Oldfield gets hit on the head and everyone finally realizes just how dangerous Jardine’s Bodyline leg theory is. Woodfall and the entire Australian team threaten to resign unless the ACB takes steps to ban the tactic. All the ACB does is send a strongly worded protest cable to the MCC at Lords. The MCC get an official of the Crown involved and have him send the British High Commissioner to the Australian Prime Minister to try to smooth things over. The Prime Minister agrees to twist the ACB’s collective arm into resuming the test series, if the English can convince Jardine to moderate his usage of the tactic. An incensed Jardine now threatens to take the entire team and abandon the series unless the ACB withdraw their strongly worded complaint. It appears that no one will back down for now.