Editing Bodyline (section)

==In England==
Bodyline continued to be bowled occasionally in the 1933 English season—most notably by [[Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club|Nottinghamshire]], who had Carr, Voce and Larwood in their team.<ref name="p141">Perry, p. 141.</ref> Jardine himself had to face bodyline bowling in a Test match. The [[West Indian cricket team]] toured England in 1933, and, in the second Test at [[Old Trafford (cricket)|Old Trafford]], [[Jackie Grant]], their captain, decided to try bodyline. He had a couple of fast bowlers, [[Manny Martindale]] and [[Learie Constantine]].<ref name="p141"/> Facing bodyline tactics for the first time, England first suffered, falling to 134 for 4,<ref name=wi>{{cite web|url=http://www.howstat.com.au/cricket/Statistics/Matches/MatchScorecard.asp?MatchCode=0228 |title=HowSTAT! Match Scorecard |publisher=Howstat.com.au |date=22 July 1933 |access-date=28 June 2009}}</ref> with [[Wally Hammond]] being hit on the chin,<ref name="p141"/> though he recovered to continue his innings. Then Jardine himself faced Martindale and Constantine.<ref name="p141"/> Jardine never flinched. With Les Ames finding himself in difficulties, Jardine said, "You get yourself down this end, Les. I'll take care of this bloody nonsense."<ref name=Douglas166>Douglas, p.166.</ref> He played right back to the bouncers, standing on tiptoe, and played them with a dead bat, sometimes playing the ball one handed for more control.<ref name=Douglas166/> While the Old Trafford pitch was not as suited to bodyline as the hard Australian wickets, Martindale did take 5 for 73, but Constantine only took 1 for 55.<ref name=wi/> Jardine himself made 127, his only Test century.<ref name="p141"/> In the West Indian second innings, Clark bowled bodyline back to the West Indians, taking 2 for 64. The match in the end was drawn but played a large part in turning English opinion against bodyline. ''The Times'' used the word bodyline, without using inverted commas or using the qualification ''so-called'', for the first time.<ref name=Douglas168>Douglas, p.168.</ref> ''[[Wisden Cricketers' Almanack|Wisden]]'' also said that "most of those watching it for the first time must have come to the conclusion that, while strictly within the law, it was not nice."<ref name=Douglas168/><ref>See ''Cricinfo'' for the [http://www.cricinfo.com/link_to_database/ARCHIVE/1930S/1933/WI_IN_ENG/WI_ENG_T2_22-25JUL1933.html scorecard] of the second Test between England and West Indies in 1933.</ref>

In 1934, [[Bill Woodfull]] led Australia back to England on a tour that had been under a cloud after the tempestuous cricket diplomacy of the previous bodyline series. Jardine had retired from International cricket in early 1934 after captaining a fraught tour of India and under England's new captain, [[Bob Wyatt]], agreements were put in place so that bodyline would not be used.<ref name=h84/><ref name=ha354>Harte, p. 354.</ref><ref name=r164>Robinson, p. 164.</ref> However, there were occasions when the Australians felt that their hosts had crossed the mark with tactics resembling bodyline.<ref name=h84>Haigh and Frith, p. 84.</ref>

In a match between the Australians and Nottinghamshire, Voce, one of the bodyline practitioners of 1932–33, employed the strategy with the wicket-keeper standing to the leg side and took 8/66.<ref name=r164/><ref name=h85/> In the second innings, Voce repeated the tactic late in the day, in fading light against Woodfull and [[Bill Brown (cricketer)|Bill Brown]]. Of his 12 balls, 11 were no lower than head height.<ref name=h85/> Woodfull told the Nottinghamshire administrators that, if Voce's leg-side bowling was repeated, his men would leave the field and return to London. He further said that Australia would not return to the country in the future. The following day, Voce was absent, ostensibly due to a leg injury.<ref name=r164/><ref name=h85>Haigh and Frith, p. 85.</ref><ref name="p28-30">Perry, pp. 147–148.</ref><ref>Harte, p. 356.</ref> Already angered by the absence of Larwood, the Nottinghamshire faithful heckled the Australians all day.<ref name=r164/> Australia had previously and privately complained that some pacemen had strayed past the agreement in the Tests.<ref name=h85/>