Close of Play

  • Fri, 13 Jan - day 1 - England 1st innings 236/7 (E Paynter 25*, H Verity 5*)
  • Sat, 14 Jan - day 2 - Australia 1st innings 109/4 (WH Ponsford 45*, VY Richardson 21*)
  • Sun, 15 Jan - rest day
  • Mon, 16 Jan - day 3 - England 2nd innings 85/1 (DR Jardine 24*, RES Wyatt 47*)
  • Tue, 17 Jan - day 4 - England 2nd innings 296/6 (LEG Ames 18*)
  • Wed, 18 Jan - day 5 - Australia 2nd innings 120/4 (WM Woodfull 36*, VY Richardson 0*)
  • Thu, 19 Jan - day 6 - Australia 2nd innings 193 (69.2 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