Object number
M.76.47
Title
Bat of WA Oldfield, 1932
Date
1932 - 1932
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Size
86.5 cm
Description
Bat with spliced handle, twine wrapped with black rubber grip. Square shoulders. Maker’s marks on blade and match details on reverse.
Display caption
This bat was used by Australian wicket-keeper Bill Oldfield during the 1932/33 “Bodyline” Ashes series. Oldfield received a fractured skull when struck on the head by a ball from Larwood during the dramatic Adelaide Test. The Bodyline field was not in place at the time; the ball was only slightly short and ricocheted off Oldfield’s top-edge into his temple. But in an ill-tempered match the injury to Oldfield only added to the crowd’s anger at Jardine’s tactics.
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MCC/AAL/2/TEMP677 : Curator's correspondence relating to gifts donated to MCC, 1975-1977
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