Bodyline (1984)

Bodyline

16/07/1984

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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.

Cast

Hugo Weaving

Douglas Jardine

Gary Sweet

Donald Bradman

Jim Holt

Harold Larwood

Rhys McConnochie

Pelham Warner

John Gregg

Percy George Fender

Heather Mitchell

Edith

Frank Thring

Lord Harris

Max Cullen

Clive 'Chooka' Cooper (Reporter)

John Walton

Bill Woodfull

Ashok Banthia

Nawab of Pataudi

Alan David Lee

Eddie Paynter

Bill Young

Bill Bowes

Terry Bader

Bob Wyatt

Richard Carter

Bill Voce

Arthur Dignam

Mr. Jardine

Jane Harders

Mrs. Jardine

John Clayton

Mr. Bradman

Colleen Fitzpatrick

Mrs. Bradman

Julie Nihill

Jessie Bradman

Vincent Ball

Joseph Lyons (Prime Minister)

Peter Dahlsen

Les Ames

Nicholas Gledhill

Douglas Jardine (young)

Peter Gwynne

Aubrey Oxlade

Peter Whitford

Dr. Allen Robertson

Bruce Myles

William Jeanes

George Whaley

Lord Hawke

Paul Chubb

Ernest Jones (Barracker)

John Sheerin

Bill Ponsford

Michael Winchester

Stan McCabe

Ned Manning

Jack Fingleton

Michael O'Neill

Viv Richardson

Robert Giltinan

Leo O'Brien

Laurie Moran

Bert Ironmonger

Leslie Dayman

Bert Oldfield

Reg Gillam

Sir Clive Wigram

Norman May

Commentator

Brian McDermott

Frank Packer

Bruce Stewart

Sir Ernest Crutchley

Tim McKenzie

Waiter - Perth Reception

John Doyle

George 'Gubby' Allen