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Bodyline (TV Series)

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Original title

Bodyline

Year

1984

Running time

330 min.

Country

Australia

Director

Carl Schultz, George Ogilvie, Denny Lawrence, Lex Marinos

Screenwriter

Robert Caswell, Francine Finnane, Terry Hayes, Denny Lawrence, Lex Marinos, George Miller, George Ogilvie, Carl SchultzSee 4 More

Cast

Music

Chris Neal

Cinematography

Dean Semler, Andrew Lesnie

Producer

Kennedy Miller Productions, Network Ten Australia

Genre

TV Series. Drama | 1930s. Sports

Synopsis

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.

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Bodyline (TV Series)

1984

Carl Schultz ...