Adelaide Test,1932/3 'Bodyline' series, 2 Oz batsmen were hit from bowling of Harold Larwood. Who were they?

Answer 1

Larwood struck Australian captain Bill Woodfull above the heart and fractured wicket-keeper Bert Oldfield's skull (although this was from a top edge off a traditional non-Bodyline ball and Oldfield admitted it was his fault).

However, at the time England were not using the Bodyline tactics. Woodfull was struck when he was bent over his bat and wicket – and not when upright as often imagined. The crowd was incensed, and popular imagination blurred, when Jardine ordered his team to move to Bodyline positions immediately after Woodfull's injury.

Jardine however insisted his tactic was not designed to cause injury and that he was leading his team in a sportsmanlike and gentlemanly manner, arguing that it was up to the Australian batsmen to play their way out of trouble. It seems he did genuinely regret any injuries suffered, as he secretly sent a telegram of sympathy to Bert Oldfield's wife and arranged for presents to be given to his young daughters.

Answer 2

The Australian Batsmen hit from the bowling of Harold Larwood in the 1932/33 bodyline series were Australian Captain Bill Woodfull and Wicket Keeper Bert Oldfield.

For more details about bodyline series, please check the following link:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bodyline