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===Douglas Jardine===
[[File:Douglas Jardine Cigarette Card.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Douglas Jardine]] was England's captain during the 1932–33 series.| alt=A head shot of a man.]]
Jardine's first experience against Australia came when he scored an unbeaten 96 to secure a draw against the [[Australian cricket team in England in 1921|1921 Australian touring side]] for [[Oxford University Cricket Club|Oxford University]]. The tourists were criticised in the press for not allowing Jardine to reach his hundred,<ref name=fingo81>Fingleton (1981), pp. 81–82.</ref> but had tried to help him with some easy bowling. There has been speculation that this incident helped develop Jardine's antipathy towards Australians, although Jardine's biographer Christopher Douglas denies this.<ref>Douglas, pp. 30–31.</ref> Jardine's attitude towards Australia hardened after [[English cricket team in Australia in 1928-29|he toured the country in 1928–29]].<ref>Douglas, p. 64.</ref> When he scored three consecutive hundreds in the early games, he was frequently jeered by the crowd for slow play; the Australian spectators took an increasing dislike to him, mainly for his superior attitude and bearing, his awkward fielding, and particularly his choice of headwear—a Harlequin cap that was given to successful Oxford cricketers.<ref name=F71/> Although Jardine may simply have worn the cap out of superstition, it conveyed a negative impression to the spectators; his general demeanour drew one comment of "Where's the butler to carry the bat for you?"<ref>Fingleton (1981), pp. 84–85.</ref> By this stage Jardine had developed an intense dislike for Australian crowds. During his third century at the start of the tour, during a period of abuse from the spectators, he observed to [[Hunter Hendry]] that "All Australians are uneducated, and an unruly mob".<ref name=F71>Frith, p. 71.</ref> After the innings, when teammate [[Patsy Hendren]] remarked that the Australian crowds did not like Jardine, he replied "It's fucking mutual".<ref name=F71/><ref>Douglas, p. 68.</ref> During the tour, Jardine fielded next to the crowd on the boundary. There, he was roundly abused and mocked for his awkward fielding, particularly when chasing the ball.<ref>Douglas, p. 82.</ref> On one occasion, he spat towards the crowd while fielding on the boundary as he changed position for the final time.<ref name=F71/>

Jardine was appointed captain of England for the 1931 season, replacing [[Percy Chapman]] who had led the team in 1930. He defeated [[New Zealand national cricket team|New Zealand]] in his first series, but opinion was divided as to how effective he had been.<ref>Douglas, pp. 93–95.</ref> The following season, he led England again and was appointed to lead the team to tour Australia for the 1932–33 Ashes series.<ref>Douglas, pp. 107–08.</ref> A meeting was arranged between Jardine, [[Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club|Nottinghamshire]] captain [[Arthur Carr (cricketer)|Arthur Carr]] and his two [[fast bowling|fast bowler]]s [[Harold Larwood]] and [[Bill Voce]] at London's [[Le Méridien Piccadilly Hotel|Piccadilly Hotel]] to discuss a plan to combat Bradman.<ref name="p134">Perry, p. 134.</ref> Jardine asked Larwood and Voce if they could bowl on leg stump and make the ball rise into the body of the batsman. The bowlers agreed they could, and that it might prove effective.<ref name="p135"/><ref>Frith, pp. 43–44.</ref><ref name="p242">Pollard, p. 242.</ref> Jardine also visited Frank Foster to discuss his field-placing in Australia in 1911–12.<ref name="Frith, pp. 18–19"/>

Larwood and Voce practised the plan over the remainder of the [[1932 English cricket season|1932 season]] with varying but increasing success and several injuries to batsmen.<ref>Frith, pp. 45–48.</ref><ref>Douglas, pp. 113–117.</ref> [[Ken Farnes]] experimented with short-pitched, leg-theory bowling but was not selected for the tour. [[Bill Bowes]] also used short-pitched bowling, notably against [[Jack Hobbs]].<ref>Frith, pp. 49–50.</ref>