Douglas Jardine

Douglas Robert Jardine was a cricketer who playedTest matches for England, captaining the side inof those matches between 1931 and 1934. A righthanded batsman, he is best known for captaining the English team during the 193233 Ashes tour of Australia. During that series, England employed Bodyline tactics against the Australian batsmen, wherein bowlers pitched the ball short on the line of leg stump to rise towards the bodies of the batsmen in a manner that most contemporary players and critics viewed as intimidatory and physically dangerous. Jardine is generally believed to be the person responsible for the implementation of Bodyline. A controversial figure among cricketers, he was well known for his dislike of Australian players and crowds and was unpopular in Australia, particularly for his manner and especially after the Bodyline tour. Many who played under his leadership regarded him as an excellent captain not all regarded him as good at managing people. He was also famou

Douglas Jardine was born onOctober 1900 in Bombay, British India, to Scottish parents. His parents were Malcolm Jardine, also a former firstclass cricketer but later a barrister, and Alison Moir. At the age of nine, Douglas was sent to stay with his mothers sister in St Andrews, Scotland. She lived in a large mansion where he spent most of his school holidays while going to Horris Hill School near Newbury, Berkshire, from May 1910. The school had high standards and Jardine was moderately successful academically. From 1912, he played cricket for the school first eleven, enjoying success as a bowler and as a batsman. He captained the team in his final term, when the team were unbeaten. Jardine was influenced by the writing of former England captain C. B. Fry on batting technique, which contradicted the advice of his coach at Horris Hill. The coach disapproved of Jardines batting methods, but Jardine did not back down and quoted a book by Fry to support his viewpoint.

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