Bodyline
Drama
Dramatization of the 1932/33 Test cricket series between England and Australia. Played in Australia, the series gained notoriety in Australian and worldwide cricketing history for the fact that the English team (headed by captain Douglas Jardine) applied a bowling technique called "leg theory", or more commonly, Bodyline. This technique involved bowlers bowling the ball directly at the batsman's body, and resulted in many of the Australian team receiving numerous bruises and injuries, with batsman Bert Oldfield sustaining a cracked skull. The series generated much anger and resentment towards the English team within Australia and seriously damaged Anglo-Australian cricketing relations at the time.
1984-07-16
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Cast
Director
George Ogilvie
Hugo Weaving as Douglas Jardine
Gary Sweet as Donald Bradman
Jim Holt as Harold Larwood
Rhys McConnochie as Pelham Warner
John Gregg as Percy George Fender
Heather Mitchell as Edith
Frank Thring as Lord Harris
Max Cullen as Clive 'Chooka' Cooper (Reporter)
John Walton as Bill Woodfull
Ashok Banthia as Nawab of Pataudi
Alan David Lee as Eddie Paynter
Bill Young as Bill Bowes
Richard Carter as Bill Voce
Arthur Dignam as Mr. Jardine
Jane Harders as Mrs. Jardine
John Clayton as Mr. Bradman
Julie Nihill as Jessie Bradman
Vincent Ball as Joseph Lyons (Prime Minister)
Peter Gwynne as Aubrey Oxlade
Bruce Myles as William Jeanes
George Whaley as Lord Hawke
Paul Chubb as Ernest Jones (Barracker)
John Sheerin as Bill Ponsford
Michael Winchester as Stan McCabe
Leslie Dayman as Bert Oldfield
Brian McDermott as Frank Packer
Tim McKenzie as Waiter - Perth Reception