 in Australia.

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