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  • When, in 1932-33 an English team led by Douglas Jardine Australians may now hiss a patrician Winchester and Oxford man, played dirty, bowling deliberately at batsmen in what became known as the Bodyline series, it almost led to a diplomatic incident.

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2011

  • When in 1932-33, an English team led by Douglas Jardine Australians may now hiss, a patrician Winchester and Oxford man, played dirty, bowling deliberately at batsmen in what became known as the Bodyline series, it almost led to a diplomatic incident.

    TIME.com: Top Stories 2011

  • When, in 1932-33 an English team led by Douglas Jardine Australians may now hiss a patrician Winchester and Oxford man, played dirty, bowling deliberately at batsmen in what became known as the Bodyline series, it almost led to a diplomatic incident.

    TIME.com: Top Stories 2011

  • When in 1932-33, an English team led by Douglas Jardine Australians may now hiss, a patrician Winchester and Oxford man, played dirty, bowling deliberately at batsmen in what became known as the Bodyline series, it almost led to a diplomatic incident.

    TIME.com: Top Stories 2011

  • When in 1932-33, an English team led by Douglas Jardine Australians may now hiss, a patrician Winchester and Oxford man, played dirty, bowling deliberately at batsmen in what became known as the Bodyline series, it almost led to a diplomatic incident.

    TIME.com: Top Stories 2011

  • When, in 1932-33 an English team led by Douglas Jardine Australians may now hiss a patrician Winchester and Oxford man, played dirty, bowling deliberately at batsmen in what became known as the Bodyline series, it almost led to a diplomatic incident.

    TIME.com: Top Stories 2011

  • Woodfull played in 25 Ashes Tests, but none so significant, nor so rancorous, as the five matches of England's tour of Australia that would become known as the Bodyline series.

    NEWS.com.au | Top Stories 2010

  • Better known as Bodyline, the series is also a useful exploration of diplomacy, game theory, problem solving and the limits of means when contrasted with the value of ends.

    John Terry’s sacking as England captain tells us something interesting... 2009

  • Better known as Bodyline, the series is also a useful exploration of diplomacy, game theory, problem solving and the limits of means when contrasted with the value of ends.

    Obama's Summer Reading List 2009

  • England's captain in 1932-33, with that arsenal of pacemen, he would certainly have gone for 'Bodyline'.

    Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011

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