In the Fifth Test at Melbourne Thomson bowled bouncers at the England fast bowler John Snow and six in one eight - ball over against the captain Ray Illingworth .
John Snow had hit Garth McKenzie on the head in the previous Test .
In the Fifth Test at Melbourne Thomson bowled bouncers at the England fast bowler John Snow , who had hit Garth McKenzie on the head in the previous Test , and six in one eight - ball over against the captain Ray Illingworth .