Jardine believed that Ironmonger threw the ball, and this bowler gave him considerable trouble throughout his career.[72] Thanks to the bowling of Harold Larwood, England took a huge first innings lead. In his second innings, although he played well in his 65, Jardine was not under much pressure. He scored a large number of singles, giving his partners most of the bowling and building up the lead to the point where England achieved a massive victory by 675 runs.[73] This victory surprised and troubled the Australian cricketing public.[59] Jardine played a similar role in the second Test, batting with Wally Hammond to retrieve a poor start for England in his only innings as they won by eight wickets.[74] Jardine scored 62 in the third Test,[53] supporting Hammond who made a double century.