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Douglas Jardine (Douglas Robert Jardine) was born on 23 October, 1900 in Malabar Hill, Bombay, Bombay Presidency, British India, is a Scottish cricketer. Discover Douglas Jardine's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 57 years old?

Popular As Douglas Robert Jardine
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Age 57 years old
Zodiac Sign Libra
Born 23 October, 1900
Birthday 23 October
Birthplace Malabar Hill, Bombay, Bombay Presidency, British India
Date of death 18 June, 1958
Died Place Montreux, Vaud, Switzerland
Nationality India

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1900

Douglas Robert Jardine (23 October 1900 – 18 June 1958) was a British cricketer who played 22 Test matches for England, captaining the side in 15 of those matches between 1931 and 1934.

Douglas Jardine was born on 23 October 1900 in Bombay, British India, to Scottish parents, Malcolm Jardine—a former first-class cricketer who became a barrister—and Alison Moir.

At the age of nine, he was sent to St Andrews in Scotland to stay with his mother's sister.

1910

He attended Horris Hill School, near Newbury, Berkshire, from May 1910.

1912

There, Jardine was moderately successful academically, and from 1912, he played cricket for the school first eleven, enjoying success as a bowler and as a batsman.

He led the team in his final year, and the team were unbeaten under his captaincy.

As a schoolboy, Jardine was influenced by the writing of former England captain C. B. Fry on batting technique, which contradicted the advice of his coach at Horris Hill.

The coach disapproved of Jardine's batting methods, but Jardine did not back down and quoted a book by Fry to support his viewpoint.

1914

In 1914, Jardine entered Winchester College.

At the time, life for pupils at Winchester was arduous and austere; discipline was harsh.

Sport and exercise were vital parts of the school day.

In Jardine's time, preparing the pupils for war was also important.

According to Jardine's biographer, Christopher Douglas, the pupils were "taught to be honest, practical, impervious to physical pain, uncomplaining and civilised."

All pupils were required to be academically competent and as such Jardine was able to get along satisfactorily without exhibiting academic brilliance; successful sportsmen, on the other hand, were revered.

Jardine enjoyed a slightly better position than some pupils, already possessing a reputation as a very fine cricketer and excelling at other sports; he represented the school at football as a goalkeeper and rackets, and played Winchester College football.

But it was at cricket that he particularly excelled.

1917

He was in the first eleven for three years from 1917 and received coaching from Harry Altham, Rockley Wilson and Schofield Haigh, the latter two of whom were distinguished cricketers.

1919

In 1919, his final year, Jardine came top of the school batting averages with 997 runs at an average of 66.46.

He also became captain despite some doubts within the school about his ability to unify the team.

Under Jardine, Winchester won their annual match against Eton College in 1919, a fixture in which Eton had usually held the upper hand.

Jardine's batting (35 and 89 in the match) and captaincy were key factors in his side's first victory over Eton for 12 years.

Years later, after his retirement from cricket, he named his 89 in that match as his personal favourite innings.

1928

Nonetheless, Jardine was selected in Test matches for the first time in 1928, and went on to play with some success in the Test series in Australia in 1928–29.

Following this tour, his business commitments prevented him from playing as much cricket.

1931

However, in 1931, he was asked to captain England in a Test against New Zealand.

1932

A right-handed batsman, he is best known for captaining the English team during the 1932–33 Ashes tour of Australia.

During that series, England employed "Bodyline" tactics against the Australian batsmen, headed by Donald Bradman, wherein bowlers pitched the ball short on the line of leg stump to rise towards the bodies of the batsmen in a manner that some contemporary players and critics viewed as intimidatory and physically dangerous.

As captain, Jardine was the person responsible for the implementation of Bodyline.

A controversial figure among cricketers, partially for what was perceived by some to be an arrogant and patrician manner, he was well known for his dislike of Australian players and crowds, and thus was unpopular in Australia, especially so after the Bodyline tour.

However, many who played under his leadership regarded him as an excellent and dedicated captain.

He was also famous in cricket circles for wearing a multi-coloured Harlequin cap.

After establishing an early reputation as a prolific schoolboy batsman, Jardine played cricket for Winchester College, attended the University of Oxford, playing for its cricket team, and then played for Surrey County Cricket Club as an amateur.

He developed a stubborn, defensive method of batting which was considered unusual for an amateur at the time, and he received occasional criticism for negative batting.

Although there were some initial misgivings about his captaincy, Jardine led England in the next three cricket seasons and on two overseas tours, one of which was the Australian tour of 1932–33.

Of his 15 Tests as captain, he won nine, drew five and lost only one.

1934

He retired from all first-class cricket in 1934 following a tour to India.

Although Jardine was a qualified solicitor he did not work much in law, choosing instead to devote most of his working life to banking and, later on, journalism.

He joined the Territorial Army in the Second World War and spent most of it posted in India.

After the war, he worked as company secretary at a paper manufacturer and also returned to journalism.

1957

While on a business trip in 1957, he became ill with what proved to be lung cancer and died, aged 57, in 1958.