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{{Short description|International cricket tour}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox cricket series
{{Infobox cricket series
|series= 1932-33 Ashes series
|series= 1932–33 Ashes series
|partof=
|partof=
|image= [[Image:4th Test Woodfull.jpg|300px]]
|image= [[Image:4th Test Woodfull.jpg|300px]]
|caption= [[Bill Woodfull]] evades a Bodyline ball
|caption= [[Bill Woodfull]] evades a bodyline ball
|date= 2 December 1932 – 28 February 1933
|date= 2 December 1932 – 28 February 1933
|place= {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Australia]]
|place= {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Australia]]
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A '''[[cricket]] team''' representing '''[[English cricket team|England]]''' toured Australia in the 1932-33 season. The tour was organised by the [[Marylebone Cricket Club]] and matches outside the Tests were played under the MCC name. The tour included five [[Test cricket|Test matches]] in Australia, and England won [[The Ashes]] by four games to one. The tour was highly controversial because of the [[Bodyline]] bowling tactics used by the England team under the captaincy of [[Douglas Jardine]]. After the Australian tour was over, the MCC team moved on to play in [[New Zealand]], where two further Test matches were played.
A [[English cricket team|cricket team representing England]] toured Australia in the 1932–33 season. The tour was organised by the [[Marylebone Cricket Club]] and matches outside the Tests were played under the MCC name. The tour included five [[Test cricket|Test matches]] in Australia, and England won [[The Ashes]] by four games to one. The tour was highly controversial because of the [[bodyline]] bowling tactics used by the England team under the captaincy of [[Douglas Jardine]]. After the Australian tour was over, the MCC team moved on to play in [[New Zealand]], where two further Test matches were played.


==The MCC team==
==The MCC team==
[[File:English cricket team in Australia in 1932-33.jpg|thumb|The England team photographed before the Adelaide Test]]
[[Image:Bodyline Team.jpg|thumb|450px|The England team photographed before the Adelaide Test<br />
Back row: [[George Duckworth]], [[Tommy Mitchell]], [[Iftikhar Ali Khan Pataudi|Nawab of Pataudi]], [[Maurice Leyland]], [[Harold Larwood]], [[Eddie Paynter]], W. Ferguson (scorer)<br />
Middle row: [[Pelham Warner]] (co-manager), [[Les Ames]], [[Hedley Verity]], [[Bill Voce]], [[Bill Bowes]], [[Freddie Brown (cricketer)|Freddie Brown]], [[Maurice Tate]], [[Richard Palairet|R. C. N. Palairet]] (co-manager).<br />
Front row: [[Herbert Sutcliffe]], [[Bob Wyatt]], [[Douglas Jardine]], [[Gubby Allen]], [[Wally Hammond]]]]
The MCC team was captained by Douglas Jardine, with [[Bob Wyatt]] as vice-captain. [[Pelham Warner]] and [[Richard Palairet]] were joint managers.
The MCC team was captained by Douglas Jardine, with [[Bob Wyatt]] as vice-captain. [[Pelham Warner]] and [[Richard Palairet]] were joint managers.


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* [[Douglas Jardine]], [[Surrey County Cricket Club|Surrey]], team captain & batsman
* [[Douglas Jardine]], [[Surrey County Cricket Club|Surrey]], team captain & batsman
* [[Bob Wyatt]], [[Warwickshire County Cricket Club|Warwickshire]], vice-captain & batsman
* [[Bob Wyatt]], [[Warwickshire County Cricket Club|Warwickshire]], vice-captain & batsman
* [[Gubby Allen]], [[Middlesex County Cricket Club|Middlesex]], allrounder
* [[Gubby Allen]], [[Middlesex County Cricket Club|Middlesex]], all-rounder
* [[Les Ames]], [[Kent County Cricket Club|Kent]], wicket-keeper
* [[Les Ames]], [[Kent County Cricket Club|Kent]], wicket-keeper
* [[Bill Bowes]], [[Yorkshire County Cricket Club|Yorkshire]], fast bowler
* [[Bill Bowes]], [[Yorkshire County Cricket Club|Yorkshire]], fast bowler
* [[Freddie Brown (cricketer)|Freddie Brown]], Surrey, leg break bowler
* [[Freddie Brown (cricketer)|Freddie Brown]], Surrey, leg break bowler
* [[George Duckworth]], [[Lancashire County Cricket Club|Lancashire]], wicket-keeper
* [[George Duckworth]], [[Lancashire County Cricket Club|Lancashire]], wicket-keeper
* [[Walter Hammond]], [[Gloucestershire County Cricket Club|Gloucestershire]], allrounder
* [[Wally Hammond]], [[Gloucestershire County Cricket Club|Gloucestershire]], all-rounder
* [[Harold Larwood]], [[Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club|Notts]], opening fast bowler
* [[Harold Larwood]], [[Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club|Nottinghamshire]], opening fast bowler
* [[Maurice Leyland]], Yorkshire, batsman
* [[Maurice Leyland]], Yorkshire, batsman
* [[Thomas Mitchell (cricketer)|Tommy Mitchell]], [[Derbyshire County Cricket Club|Derbyshire]], leg break bowler
* [[Tommy Mitchell]], [[Derbyshire County Cricket Club|Derbyshire]], leg break bowler
* [[Iftikhar Ali Khan Pataudi|Nawab of Pataudi]], [[Worcestershire County Cricket Club|Worcestershire]], batsman
* [[Iftikhar Ali Khan Pataudi|Nawab of Pataudi]], [[Worcestershire County Cricket Club|Worcestershire]], batsman
* [[Eddie Paynter]], Lancashire, batsman
* [[Eddie Paynter]], Lancashire, batsman
* [[Herbert Sutcliffe]], Yorkshire, opening batsman
* [[Herbert Sutcliffe]], Yorkshire, opening batsman
* [[Maurice Tate]], [[Sussex County Cricket Club|Sussex]], medium pace bowler
* [[Maurice Tate]], [[Sussex County Cricket Club|Sussex]], all-rounder
* [[Hedley Verity]], Yorkshire, left arm spin bowler
* [[Hedley Verity]], Yorkshire, left arm spin bowler
* [[Bill Voce]], Nottinghamshire, opening fast bowler
* [[Bill Voce]], Nottinghamshire, opening fast bowler
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| title = [[Wisden Cricketers' Almanack]]
| title = [[Wisden Cricketers' Almanack]]
| edition = 1934
| edition = 1934
| publisher = [[Wisden]]
| publisher = [[Wisden Cricketers' Almanack|Wisden]]
| chapter = The M.C.C. Team in Australasia
| chapter = The M.C.C. Team in Australasia
| pages = pp629–673
| pages = 629–673
}}</ref>
}}</ref>


==Test matches==
==Test matches==

===First Test===
===First Test===
{{Test match
{{Test match
| date = 2–7 December
| date = 2–7 December<br />([[Timeless Test]])
| team1 = {{cr-rt|AUS}}
| team1 = {{cr-rt|AUS}}
| team2 = {{cr|ENG}}
| team2 = {{cr|ENG}}
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| score-team2-inns2 = 1/0 (0.1 overs)
| score-team2-inns2 = 1/0 (0.1 overs)
| runs-team2-inns2 = [[Herbert Sutcliffe]] 1 (1)
| runs-team2-inns2 = [[Herbert Sutcliffe]] 1[[Not out|*]] (1)
| wickets-team2-inns2 = [[Stan McCabe]] 0/1 (0.1 overs)
| wickets-team2-inns2 = [[Stan McCabe]] 0/1 (0.1 overs)


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An easy victory for England, with Bradman absent for Australia. McCabe provided Australia's only significant resistance with the bat; Larwood claimed ten match wickets. Pataudi's century on Test debut was to be his sole Test century, and he was dropped after the second Test due to his dissent against Bodyline tactics (when he refused to move to a leg-side fielding position, Jardine is said to have commented "I see his highness is a [[conscientious objector]]").
An easy victory for England, with Bradman absent for Australia. McCabe provided Australia's only significant resistance with the bat; Larwood claimed ten match wickets. Pataudi's century on Test debut was to be his sole Test century, and he was dropped after the second Test due to his dissent against Bodyline tactics (when he refused to move to a leg-side fielding position, Jardine is said to have commented "I see his highness is a [[conscientious objector]]").


===Second Test match===
===Second Test===
{{Test match
[[File:BradmanDuck32-33.jpg|thumb|200px|Bradman is bowled for nought, 30 December 1932]]
| date = 30 December–3 January<br />([[Timeless Test]])
Played at [[Melbourne Cricket Ground]], 30 December 1932 to 3 January 1933: '''Australia won by 111 runs''' ([http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/14/14524.html scorecard])
| team1 = {{cr-rt|AUS}}
| team2 = {{cr|ENG}}


| score-team1-inns1 = 228 (86.3 overs)
'''Australia''' 228 ([[Jack Fingleton|Fingleton]] 82) and 191 ([[Donald Bradman|Bradman]] 103no) ''vs'' '''England''' 169 (Sutcliffe 52, [[Bill O'Reilly (cricketer)|O'Reilly]] 5/63) and 139 (O'Reilly 5/66)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Jack Fingleton]] 83 (227)
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Bill Voce]] 3/54 (20 overs)


| score-team2-inns1 = 169 (85.3 overs)
On his return, Bradman was bowled for a duck in the first innings when expecting a bouncer; Fingleton was left to hold Australia's first innings together. Nonetheless, an unbeaten century for Bradman in the second innings, and ten wickets for O'Reilly, granted Australia their only victory of the Test series.
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Herbert Sutcliffe]] 52 (182)
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Bill O'Reilly (cricketer)|Bill O'Reilly]] 5/63 (34.3 overs)


| score-team1-inns2 = 191 (56.5 overs)
===Third Test match===
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[Donald Bradman]] 103* (146)
| wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Wally Hammond]] 3/21 (10.5 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 = 139 (55.1 overs)
| runs-team2-inns2 = [[Herbert Sutcliffe]] 33 (63)
| wickets-team2-inns2 = [[Bill O'Reilly (cricketer)|Bill O'Reilly]] 5/66 (24 overs)

| result = Australia won by 111 runs
| venue = [[Melbourne Cricket Ground]], [[Melbourne]]
| umpires = [[George Borwick (umpire)|George Borwick]] (Aus) and [[George Hele]] (Aus)
| motm =
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/bodyline/engine/match/62607.html Scorecard]
| toss = Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
| rain =
| notes = Test debut: [[Leo O'Brien (cricketer)|Leo O'Brien]] (Australia)
}}
[[File:BradmanDuck32-33.jpg|thumb|200px|Bradman is bowled first ball, 30 December 1932]]
On his return, Bradman was bowled first ball in the first innings when expecting a bouncer; Fingleton was left to hold Australia's first innings together. Nonetheless, an unbeaten century for Bradman in the second innings, and ten wickets for O'Reilly, granted Australia their only victory of the Test series.

===Third Test===
{{main|Third Test, 1932–33 Ashes series}}{{See also|Adelaide leak}}
{{main|Third Test, 1932–33 Ashes series}}{{See also|Adelaide leak}}
{{Test match
Played at [[Adelaide Oval]], 13 January to 19 January 1933: '''England won by 338 runs''' ([http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/14/14534.html scorecard])
| date = 13–19 January<br />([[Timeless Test]])
| team1 = {{cr-rt|ENG}}
| team2 = {{cr|AUS}}


| score-team1-inns1 = 341 (146.1 overs)
'''England''' 341 [[Maurice Leyland|Leyland]] 83, [[Bob Wyatt|Wyatt]] 78, [[Eddie Paynter|Paynter]] 77; [[Tim Wall|Wall]] 5/72) and 412 (Hammond 85, [[Les Ames|Ames]] 69, [[Douglas Jardine|Jardine]] 56) ''vs'' '''Australia''' 222 ([[Bill Ponsford|Ponsford]] 85) and 193 ([[Bill Woodfull|Woodfull]] 73no, Bradman 66)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Maurice Leyland]] 83 (190)
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Tim Wall]] 5/72 (34.1 overs)


| score-team2-inns1 = 222 (95.4 overs)
The match best known for Bodyline, with Woodfull receiving a blow to the chest (although he stayed at the crease to make an obdurate 73 not out) and Oldfield a fractured skull from Larwood's hostile fast bowling. Larwood took seven wickets in the match, but the principal wicket-taker was Allen, who took four in either innings despite his notable dissent against Bodyline.
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Bill Ponsford]] 85 (213)
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Gubby Allen]] 4/71 (23 overs)


| score-team1-inns2 = 412 (191.3 overs)
===Fourth Test match===
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[Wally Hammond]] 85 (247)
[[File:StateLibQld 1 101384.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Advertisement for the "Bellevue Hotel", where the English team stayed during the fourth test]]
| wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Bill O'Reilly (cricketer)|Bill O'Reilly]] 4/79 (50.3 overs)
Played at [[The Gabba]], Brisbane, 10 February to 16 February 1933: '''England won by six wickets''' ([http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/14/14544.html scorecard])


| score-team2-inns2 = 193 (69.2 overs)
'''Australia''' 340 ([[Vic Richardson|Richardson]] 83, Bradman 76, Woodfull 67) and 175 ''vs'' '''England''' 356 (Sutcliffe 86, Paynter 83no) and 162 for 4 (Leyland 86)
| runs-team2-inns2 = [[Bill Woodfull]] 73 (208)
| wickets-team2-inns2 = [[Gubby Allen]] 4/50 (17.2 overs)


| result = England won by 338 runs
| venue = [[Adelaide Oval]], [[Adelaide]]
| umpires = [[George Borwick (umpire)|George Borwick]] (Aus) and [[George Hele]] (Aus)
| motm =
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/bodyline/engine/match/62608.html Scorecard]
| toss = England won the toss and elected to bat.
| rain =
| notes = [[Bert Oldfield]] (Australia) retired hurt during Australia's 1st innings after suffering a fractured skull.
}}
The match best known for Bodyline, with Woodfull receiving a blow to the chest (although he stayed at the crease to make an obdurate 73 not out) and Oldfield a fractured skull from Larwood's hostile fast bowling (although Oldfield's injury actually came from a top-edge to a waist-high delivery, rather than a proper bouncer, and Larwood was not bowling to a leg-theory field at the time: Oldfield declared it to have been his own fault for a poor shot.) Larwood took seven wickets in the match, but the principal wicket-taker was Allen, who took four in either innings despite his notable dissent against Bodyline.

===Fourth Test===
{{Test match
| date = 10–16 February<br />([[Timeless Test]])
| team1 = {{cr-rt|AUS}}
| team2 = {{cr|ENG}}

| score-team1-inns1 = 340 (121 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Vic Richardson]] 83 (146)
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Harold Larwood]] 4/101 (31 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 356 (185.4 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Herbert Sutcliffe]] 86 (244)
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Bill O'Reilly (cricketer)|Bill O'Reilly]] 4/120 (67.4 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 175 (68.3 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[Len Darling]] 39 (80)
| wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Gubby Allen]] 3/44 (17 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 = 162/4 (79.4 overs)
| runs-team2-inns2 = [[Maurice Leyland]] 86 (235)
| wickets-team2-inns2 = [[Bert Ironmonger]] 2/47 (35 overs)

| result = England won by 6 wickets
| venue = [[The Gabba]], [[Brisbane]]
| umpires = [[George Borwick (umpire)|George Borwick]] (Aus) and [[George Hele]] (Aus)
| motm =
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/bodyline/engine/match/62609.html Scorecard]
| toss = Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
| rain =
| notes = Test debuts: [[Len Darling]], [[Ernest Bromley (cricketer)|Ernest Bromley]], [[Hammy Love]] (Australia), and [[Tommy Mitchell|Thomas Mitchell]] (England)
}}
A match best remembered for the heroism of Paynter, who despite spending much of the match in hospital with severe tonsillitis, scored 83 in the first innings, and won the match with a six in the second.
A match best remembered for the heroism of Paynter, who despite spending much of the match in hospital with severe tonsillitis, scored 83 in the first innings, and won the match with a six in the second.
[[File:StateLibQld 1 101384.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Advertisement for the [[Bellevue Hotel, Brisbane|Bellevue Hotel]], where the English team stayed during the fourth test]]


===Fifth Test match===
===Fifth Test===
{{Test match
Played at Sydney Cricket Ground, 23 February to 28 February 1933: '''England won by 8 wickets''' ([http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/14/14547.html scorecard])
| date = 23–28 February<br />([[Timeless Test]])
| team1 = {{cr-rt|AUS}}
| team2 = {{cr|ENG}}


| score-team1-inns1 = 435 (108.2 overs)
'''Australia''' 435 ([[Len Darling|Darling]] 85, McCabe 73) and 182 (Bradman 71, Woodfull 67; [[Hedley Verity|Verity]] 5/33) ''vs'' '''England''' 454 (Hammond 101, Larwood 98) and 168 for 2 (Hammond 75no, Wyatt 61no)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Len Darling]] 85 (129)
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Harold Larwood]] 4/98 (32.2 overs)


| score-team2-inns1 = 454 (171.2 overs)
Fine performances from both sides' middle orders (with some aid from dropped catches) led to approximate parity after the first innings. Hammond (101) and Larwood (98) in particular batted excellently; Larwood, promoted to number four as a night-watchman, scored the highest innings ever made in that role. Bradman and Woodfull shared a partnership of 115 in Australia's second innings before Verity induced a collapse, and Wyatt and Hammond experienced little difficulty in reaching a target of 164, with Hammond in particularly belligerent form.
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Wally Hammond]] 101 (205)
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Philip Lee (cricketer)|Philip Lee]] 4/111 (40.2 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 182 (54.4 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[Donald Bradman]] 71 (69)
| wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Hedley Verity]] 5/33 (19 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 = 168/2 (71.2 overs)
| runs-team2-inns2 = [[Wally Hammond]] 75 (140)
| wickets-team2-inns2 = [[Bert Ironmonger]] 2/34 (26 overs)

| result = England won by 8 wickets
| venue = [[Sydney Cricket Ground]], [[Sydney]]
| umpires = [[George Borwick (umpire)|George Borwick]] (Aus) and [[George Hele]] (Aus)
| motm =
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/bodyline/engine/match/62610.html Scorecard]
| toss = Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
| rain =
| notes =
}}
Fine performances from both sides' middle orders (with some aid from dropped catches) led to approximate parity after the first innings. Hammond (101) and Larwood (98) in particular batted excellently; Larwood, promoted to number four as a night-watchman, scored the then highest innings ever made in that role. Bradman and Woodfull shared a partnership of 115 in Australia's second innings before Verity induced a collapse, and Wyatt and Hammond experienced little difficulty in reaching a target of 164, with Hammond in particularly belligerent form.

==Ceylon==
The English team had a stopover in [[Colombo]] ''en route'' to Australia and played a one-day single-innings match there against the [[Sri Lanka national cricket team|Ceylon national team]], which at that time did not have Test status.<ref name="CACE">{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/135/135949.html |publisher=CricketArchive |title=Ceylon v MCC 1932 |access-date=3 July 2014}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=26 May 2021 |last=Marikar |first=Hafiz |url=http://www.dailynews.lk/2021/05/26/sports/250156/sri-lanka-played-their-first-unofficial-test-against-england-bogambara |title=Sri Lanka played their first unofficial Test against England at Bogambara |website=Daily News |access-date=2 November 2021}}</ref>


==See also==
==See also==
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==Further reading==
==Further reading==
{{Commons category|The Ashes, 1932-33}}
* [[Bill Frindall]], ''The Wisden Book of Test Cricket 1877-1978'', Wisden, 1979
* [[Bill Frindall]], ''The Wisden Book of Test Cricket 1877-1978'', Wisden, 1979
* Chris Harte, ''A History of Australian Cricket'', Andre Deutsch, 1993
* Chris Harte, ''A History of Australian Cricket'', Andre Deutsch, 1993
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{{International cricket tours of Australia}}
{{International cricket tours of Australia}}
{{International cricket tours of Sri Lanka}}
{{Commons category|The Ashes, 1932-33}}


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Latest revision as of 00:27, 14 February 2023

1932–33 Ashes series
Bill Woodfull evades a bodyline ball
Date2 December 1932 – 28 February 1933
StandortAustralien Australien
ResultEngland won the 5-test series 4-1
Teams
 Australien  England
Captains
Australien Bill Woodfull England Douglas Jardine
Most runs
Donald Bradman (396)
Stan McCabe (385)
Bill Woodfull (305)		 Wally Hammond (440)
Herbert Sutcliffe (440)
Bob Wyatt (250)
Most wickets
Bill O'Reilly (27)
Tim Wall (16)
Bert Ironmonger (15)		 Harold Larwood (33)
Gubby Allen (21)
Bill Voce (15)
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A cricket team representing England toured Australia in the 1932–33 season. The tour was organised by the Marylebone Cricket Club and matches outside the Tests were played under the MCC name. The tour included five Test matches in Australia, and England won The Ashes by four games to one. The tour was highly controversial because of the bodyline bowling tactics used by the England team under the captaincy of Douglas Jardine. After the Australian tour was over, the MCC team moved on to play in New Zealand, where two further Test matches were played.

The MCC team

[edit]
The England team photographed before the Adelaide Test
Back row: George Duckworth, Tommy Mitchell, Nawab of Pataudi, Maurice Leyland, Harold Larwood, Eddie Paynter, W. Ferguson (scorer)
Middle row: Pelham Warner (co-manager), Les Ames, Hedley Verity, Bill Voce, Bill Bowes, Freddie Brown, Maurice Tate, R. C. N. Palairet (co-manager).
Front row: Herbert Sutcliffe, Bob Wyatt, Douglas Jardine, Gubby Allen, Wally Hammond

The MCC team was captained by Douglas Jardine, with Bob Wyatt as vice-captain. Pelham Warner and Richard Palairet were joint managers.

The team members were:

Walter Robins and Kumar Shri Duleepsinhji were invited to tour, but declined to do so, the latter because of ill-health.[1]

Test matches

[edit]

First Test

[edit]
2–7 December
(Timeless Test)
Scorecard
v
360 (102.2 overs)
Stan McCabe 187* (233)
Harold Larwood 5/96 (31 overs)
524 (229.4 overs)
Herbert Sutcliffe 194 (496)
Tim Wall 3/104 (38 overs)
164 (63.3 overs)
Jack Fingleton 40 (120)
Harold Larwood 5/28 (18 overs)
1/0 (0.1 overs)
Herbert Sutcliffe 1* (1)
Stan McCabe 0/1 (0.1 overs)
England won by 10 wickets
Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
Umpires: George Borwick (Aus) and George Hele (Aus)

An easy victory for England, with Bradman absent for Australia. McCabe provided Australia's only significant resistance with the bat; Larwood claimed ten match wickets. Pataudi's century on Test debut was to be his sole Test century, and he was dropped after the second Test due to his dissent against Bodyline tactics (when he refused to move to a leg-side fielding position, Jardine is said to have commented "I see his highness is a conscientious objector").

Second Test

[edit]
30 December–3 January
(Timeless Test)
Scorecard
v
228 (86.3 overs)
Jack Fingleton 83 (227)
Bill Voce 3/54 (20 overs)
169 (85.3 overs)
Herbert Sutcliffe 52 (182)
Bill O'Reilly 5/63 (34.3 overs)
191 (56.5 overs)
Donald Bradman 103* (146)
Wally Hammond 3/21 (10.5 overs)
139 (55.1 overs)
Herbert Sutcliffe 33 (63)
Bill O'Reilly 5/66 (24 overs)
Australia won by 111 runs
Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
Umpires: George Borwick (Aus) and George Hele (Aus)
  • Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Test debut: Leo O'Brien (Australia)
Bradman is bowled first ball, 30 December 1932

On his return, Bradman was bowled first ball in the first innings when expecting a bouncer; Fingleton was left to hold Australia's first innings together. Nonetheless, an unbeaten century for Bradman in the second innings, and ten wickets for O'Reilly, granted Australia their only victory of the Test series.

Third Test

[edit]
Main article: Third Test, 1932–33 Ashes series
See also: Adelaide leak
13–19 January
(Timeless Test)
Scorecard
v
341 (146.1 overs)
Maurice Leyland 83 (190)
Tim Wall 5/72 (34.1 overs)
222 (95.4 overs)
Bill Ponsford 85 (213)
Gubby Allen 4/71 (23 overs)
412 (191.3 overs)
Wally Hammond 85 (247)
Bill O'Reilly 4/79 (50.3 overs)
193 (69.2 overs)
Bill Woodfull 73 (208)
Gubby Allen 4/50 (17.2 overs)
England won by 338 runs
Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
Umpires: George Borwick (Aus) and George Hele (Aus)
  • England won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Bert Oldfield (Australia) retired hurt during Australia's 1st innings after suffering a fractured skull.

The match best known for Bodyline, with Woodfull receiving a blow to the chest (although he stayed at the crease to make an obdurate 73 not out) and Oldfield a fractured skull from Larwood's hostile fast bowling (although Oldfield's injury actually came from a top-edge to a waist-high delivery, rather than a proper bouncer, and Larwood was not bowling to a leg-theory field at the time: Oldfield declared it to have been his own fault for a poor shot.) Larwood took seven wickets in the match, but the principal wicket-taker was Allen, who took four in either innings despite his notable dissent against Bodyline.

Fourth Test

[edit]
10–16 February
(Timeless Test)
Scorecard
v
340 (121 overs)
Vic Richardson 83 (146)
Harold Larwood 4/101 (31 overs)
356 (185.4 overs)
Herbert Sutcliffe 86 (244)
Bill O'Reilly 4/120 (67.4 overs)
175 (68.3 overs)
Len Darling 39 (80)
Gubby Allen 3/44 (17 overs)
162/4 (79.4 overs)
Maurice Leyland 86 (235)
Bert Ironmonger 2/47 (35 overs)
England won by 6 wickets
The Gabba, Brisbane
Umpires: George Borwick (Aus) and George Hele (Aus)

A match best remembered for the heroism of Paynter, who despite spending much of the match in hospital with severe tonsillitis, scored 83 in the first innings, and won the match with a six in the second.

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Fifth Test

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23–28 February
(Timeless Test)
Scorecard
v
435 (108.2 overs)
Len Darling 85 (129)
Harold Larwood 4/98 (32.2 overs)
454 (171.2 overs)
Wally Hammond 101 (205)
Philip Lee 4/111 (40.2 overs)
182 (54.4 overs)
Donald Bradman 71 (69)
Hedley Verity 5/33 (19 overs)
168/2 (71.2 overs)
Wally Hammond 75 (140)
Bert Ironmonger 2/34 (26 overs)
England won by 8 wickets
Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
Umpires: George Borwick (Aus) and George Hele (Aus)
  • Australia won the toss and elected to bat.

Fine performances from both sides' middle orders (with some aid from dropped catches) led to approximate parity after the first innings. Hammond (101) and Larwood (98) in particular batted excellently; Larwood, promoted to number four as a night-watchman, scored the then highest innings ever made in that role. Bradman and Woodfull shared a partnership of 115 in Australia's second innings before Verity induced a collapse, and Wyatt and Hammond experienced little difficulty in reaching a target of 164, with Hammond in particularly belligerent form.

Ceylon

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The English team had a stopover in Colombo en route to Australia and played a one-day single-innings match there against the Ceylon national team, which at that time did not have Test status.[2][3]

See also

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For details of the tactics involved in Bodyline bowling, see the Bodyline article.

References

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  1. ^ "The M.C.C. Team in Australasia". Wisden Cricketers' Almanack (1934 ed.). Wisden. pp. 629–673.
  2. ^ "Ceylon v MCC 1932". CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 July 2014.
  3. ^ Marikar, Hafiz (26 May 2021). "Sri Lanka played their first unofficial Test against England at Bogambara". Daily News. Retrieved 2 November 2021.

Further reading

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to The Ashes, 1932-33.
  • Bill Frindall, The Wisden Book of Test Cricket 1877-1978, Wisden, 1979
  • Chris Harte, A History of Australian Cricket, Andre Deutsch, 1993
  • Ray Robinson, On Top Down Under, Cassell, 1975
  • Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, 1934 edition, carries tour and match reports in a section entitled "M.C.C. Team in Australasia" on pages 629 to 673.
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