It was the prospect of bowling at this line-up that caused England's 1932 – 33 captain Douglas Jardine to adopt the tactic of fast leg theory, also known as Bodyline.

Jardine insisted that the tactic was legitimate and called it " leg theory " but it was widely disparaged by its opponents, who dubbed it " Bodyline " ( from " on the line of the body ").

Fender showed these letters to Jardine when it became clear that he was to captain the MCC in Australia during the 1932-33 tour, and he also discussed Bradman's discomfort at the Oval.

Jardine felt that Bradman was afraid to stand his ground against intimidatory bowling, citing instances in 1930 when he shuffled about, contrary to orthodox batting technique.

When Jardine was appointed England's captain for the 1932 – 33 English tour of Australia, a meeting was arranged with Nottinghamshire captain Arthur Carr and his two fast bowlers Harold Larwood and Bill Voce at London's Piccadilly Hotel to discuss a plan to combat Bradman's extraordinary skills.

He was representing England in a side captained by Jardine.

In the second innings, Jardine was 96 not out when the game ended, having batted his team to safety.

Jardine accelerated after another slow start, during which he was again barracked to score his third century.

It was not unusual for Oxford and Cambridge cricketers to wear similar caps while batting, as both Jardine and MCC captain Percy Chapman did so on this tour, although it was slightly unorthodox to wear them while fielding.

Jardine was rested from that match and his deputy, Bob Wyatt, deployed the full bodyline tactics for the first time on the tour.

Of the four fast bowlers in the tour party, Gubby Allen was a voice of dissent in the English camp, refusing to bowl short on the leg side, and writing several letters home to England critical of Jardine, although he did not express this in public in Australia.

Bradman missed the first Test due to illness, although Jardine refused to believe this and thought the real reason was that the batsman had suffered a nervous breakdown due to his tactical scheme.

Jardine, who was known for being extremely dour even by the standards of the day, openly exulted and danced wildly upon Bradman's demise.

Jardine wrote that Larwood had asked for the field, while Larwood said that it was Jardine's decision.

Jardine however insisted his tactic was not designed to cause injury and that he was leading his team in a sportsmanlike and gentlemanly manner, arguing that it was up to the Australian batsmen to play their way out of trouble.

William Jardine ( 24 February 1784 – 27 February 1843 ) was a Scottish physician and merchant.

Jardine was a resident in China from 1820 to 1839.

James Matheson joined him shortly after, and Magniac & Co. was reconstituted as Jardine, Matheson & Co in 1832.

Jardine, one of five children, was born in 1784 on a small farm near Lochmaben, Dumfriesshire, Scotland.

His father, Andrew Jardine, died when he was nine, leading the family in some economic difficulty.

Jardine never flinched.

Visitors were never allowed to sit, to impress upon them that Jardine was a very busy man.

Although his own name never appeared on either the show or in any of its promotional material, Martin wrote an article in his weekly column on Scrivener's Fancy as the character of Jardine and long-time Martin fans have recognised his voice on the show.

Percy Fender, covering the tour as a journalist, believed that Jardine never had the chance to play a normal innings in the Test, having to provide the stability to the batting, and often seeming to come out to bat in a crisis.

Jardine never provided an explanation, to the Australian press nor afterwards.

On the other hand, Donald Bradman would never speak to journalists about Bodyline or Jardine, and refused to give a tribute when Jardine died in 1958.

The production credit on the album was given to Al Jardine and songwriting partner Ron Altbach, with Brian billed as " executive producer ", though the exact nature of this role was never clarified.

Liddell stated he wanted a re-match and never took Jardine seriously at all.

Wisden in its tour summary stated unequivocally that " Jardine, while nothing like the batsman in Australia of four years earlier, captained the side superbly " but he " had one great difficulty which he never successfully overcame ".

Jardine asked Larwood and Voce if they could bowl on leg stump and make the ball come up into the body of the batsman.

Jardine asked Larwood and Voce if they could bowl accurately on leg stump and make the ball rise up into the body of the batsman.

Jardine wrote that Larwood had asked for the field to be moved, while Larwood said that it was Jardine's decision.

It starred Gary Sweet as Don Bradman, Hugo Weaving as Douglas Jardine, Jim Holt as Harold Larwood, Rhys McConnochie as Pelham Warner, and Frank Thring as Jardine's mentor Lord Harris.

Furthermore, Jardine impressed the chairman of selectors, Pelham Warner, who stated that he was very effective in selection meetings through his knowledge of cricket history and went into great detail to choose the correct players ; it seems that Warner was the driving force behing Jardine's appointment.

Pelham Warner described how Jardine " was a master of tactics and strategy, and was especially adept in managing fast bowlers and thereby preserving their energy.

Sutcliffe, who was by now England's senior professional, was part of the England selection committee on the tour along with Jardine, Pelham Warner ( team manager ), Bob Wyatt ( vice-captain ) and Walter Hammond.

To that end, Warner orchestrated the appointment of Douglas Jardine as England captain in 1931, as a prelude to Jardine leading the 1932 – 33 tour to Australia, with Warner as team manager.

It could have led to Jardine playing for England in 1921 as Plum Warner, an influential figure who had recently captained Middlesex, suggested in The Cricketer magazine that Jardine should play in the first Test, which followed the Oxford match.

" Jardine increasingly came into disagreement with Warner over Bodyline as the tour progressed, but his tactics were successful in one respect: in six innings against the tourists ahead of the Tests, Bradman had scored only 103 runs, causing concern among the Australian public who expected much more from him.

Plum Warner also believed that Jardine should no longer captain.

Fingleton expressed his views forthrightly and interspersed the account with analyses and profiles of those involved in the Bodyline series, including Bradman, Jardine, Larwood, Warner and McCabe.