Editing Bodyline (section)

===Early development on tour===
[[Image:Bodyline Team.jpg|thumb|The England team that toured Australia in 1932–33. Back row: [[George Duckworth]], [[Tommy Mitchell]], [[Iftikhar Ali Khan Pataudi|Nawab of Pataudi]], [[Maurice Leyland]], [[Harold Larwood]], [[Eddie Paynter]], W. Ferguson (scorer). Middle row: [[Pelham Warner]] (co-manager), [[Les Ames]], [[Hedley Verity]], [[Bill Voce]], [[Bill Bowes]], [[Freddie Brown (cricketer)|Freddie Brown]], [[Maurice Tate]], [[Richard Palairet|R. C. N. Palairet]] (co-manager). Front row: [[Herbert Sutcliffe]], [[Bob Wyatt]], [[Douglas Jardine]], [[Gubby Allen]], [[Wally Hammond]]]]
{{see also|English cricket team in Australia in 1932–33}}
[[File:Bodyline Cricket Series 1932 SLNSW FL1660012.jpg|thumb|Jardine leads the English Team onto the Sydney Cricket Ground, 2 Dec 1932]]
The England team which toured Australia in 1932–33 contained four fast bowlers and a few medium pacers; such a heavy concentration on pace was unusual at the time, and drew comment from the Australian press and players, including Bradman.<ref>Frith, pp. 54–55.</ref> On the journey, Jardine instructed his team on how to approach the tour and discussed tactics with several players, including Larwood;<ref name="journey"/> at this stage, he seems to have settled on [[leg theory]], if not full bodyline, as his main tactic.<ref>Douglas, pp. 123–24.</ref> Some players later reported that he told them to hate the Australians in order to defeat them, while instructing them to refer to Bradman as "the little bastard."<ref name="journey">Frith, pp. 61, 66.</ref> Upon arrival, Jardine quickly alienated the press and crowds through his manner and approach.<ref>Frith, pp. 69, 90–91.</ref><ref name=D126>Douglas, p. 126.</ref>

In the early matches, although there were instances of the English bowlers pitching the ball short and causing problems with their pace, full bodyline tactics were not used.<ref>Frith, pp. 79–94.</ref> There had been little unusual about the English bowling except the number of fast bowlers. Larwood and Voce were given a light workload in the early matches by Jardine.<ref name=D126/> The English tactics changed in a game against an Australian XI team at Melbourne in mid-November, when full bodyline tactics were deployed for the first time.<ref name=ha344>Harte, p. 344.</ref><ref name="p249">Pollard, p. 249.</ref> Jardine had left himself out of the English side, which was led instead by [[Bob Wyatt]] who later wrote that the team experimented with a diluted form of bodyline bowling. He reported to Jardine that Bradman, who was playing for the opposition, seemed uncomfortable against the bowling tactics of Larwood, Voce and Bowes. The crowd, press and Australian players were shocked by what they experienced and believed that the bowlers were targeting the batsmen's heads. Bradman adopted unorthodox tactics—ducking, weaving and moving around the [[Crease (cricket)|crease]]—which did not meet with universal approval from Australians and he scored just 36 and 13 in the match.<ref>Frith, pp. 94–96.</ref>

The tactic continued to be used in the next game by Voce (Larwood and Bowes did not play in this game), against [[New South Wales cricket team|New South Wales]], for whom [[Jack Fingleton]] made a century and received several blows in the process. Bradman again failed twice, and had scored just 103 runs in six innings against the touring team; many Australian fans were now worried by Bradman's form.<ref>Frith, pp. 99–105.</ref> Meanwhile, Jardine wrote to tell Fender that his information about the Australian batting technique was correct and that it meant he was having to move more and more fielders onto the leg side: "if this goes on I shall have to move the whole bloody lot to the leg side."<ref name="Frith, p. 105">Frith, p. 105.</ref><ref>Douglas, p. 128.</ref>

The Australian press were shocked and criticised the hostility of Larwood in particular.<ref>Frith, pp. 97–98.</ref> Some former Australian players joined the criticism, saying the tactics were ethically wrong. But at this stage, not everyone was opposed,<ref>Frith, pp. 106–7.</ref> and the Australian Board of Control believed the English team had bowled fairly.<ref>Frith, p. 99.</ref> On the other hand, Jardine increasingly came into disagreement with tour manager Warner over bodyline as the tour progressed.<ref>Frith, p. 98.</ref> Warner hated bodyline but would not speak out against it. He was accused of hypocrisy for not taking a stand on either side,<ref>Growden, pp. 62–63.</ref> particularly after expressing sentiments at the start of the tour that cricket "has become a synonym for all that is true and honest. To say 'that is not cricket' implies something underhand, something not in keeping with the best ideals&nbsp;...&nbsp;all who love it as players, as officials or spectators must be careful lest anything they do should do it harm."<ref>Frith, p. 68.</ref>