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| Keywords: StateLibQld 1 101600.jpg en Donald Bradman practises his drive 1936 Donald George Bradman cricketer was born on the 27 August 1908 at Cootamundra in New South Wales and grew up in Bowral His love for cricket saw him follow a steady rise in the game through New South Wales country district and the State ranks that led to his first test debut against England in the first test of the 1927 “28 series At the age of 20 years he was the youngest man to have scored a test century His dominance in batting forced the English to consider ways to control him a tactic the Australians vilified as bodyline Bradman's average of 99 94 remains by far the highest by a test cricketer In 1948 he was knighted and in 1985 was inducted into the Australian Sports Hall of Fame Considered by many to be the greatest batsman ever Sir Donald Bradman died at his home in Adelaide on 25 February 2001 Information from Monash biographical dictionary of twentieth-century Australia 1994 1936 handle 10462/deriv/68296 Copied and digitised from an image appearing in the Courier-mail 9 January 1936 p 14 Contributor s Courier-mail Brisbane Qld PD-Australia StateLibQld-License Donald Bradman Black and white photographs of cricket Batting cricket Images from The Courier-Mail | ||||
