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1. Who captained England for the bodyline tour?
2. Why did the England team use the bodyline tactics?
3. Which English county side did the Bodyline bowlers Larwood and Voce play for.
4. The bodyline bowling made batting more difficult for the Australians, but which one of them still managed to score 187 in one innings?
5. The third test was full of controversy, culminating when Bertie Oldfield, the Australian wicket-keeper, suffering a fractured skull. Which statement best describes that incident?
6. After the third Test, the Australian Board of Control sent a telegram to England, deploring the tactics. Which word angered the England cricket authorities?
7. Douglas Jardine almost invariably wore a cap in the colours of which cricket team?
8. Which Test cricketer of a later era was related to Australian batsman Victor Richardson?
9. Despite the bitter emotions raised by the tour, which England player went on to emigrate to Australia in 1950?
10. In 1934, Jardine was present at the Oval Test against Australia. In what capacity?
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