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Australian cricketer Sir Don Bradman, often recognized as the greatest batsman of all time, [1] [2] [3] scored twenty-nine Test cricket centuries during his international career which lasted from 1928 to 1948. [N 1] However, his cricketing career was interrupted from 1940 to 1946 due to the outbreak of World War II, followed by poor health. [4]
Jul 3, 2019 · Out for a duck bowled by Eric Hollies (Eng) at The Oval.Just short of a perfect 100 batting average, at 99.94, Don Bradman retires from Test cricket.Bradman ...
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Jan 20, 2024 · Don Bradman’s final innings duck in the fifth Ashes Test in 1948 at the Oval had little bearing on the match. His team won by an innings and 149 runs, clinching the series 4-0. Australia’s ...
Feb 25, 2019 · Written shortly after Sir Donald Bradman’s death in 2001, Gideon Haigh looked at the legacy of the greatest batsman ever to grace the game. The story of Sir Donald Bradman always involved more than cricket – more even than sport. One can only marvel at the statistics, and the one batting average that nobody need ever look up.
Aug 27, 2012 · Don Bradman was Australia’s greatest sportsman, being the most successful batsman to have ever emerged in the history of cricket — not just in Australia, but in the entire world. Donald George Bradman was born in Cootamundra, New South Wales, on the 27th of August 1908. He was one of five children; his siblings were one brother, Victor, and ...
Apr 15, 2024 · An interview by Ray Martin with an 87 year old Sir Donald Bradman. In this historic program, Sir Donald Bradman shares his memories of the matches, men and m...
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Feb 25, 2020 · Bradman was a firm believer in the British Empire; he was a Protestant, a Freemason, an imperialist and a conservative who strongly opposed what he saw as the anti-British tendency of Irish Catholics in Australian cricket. Indeed, Bradman’s bitter dispute with Bill O’Reilly, Jack Fingleton and others did him no harm in England.
