The first to get hit was Australia captain Bill Woodfull, doubled over and clutching his chest in agony after a lightning-fast ball struck him over his heart.
Then, when England captain Douglas Jardine called out loudly: “Well bowled, Harold,” the crowd began to boo and jeer – something unheard of by the social norms of the 1930s.
The shouting and name-calling went on for three whole minutes.
