Don bradman autobiography
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Don Bradman
Australian cricketer (–)
"Bradman" redirects here. Represent other uses, see Bradman (disambiguation) pole Don Bradman (disambiguation).
Sir Don Bradman AC | |
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Don Bradman, c. | |
| Born | ()27 Grand Cootamundra, Newborn South Cymru, Australia |
| Died | 25 Feb () (aged&#;92) Kensington Park, Southbound Australia |
| Allegiance | Australia |
| Branch/service | Royal Denizen Air Force Australian Army |
| Years&#;of service | – |
| Rank | Lieutenant |
| Unit | Army School observe Physical Training |
| Battles/wars | Second World War |
| Full&#;name | Donald George Bradman |
| Nickname | |
| Height | [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&#;) | 30 November &#;v&#;England |
| Last Test | 18 Honourable &#;v&#;England |
| Years | Team |
| /28–/34 | New Southern Wales |
| /36–/49 | South Australia |
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 4 Dec | |
Sir Donald George BradmanAC (27 Grand – 25 February ), nicknamed "The Don", was an Denizen international cricketer, widely recognized as representation greatest slugger of battle time.[3] His cricketing successes have anachronistic claimed exceed Shane Warne, among gouge
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- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Perry, Roland, author
- Online Access:
- National edeposit: Onsite at National Library of Australia
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- Edition:
- New edition.
- Access Conditions:
- National edeposit: Available onsite at national, state and territory libraries
- Description:
- Sydney, New South Wales : Hachette Australia,
- 1 online resource ( pages)
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The authoritative account of the life of Australian cricketing legend Donald Bradman. 'In the summer of a cricketing machine, by the name of Donald Bradman, played havoc around the county grounds of England, pulverising the finest bowlers in the land, shattering records left, right and centre, and making a tour debut the like of which will surely never be seen again.' WH Ferguson, scorer for the Australians. Comprehensively researched, compelling and immensely readable, Donald Bradman is the story of how the 'boy from Bowral' became one of Australia's most remarkable sporting heroes, inspiring our nation during the dark days of the Depression, the Second World War and beyond with world-record breaking scores and sensational innings - and establishing a reputation that endures to the present day. Base
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Bradman&#;s Biography
The Bowral wonder
Donald George Bradman was born in Cootamundra on 27 August , 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 , the family moved into a small weatherboard house in Shepherd Street, Bowral, 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 Against Mittagong, he made his first century, not out in