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
Norman Bowler 1969, after 10 years of marriage. Bowler was a regular star of the ATV soap series "Harpers West One", playing the character of Roger Pike, and played a variety of bit parts and single episode roles on television throughout the 1960s, including an episode of "Gideon's Way". He featured in one episode of "The Avengers" and starred alongside James Caan in the 1968 war film "Submarine X-1", about World War II British midget submarines. From 1966 to 1976, Bowler played Det. Chief Inspector Harry Hawkins for the entire run of the BBC TV police drama "Softly, Softly" (later ""). He