Close of Play

  • Fri, 10 Feb - day 1 - Australia 1st innings 251/3 (DG Bradman 71*, WH Ponsford 8*)
  • Sat, 11 Feb - day 2 - England 1st innings 99/0 (DR Jardine 41*, H Sutcliffe 51*)
  • Sun, 12 Feb - rest day
  • Mon, 13 Feb - day 3 - England 1st innings 271/8 (E Paynter 24*, H Verity 1*)
  • Tue, 14 Feb - day 4 - Australia 2nd innings 108/4 (SJ McCabe 14*, LS Darling 8*)
  • Wed, 15 Feb - day 5 - England 2nd innings 107/2 (M Leyland 66*, WR Hammond 8*)
  • Thu, 16 Feb - day 6 - England 2nd innings 162/4 (79.4 ov) - end of match

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