The wrong English bastard!

Vic Richardson's comment after Douglas Jardine visited the Australian dressing-room demanding an apology for an Australian calling Harold Larwood a bastard.

The words of Vic Richardson, the maternal grandfather of the Chappell brothers, best summed up the animosity that existed between Australia and England, and especially for the English captain Douglas Jardine and his fast bowler, Harold Larwood in the Bodyline series. Richardson’s above words came after Jardine visited the Australian dressing-room demanding an apology for an Australian calling Harold Larwood a bastard.

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