Bodyline Quiz

Bodyline Quiz Questions

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1) Which Ashes series is known as Bodyline series?
a) 1928-1929
b) 1930
c) 1932-1933
d) 1938

2) Who was the captain of the English team for Bodyline series?
a) Leonard Hutton
b) Herbert Sutcliffe
c) Douglas Jardine
d) Edward Paynter

3) Who was the captain of the Australian team for Bodyline series?
a) Victor Richardson
b) William Woodfull
c) Victor Trumper
d) Stanley McCabe

4) The tactic of bowling short pitched balls on leg stumps with fielders placed close came to be known as Bodyline during Bodyline series. What did Douglas Jardine call Bodyline?
a) Leg Theory
b) Theory of Evolution
c) Off Theory
d) Hand Theory

5) Who was the main and intended target of Bodyline?
a) Robert Oldfield
b) William Woodfull
c) Victor Trumper
d) Donald Bradman

6) Who was the main bowler of the English team for Bodyline series?
a) G. O. B. Allen
b) William Voce
c) Harold Larwood
d) William Bowes

7) Which Test was won by Australia during Bodyline series?
a) Sydney
b) Melbourne
c) Adelaide
d) Perth

8) Whose skull was fractured during Adelaide Test of Bodyline series?
a) Tim Wall
b) William Albert Oldfield
c) Clarrie Grimmet
d) William Ponsford

9) What was the margin of England’s victory in Bodyline series?
a) 5-0
b) 4-1
c) 4-1
d) 3-0

10) What was Donald Bradman’s batting average for Bodyline series?
a) 41
b) 48
c) 56.57
d) 63.11

Bodyline Quiz Questions with Answers

1) Which Ashes series is known as Bodyline series?
c) 1932-1933

2) Who was the captain of the English team for Bodyline series?
c) Douglas Jardine

3) Who was the captain of the Australian team for Bodyline series?
b) William Woodfull

4) The tactic of bowling short pitched balls on leg stumps with fielders placed close came to be known as Bodyline during Bodyline series. What did Douglas Jardine call Bodyline?
a) Leg Theory

5) Who was the main and intended target of Bodyline?
d) Donald Bradman

6) Who was the main bowler of the English team for Bodyline series?
c) Harold Larwood

7) Which Test was won by Australia during Bodyline series?
b) Melbourne

8) Whose skull was fractured during Adelaide Test of Bodyline series?
b) William Albert Oldfield

9) What was the margin of England’s victory in Bodyline series?
b) 4-1

10) What was Donald Bradman’s batting average for Bodyline series?
c) 56.57