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
Gillian Bowler company in the 1990s. Bowler became a member of the board of Irish Life in 1998. She went on to be chair of the institution until 2010. She was also the founding chair of Fáilte Ireland from 2003 to 2008. Bowler had a step daughter with her husband and through her a granddaughter. Bowler died on 14 December 2016. Gillian Bowler Gillian Bowler (1952 – 14 December 2016) founded Budget Travel, was chair of Fáilte Ireland and the first chair of the Irish Museum of Modern Art. She was also the first female chair of an Irish banking institution, the