The 1934 English cricket season saw England lose the Ashes they had won via Bodyline

Bodyline

Bodyline, also known as fast leg theory bowling, was a cricketing tactic devised by the English cricket team for their 1932–33 Ashes tour of Australia, specifically to combat the extraordinary batting skill of Australia's Don Bradman...

 in 1932-3, with Don Bradman again the crucial difference between two very strong teams.

Honours

• County Championship - Lancashire
• Minor Counties Championship - Lancashire II
• Wisden - Stan McCabe
  Stan McCabe
  Stanley Joseph McCabe was an Australian cricketer who played 39 Test matches for Australia from 1930 to 1938. A short, stocky right-hander,...
  
  , Bill O'Reilly
  Bill O'Reilly (cricketer)
  William Joseph "Bill" O'Reilly , often known as Tiger O'Reilly, was an Australian cricketer, rated as one of the greatest bowlers in the history of the game. Following his retirement from playing, he became a well-respected cricket writer and broadcaster.O'Reilly was one of the best spin bowlers to...
  
  , George Paine
  George Paine
  George Alfred Edward Paine was an English cricketer who played in four Test matches in 1934-35....
  
  , Bill Ponsford
  Bill Ponsford
  William Harold "Bill" Ponsford MBE was an Australian cricketer. Usually playing as an opening batsman, he formed a successful and long-lived partnership opening the batting for Victoria and Australia with Bill Woodfull, his friend and state and national captain...
  
  , Jim Smith
  Jim Smith (cricketer)
  Cedric Ivan James Smith was an English cricketer who played in 5 Tests from 1935 to 1937....
  
  

Test series

England lost the Ashes to Australia who won the first and final Tests. England won the second by an innings, Hedley Verity

Hedley Verity

Hedley Verity was a professional cricketer who played first-class cricket for Yorkshire and England between 1930 and 1939. A slow left arm orthodox bowler, he took 1,956 wickets in first-class cricket at an average of 14.90 and in 40 Tests he took 144 wickets at an average of 24.37...

 taking 15 wickets, with the other two matches drawn.

Leading bowlers

Bill O'Reilly

Bill O'Reilly (cricketer)

William Joseph "Bill" O'Reilly , often known as Tiger O'Reilly, was an Australian cricketer, rated as one of the greatest bowlers in the history of the game. Following his retirement from playing, he became a well-respected cricket writer and broadcaster.O'Reilly was one of the best spin bowlers to...

 topped the averages with 109 wickets @ 17.04

External sources

• CricketArchive – season summary

Further reading

• Bill Frindall
  Bill Frindall
  William Howard Frindall, MBE was an English cricket scorer and statistician. He was familiar to cricket followers from his appearances on the BBC Radio 4 programme Test Match Special, nicknamed the Bearded Wonder by Brian Johnston for his ability to research the most obscure cricketing facts in...
  
  , The Wisden Book of Test Cricket 1877-1978, Wisden, 1979
• Chris Harte, A History of Australian Cricket, Andre Deutsch, 1993
• Ray Robinson, On Top Down Under, Cassell, 1975