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Wicket-keeper Bert Oldfield's skull was fractured by a ball hitting his head ( although the ball had first glanced off the bat and Larwood had an orthodox field ), almost precipitating a riot by the Australian crowd.
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.
Bradman scored a match-winning century in the second innings, but it turned out to be his only triple figure score for the series, while Larwood was hampered by a bloodied foot and a slow pitch.
Jardine wrote that Larwood had asked for the field, while Larwood said that it was Jardine's decision.
Larwood was furious at the notion, pointing out that he had been following orders from his upper-class captain, and that was where any blame should lie.
Harold Larwood MBE ( 14 November 190422 July 1995 ) was an English cricket player, an extremely accurate fast bowler best known for his key role as the implementer of fast leg theory in the infamous Bodyline Ashes Test series of 1932 – 33.
In 2009 Larwood was inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame.
Larwood was born in Nuncargate, Nottinghamshire, to working-class parents.
In 1922, at the age of 18, Larwood was invited to try playing for Nottinghamshire, where he was offered a professional contract and starred with bat and ball.
Larwood was by this stage a fearsome bowler, claimed by many observers to bowl at speeds well in excess of " 90 miles per hour " ( 145 km / h ).
Frank Tyson recalled that attempts to measure his speed were highly variable, saying that " Larwood, for instance, was measured by high speed photography at between 90 and 130mph ".
Larwood, moreover, was also very accurate.
Larwood was tasked with implementing the plan, and thus the stage was set for the bodyline Test series.
Larwood refused on the basis that he, as a professional cricketer, was obliged to follow the directions of his captain, whose responsibility the tactics were.
As Jardine was never asked to apologise, and Pelham Warner, the tour manager, managed to avoid the blame, Larwood felt he was being made the scapegoat for what had occurred in 1932-33.
Following Jardine's appointment, a meeting was arranged with Nottinghamshire captain Arthur Carr and his two fast bowlers Larwood and Voce at London's Piccadilly Hotel.
On the other hand, the pitch was slightly slower than was customary throughout the series, and Larwood was suffering from problems with his boots which reduced his effectiveness.

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Australia lost heavily by ten wickets in the first Test at Sydney, when the bowling spearhead of bodyline, Harold Larwood, took ten wickets.
Bodyline continued to be bowled occasionally in the 1933 English season — most notably by Nottinghamshire, who had Carr, Voce and Larwood in their team.
Already angered by the absence of Larwood, the Nottinghamshire faithful heckled the Australians all day.
In a crucial partnership with Archie Jackson, Bradman battled through a difficult session when England fast bowler Harold Larwood bowled short on a pitch enlivened by the rain.
Larwood and Voce were given a light workload in the early matches by Jardine.
However, the trouble began when Bill Woodfull was struck on the chest by a Larwood delivery, drawing the comment from Jardine of " Well bowled, Harold ", aimed mainly at Bradman who was also batting at the time.
Voce, and his fellow Nottinghamshire fast bowler, Harold Larwood, agreed to a suggestion by Jardine that bowling fast rising balls into the batsmen's bodies, with several catching fielders on the leg side would be an effective tactic.
His bowling was so good that he regained his Test place and, with Larwood, was named for the 1932 – 1933 English tour of Australia, to be captained by Jardine.
Australia lost heavily by ten wickets in the first Test at Sydney, when the bodyline spearhead, Harold Larwood, took ten wickets, while Woodfull managed only seven and a duck.
Australia lost its first wicket at three when Jack Fingleton was bowled by Larwood.
Woodfull made scores of 67, 19, 14 and 67 in the final two Tests, which Australia lost by six and eight wickets respectively ; In the fifth Test in Sydney, Larwood broke a bone in his foot, but Jardine made him complete the over, even though the laws of cricket permit a captain to switch bowlers mid-over in the case of injury.
Already angered by the absence of Larwood, the Nottinghamshire faithful heckled the Australians all day.
Without Bradman, who was ill, they struggled against the pace of Harold Larwood and Bill Voce but, thanks to a brilliant innings of 187 not out by Stan McCabe, they made a creditable 360.
The series saw the usage of the notorious Bodyline tactics by England's pace battery led by Harold Larwood under the captaincy of Douglas Jardine.
He wanted to replicate the physical threat posed by Larwood to batsmen, as well as the dynamic batting of McCabe.
Richie Benaud said that Lindwall was " technically the best fast bowler " that he ever saw .< Ref name =" p211 "/> During the 1950s, Lindwall's action was copied by young children and a number of first-class Australian bowlers, including Ron Gaunt, John Power and Barry Fisher consciously copied his action .< Ref name =" az "/> Alan Davidson, who succeeded Lindwall as Australia's pace spearhead, labelled him as " the best fast bowler I ever saw ".< Ref name =" a159 "> Armstrong, p. 159 .</ ref > Lindwall's childhood hero Harold Larwood rated Dennis Lillee to be equal to Lindwall " but not ahead of him ".< Ref name =" a159 "/> Following Lindwall's tour of England in 1953, his English counterpart Alec Bedser said that Lindwall was " the best fast bowler I've seen, because of his variety and control ".
In his newspaper reports that summer, Fender was critical of Bradman's batting during one spell in the final Test when he batted against fast bowler Harold Larwood on a pitch affected by rain and appeared to have difficulties.

Larwood and MCC
It should be noted that the MCC, although it had earlier condoned and encouraged bodyline tactics in the 1932 – 33 series, laid the blame on Larwood when relations turned sour.
The MCC asked Harold Larwood to sign an apology to them for his bowling in Australia, making his selection for England again conditional upon it.
Concerned about the worsening diplomatic relations between England and Australia as a result of this, the MCC hypocritically reprimanded Larwood and asked him to sign a Letter of Apology to the Australian Cricket Board & Players.
However, in the match against Victoria which followed the fourth Test, the crowd barracked the MCC team when Chapman brought on Harold Larwood, a fast bowler, to bowl against Bert Ironmonger, the number eleven, a tactic regarded as unsporting.

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Jardine wrote that Larwood had asked for the field to be moved, while Larwood said that it was Jardine's decision.
Harold Larwood maintained great respect for Jardine, treasuring a gift his captain gave him after the Bodyline tour and believing him to be a great man.
1935, with Larwood and Voce refusing to be considered due to the Bodyline controversy of the previous three years, Farnes injured and Allen having work commitments, gave Nichols his chance to establish himself as an England player, whereupon he took six for 35 against South Africa in the First Test at Trent Bridge, and played a further 3 tests in that series.

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