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Don Bradman with the Australian cricket team in England in 1948
Bradman's involvement with the 1948 England tour
Don Bradmantoured England in 1948 with an Australian cricket team that went undefeated in their 34 tour matches, including the five Ashes Tests. Bradman was the captain, one of three selectors, and overall a dominant figure of what was regarded as one of the finest teams of all time, earning the sobriquet The Invincibles.
Generally regarded as the greatest batsman in the history of cricket, the right-handed Bradman played in all five Tests as captain at No. 3. Bradman was more influential than other Australian captains because he was also one of the three selectors who had a hand in choosing the squad. He was also a member of the Australian Board of Control while still playing, a privilege that no other person has held. At the age of 40, Bradman was by far the oldest player on the team; three-quarters of his team were at least eight years younger, and some viewed him as a father figure. Coupled with his status as a national hero, cricketing ability and influence as an administrator, this associated the team more closely to him than other teams to their respective captains. Bradman's iconic stature as a cricketer also led to record-breaking public interest an
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Bradman's Biography
The Bowral wonder
Donald George Bradman was born in Cootamundra on 27 August 1908, the youngest of the five children of George and Emily Bradman of Yeo Yeo, a small farming community near Cootamundra in New South Wales.
Early in 1911, the family moved into a small weatherboard house in Shepherd Street, Bowral, 132 kilometres south of Sydney. George Bradman worked as a carpenter in the local joinery and young Donald's brother Victor and sisters Islet, Lilian and Elizabeth May attended local schools. By the time World War One had erupted, Donald was more occupied with school, choir practice and learning the piano than with international events.
But there was no organised sport for a six-year-old and he had to content himself with watching schoolyard cricket through a gate in a fence that divided the Bowral primary and high schools. At home, he invented his own one-man cricket game using a stump and a golf ball. A water tank stood on a brick stand behind the Bradman home on a covered and paved area. The ball rebounded from the curved brick stand at high speed and varying angles and he soon developed split-second speed and accuracy.
His first innings on a matting wicket was for Bowral High School when he was 12. Against Mittagong, he made his first
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Don Bradman
Australian cricketer (1908–2001)
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Sir Don Bradman AC | |
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Don Bradman, c. 1930 | |
| Born | (1908-08-27)27 Lordly 1908 Cootamundra, In mint condition South Cambria, Australia |
| Died | 25 Feb 2001(2001-02-25) (aged 92) Kensington Park, Southeast Australia |
| Allegiance | Australia |
| Branch/service | Royal Aussie Air Force Australian Army |
| Years of service | 1940–1941 |
| Rank | Lieutenant |
| Unit | Army School countless Physical Training |
| Battles/wars | Second World War |
| Full name | Donald George Bradman |
| Nickname | |
| Height | 1.70[1][2] m (5 ft 7 in) |
| Batting | Right-handed |
| Bowling | Right-arm leg break |
| Role | Batsman |
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| National side | |
| Test debut (cap 124) | 30 November 1928 v England |
| Last Test | 18 Honorable 1948 v England |
| Years | Team |
| 1927/28–1933/34 | New Southbound Wales |
| 1935/36–1948/49 | South Australia |
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 4 Dec 2014 | |
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