Adelaide leak

The Adelaide leak was the revelation to the press of a dressing-room incident during the 1932–33 Ashes series between Australia and England. The English team used contentious bowling tactics where the English pace bowlers Harold Larwood, Bill Voce and Bill Bowes bowled the ball roughly on the line of leg stump. Intended to be intimidating, the tactics proved difficult for batsmen to counter and were physically threatening. The primary target of Bodyline was Donald Bradman, who had overwhelmed the English bowling in the 1930 Ashes series.

About Adelaide leak in brief

The Adelaide leak was the revelation to the press of a dressing-room incident during the 1932–33 Ashes series between Australia and England. The English team used contentious bowling tactics where the English pace bowlers Harold Larwood, Bill Voce and Bill Bowes bowled the ball roughly on the line of leg stump. Intended to be intimidating, the tactics proved difficult for batsmen to counter and were physically threatening. The primary target of Bodyline was Donald Bradman, who had overwhelmed the English bowling in the 1930 Ashes series. Under the captaincy of Bob Wyatt, England used the first Bodyline tactics in the first Test against a representative Australian XI at near full strength. The Australian press were shocked and criticised the hostility of the English bowled, and the Australian Board of Control believed the English team had fairly opposed the tactics. Some former Australian players joined the criticism, saying the tactics were ethically wrong. However, at this stage, everyone was not opposed to the tactics, and everyone believed that the English board of control had fairly opposed the tactics, including Jack Fingleton, who was the only full-time journalist on either team. The tactics continued in the next match and several players, including several players including Jack Hobbs, were hit, and were criticised by the Australian press and the English Board of control. In the following match, England won the Test series by an innings and a half, with the Australian captain Bob Wyatt claiming that the attack was not pre-planned and that Jardine had simply informed him of what had happened, and that he was simply informed what had happened on 16 January.

The story was widely reported on 16 January, and was significant in persuading the Australian public that Bodyline was unacceptable. The matter became public knowledge when someone present leaked the exchange to the media and it was widely reported on 17 January. In a meeting, Larwood and Voce, who tried out the tactic in the remainder of the season with mixed success, said that they had not planned to use Bodyline in this Test match. In one match, he bowled short at Jack HobBS; in his capacity as cricket correspondent of The Morning Post, Warner was highly critical of the Yorkshire bowlers and Bowes in particular. A fourth fast bowler, Middlesex amateur Gubby Allen, was later added to the tour. The selection of this many fast bowlers was unusual at the time, drawing comment from Australian writers, including Bradman. In Australia, while Jardin’s unfriendly approach and superior manner caused some friction with the press and spectators, the early tour matches were uncontroversial and Larwood had a light workload in preparation for the Test series. The first trouble came in the match against a representative Australian XI, in which England bowled near full strength at near full strength, with fielders positioned close by on the leg side to catch any deflections off the bat.

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