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Birth of Don Bradman
Don Bradman was born in Cootamundra, New South Wales of August 27, 1908, he was the son on Emily and George Bradman. -
Schooling Years (1913/22)
Growing up, Bradman lived in Bowral. He attended Bowral Primary Public School, aged 5, and attended Bowral High School. Don Bradman was a good student and was very good at maths, but apart from that he loved playing tennis and cricket. During 1919 he played his first organised cricket match scoring 55 not out for his school team. The following year he scored his first century playing against Mittagong, 115. He left school at the age of 14. -
First Class Cricket Debut - 1927
Don Bradman was selected to play for NSW in the Sheffield Shield in 1927, aged only 19 against South Australia in Adelaide. He scored 118 runs and was known as ‘The Boy from Bowral’ and also as the 20th Australian to score 100 runs in their first class debut. -
First match in Test Cricket - 1928
Don was selected to play the first test match for Australia at Brisbane. Unfortunately the Australians lost the first match due to a tough game. In the second test Don Bradman was dropped from the team due to a tough and difficult batting wicket for a youngster but was brought back into the side for the third test in Melbourne. In this game he scored 112 and was also known as the youngest Australian to score a century in the second innings. -
Bradman's highest score and record - 1930
Playing a match in Sheffield Shield cricket for NSW against QLD at the SCG in January 1930, Don Bradman had broken a world record and made his highest score. With 452 runs in 415 mins, (which was basically a run a minute) Bradman reached the highest score in first-class cricket. -
Marriage - 1932
Don Bradman married Jessie Menzies on the 30th April, 1932. The pair had met each other at Bowral Public School, and later on Bradman had described their relation as the greatest partnership of his life. Sadly Jessie had passed away in September 1997 fighting a battle with cancer. -
Captaincy - 1936
Being known as one of the greatest cricketers, Don Bradman was appointed Australia's test captain. -
Achievement/Last Game - 1948
Don Bradman wanted to achieve a batting average of 100, unfortunately he got out for a duck on the second ball, he only needed 4 runs for this to be achieved. On a positive note he had ended his magnificent career with a batting average of 99.94 and achieving 6696 runs in test match cricket for Australia. Leading Australia as captain during his last series of cricket, Australia had won every single match over the 8 month period against England. -
Retirement - 1948
Bradman had confirmed his retirement in cricket. He was known as the best cricketer and batsman of all time. He achieved and completed his career successfully and positively. Don Bradman is well known for his batting, as he achieved an average of 99.94 runs. -
Death - 2001
Don Bradman passed away peacefully on February 25, 2001 after a short illness with pneumonia, which he was diagnosed with before christmas, the year before. He lived in Kensington Park, Adelaide at the time
