History of the England cricket team to 1939 3 on the first morning before losing a competitive match when they were bowled out for 187 chasing 346. Before the 1932-3 tour to Australia, England had become used to the prolific run-scoring of Don Bradman. The England captain, Surrey's Douglas Jardine chose to develop the already existing leg theory into fast leg theory, or bodyline, as a tactic to stop Bradman. Fast leg theory involved bowling fast balls directly at the batsman's body, and Jardine had two very fast accurate bowlers, Harold Larwood and Bill Voce to bowl them. The batsman would need to defend himself, and if he
The Bowler and the Bunnet The Bowler and the Bunnet The Bowler and the Bunnet was a Scottish television documentary programme on STV, directed and presented by Sean Connery. It is the only film ever directed by Connery. The documentary, filmed in black and white, was a critical examination of the Fairfield Experiment, whereby Iain Maxwell Stewart introduced new working practices at the Fairfield shipyard in Glasgow. It was released onto DVD by the British Film Institute as part of their "Tales from the Shipyard" boxed-set in February 2011. The title comes from the tradition where bowler hats were worn by managers within the shipyards