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===The end of the series=== Voce missed the fourth Test of the series, being replaced by a [[leg spinner]], [[Tommy Mitchell]]. Larwood continued to use bodyline, but he was the only bowler in the team using the tactic; even so, he used it less frequently than usual and seemed less effective in high temperatures and humidity.<ref>Frith, pp. 274, 277, 293.</ref> England won the game by eight wickets, thanks in part to an innings of 83 by [[Eddie Paynter]] who had been admitted to hospital with tonsillitis but left in order to bat when England were struggling in their innings.<ref>Frith, pp. 288β91.</ref><ref>{{Cite web| url = http://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/151782.html| title = England v Australia 1932β33 (Fourth Test) | work = Wisden Cricketers' Almanack | year = 1934 | publisher = John Wisden & Co | location = London |access-date = 28 October 2017}}</ref> Voce returned for the final Test, but neither he nor Allen were fully fit,<ref>Frith, p. 309</ref> and despite the use of bodyline tactics, Australia scored 435 at a rapid pace, aided by several dropped catches.<ref>Frith, p. 314.</ref> Australia included a fast bowler for this final game, [[Harry Alexander (cricketer)|Harry Alexander]] who bowled some short deliveries but was not allowed to use many fielders on the leg side by his captain, Woodfull.<ref>Frith, pp. 315β18.</ref> England built a lead of 19 but their tactics in Australia's second innings were disrupted when Larwood left the field with an injured foot; [[Hedley Verity]], a spinner, claimed five wickets to bowl Australia out;<ref>Frith, pp. 324β25.</ref> England won by eight wickets and won the series by four Tests to one.<ref>Frith, pp. 328, 330.</ref>
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