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 * Australia’s Bert Oldfield drops the bat and staggers away after being hit near the temple by a ball from Harold Larwood. England’s bowling tactics strained diplomatic relations between the two countries. It caused a diplomatic crisis between Australia and England, even the crowd .it was bowling tactics of the visiting English cricket team known as leg theory, or bodyline. In order to counteract the run-getting ability of Don Bradman the English fast bowlers were ordered by their apt in Douglas Jardine, to bowl short pitch deliveries at express speed in-line with the batmen’s bodies to impact on side field during the Adelaide test, on January 16th 1933 these tactics caused injury to Australian players aroused violent emotions in cricket followers throughout the country. || [[image:geelonghistory/Bert oldfield- criket-1930.jpg caption="Bert Oldfield"]] ||