Supposedly Jardine sent the Oldfield children dolls as gifts after the Third Test. This event was featured in the 1984 TV series but eventually became a deleted scene. Btw in David Firth's excellent The Bodyline Autopsy book, he claims that Plum Warner was Gubby Allen's biological father A claim supported by vice captain Bob Wyatt. Supposedly Warner had a fling with Allen's Australian mother on the 1902/03 tour.
Yes, it has been verified that Jardine sent Shirley Temple dolls to Oldfield’s young daughters Ruth and Judith. The Bodyline TV shows got their names wrong. Gubby Allen did look uncannily like Plum Warner.
There were a number of Freemasons in both the Australian and English teams, but at the time it was common for Protestant men to be members at all levels of society. It actually caused tension at the time because Roman Catholics had been banned from joining the Lodge by the Pope. There were sectarian prejudices between Irish Catholics and English Protestants in the wider society that spilled over into the Australian cricket team in the 1930s.
Supposedly Jardine sent the Oldfield children dolls as gifts after the Third Test.
This event was featured in the 1984 TV series but eventually became a deleted scene.
Btw in David Firth's excellent The Bodyline Autopsy book, he claims that Plum Warner was Gubby Allen's biological father
A claim supported by vice captain Bob Wyatt.
Supposedly Warner had a fling with Allen's Australian mother on the 1902/03 tour.
Yes, it has been verified that Jardine sent Shirley Temple dolls to Oldfield’s young daughters Ruth and Judith. The Bodyline TV shows got their names wrong.
Gubby Allen did look uncannily like Plum Warner.
Yes, I'm not surprised they didn't share any anecdotes or information from a Lodge meeting.
Haha 😆 very true.
Interesting. Was Freemasonry popular generally amongst top level sportsmen back in the day?
There were a number of Freemasons in both the Australian and English teams, but at the time it was common for Protestant men to be members at all levels of society. It actually caused tension at the time because Roman Catholics had been banned from joining the Lodge by the Pope. There were sectarian prejudices between Irish Catholics and English Protestants in the wider society that spilled over into the Australian cricket team in the 1930s.