3 men behind square on the on side! Evidently the two-men restriction had not been implemented in Australia back then. Its a field we’re never ever going to see live
It appears that batsmen in that era preferred hooking spinners as opposed to the modern trend of sweeping them. Another interesting feature (2nd test) is the presence on 3 left armers in the Australian attack. I doubt if that happened again until NZ fielded Allot, O’Connor & Vettori in the late 90s
Meckiff and Burke had dubious actions. I suspect England would have had a massive moan and complained, except they couldn't, because they biggest chucker of them all : Tony Lock
How can Davidson have 2 leg slips and a backward short leg bowling to Richardson? I thought after bodyline that you couldnt have 2 fielders behind square on the leg side??
Fabulous highlights. We went to Australia with a really strong team on paper, but were thrashed 4-0. Great to see what a fine cricketer Richie Benaud was too, as well as being that amazing broadcaster.
