Close of Play

  • Fri, 3 Mar - day 1 - Victoria 1st innings 9/0 (LPJ O'Brien 6*, KE Rigg 3*)
  • Sat, 4 Mar - day 2 - Victoria 1st innings 48/1 (LPJ O'Brien 16*, LS Darling 6*)
  • Sun, 5 Mar - rest day
  • Mon, 6 Mar - day 3 - Marylebone Cricket Club 2nd innings 29/1 (RES Wyatt 13*, WR Hammond 4*)
  • Tue, 7 Mar - day 4 - Victoria 2nd innings 177/3 (27 ov) - end of match

Match Notes

England [Marylebone Cricket Club] tour of Australia 1932-33 News

  • The decline of working-class cricketers in England

    Before the Second World War, the majority of the English team were of working-class backgrounds. When England recently took the field against New Zealand, that number had dropped to just one-third

  • An irresistible force

    Douglas Jardine's desire to win back the Ashes at all costs brought him the urn, and vilification in England and Australia

  • Bodyline

    There was outrage over England's tactics in the 1932-33 Ashes, but in the years that followed bouncers shocked no one

  • Speedy Harry

    Was Bodyline's chief protagonist the quickest ever? Duncan Hamilton does a good job of convincing us

  • Look back in equanimity

    David Frith's history of cricket's most fractious series is exhaustive in its attention to detail