* Footage of the 1933 Ashes test where bodyline bowling is used on Don Bradman

* August 14 – 1948 Ashes series: The Australian batsman Don Bradman, playing his last Test cricket match, against England at The Oval, is bowled by Eric Hollies for a duck ; however, " The Invincibles " win the match by an innings and 149 runs, and The Ashes 4-0.

The story that the young Bradman practised alone with a cricket stump and a golf ball is part of Australian folklore.

Bradman is chaired off the ground by his opponents after scoring 452.

The " Don Bradman Autograph " bat is still manufactured today by Sykes ' successor company, Slazenger.

Woodfull's remarks ( that "... there are two teams out there and only one of them is playing cricket ") were leaked to the press, and Warner and others attributed this to Fingleton, however for many years ( even after Fingleton's death ) a bitter war of accusation passed between Fingleton and Bradman as to who was the real source of the leak.

Cricket author Chris Harte's analysis of the situation is that a prior ( unspecified ) commercial agreement forced Bradman to remain in Australia.

Bradman is standing with hat in hand, third from the left.

Although modest about his own abilities and generous in his praise of other cricketers, Bradman was fully aware of the talents he possessed as a player ; there is some evidence that he sought to influence his legacy.

The relationship between Bradman and his wider family is less clear, although nine months after Bradman's death, his nephew Paul Bradman criticised him as a " snob " and a " loner " who forgot his connections in Bowral and who failed to attend the funerals of Paul's mother and father.

In Sir Colin Meads ' New Zealand Rugby Museum profile, he is described as " New Zealand's equivalent of Australia's Sir Donald Bradman or the United States of America's Babe Ruth.

Bradman, with 974 runs in the series ( still a world record ), is the main difference between two strong teams.

Dravid is the first non-Australian cricketer to address at the Bradman Oration in Canberra.

The All Blacks website states ' As a sporting legend Meads is New Zealand's equivalent of Australia's Sir Donald Bradman or the United States of America's Babe Ruth.

Harvey is the grandson of former Australian test cricketer Merv Harvey and grandnephew of Neil Harvey who was Australia's leading runscorer and century-maker behind Don Bradman.

Sir Donald Bradman is widely considered the greatest batsman of all time.

Blackheath's sporting claim to fame is that Don Bradman hit a century off three overs for the Blackheath team in November 1931 at Blackheath Oval in a social match against Lithgow.

The century was his fifth successive against Western Australia-Sir Donald Bradman is the only other batsman to score five consecutive centuries against another state in Shield history.

William Eric Hollies ( 5 June 1912 – 16 April 1981 ) was an English cricketer, who is mainly remembered for taking the wicket of Donald Bradman for a duck in Bradman's final Test match innings, in which only four was needed for a Test average of 100.

Due to the number of batting records he set, some as far back as the 1930s and still unbeaten, Sir Donald Bradman is widely regarded as the greatest batsman of all time.

Jardine is best known for captaining the English team during the 1932 – 33 Ashes tour of Australia, in which his team employed Bodyline tactics against Donald Bradman and other opposing Australian batsmen.

During a 20-year playing career, Bradman consistently scored at a level that made him, in the words of former Australia captain Bill Woodfull, " worth three batsmen to Australia ".

Bradman retained a pre-eminent position in the game by acting as an administrator, selector and writer for three decades following his retirement.

During an innings stretching over three days due to intermittent rain, Bradman made yet another multiple century, this time 232, which helped give Australia a big lead of 290 runs.

Although the standard of play was not high, the effects of the amount of cricket Bradman had played in the three previous years, together with the strains of his celebrity status, began to show on his return home.

In three first-class games against England before the Tests, Bradman averaged just 17. 16 in 6 innings.

After three Tests, the series was one – one and Bradman had scored 133 runs in five innings.

In the remainder of the series, Bradman made three half-centuries in six innings, but was unable to make another century ; nevertheless, his team won handsomely, 3 – 0.

Bradman was honoured at a number of cricket grounds, notably when his portrait was hung in the Long Room at Lord's ; until Shane Warne's portrait was added in 2005, Bradman was one of just three Australians to be honoured in this way.

Only Sobers and Bradman ( 10 ) received the accolade more than three times.

Having also scored 206 at Port-of-Spain earlier in the year, he became only the second player ( Sir Donald Bradman the other ) to hit three double-centuries in a calendar year.

* 1930 – 1948 – Donald Bradman played three Tests at Old Trafford, scoring just 81 runs at 27. 00 – his innings being 14 ( 1930 ), 30 ( 1934 ) and 7 and 30 * ( 1948 ).

He then compiled his Test best of 161 in the second innings, adding 274 in partnership with Bradman in only three hours, to help Australia make 554 and set up a 169-run win.

He made two centuries and narrowly missed out on becoming the first Australian batsman since Don Bradman to make three centuries in three innings when he was dismiseed for 97 in the second innings of the second test.

Lawry had one of his best seasons in the 1965-66 Ashes series and " always seemed to be batting ", his 592 runs ( 84. 57 ) were the most in an Ashes series since Don Bradman in 1946 – 47 and his three centuries the most since Arthur Morris in 1948.

" Poor weather prevented an English defeat in the fourth Test, as Bradman and Bill Ponsford shared a partnership of 388 runs ; Verity took three wickets but, in doing so, conceded 113 runs.

In 1934 Donald Bradman joined the club after originally playing with New South Wales, and started with scores of 117, 233 and 357 in his first three innings.

In the Tests, he removed Donald Bradman in three successive innings, while in the third Test, he took two wickets, including Bradman, in two deliveries.

He dismissed Bradman twice in the match, having figures of three for 67 in the second innings and taking five wickets in the match.

Victor Trumper became one of Australia's first sporting heroes, and was widely considered Australia's greatest batsman before Bradman and one of the most popular players.

Bradman recorded several songs accompanying himself and others on piano in the early 1930s, including " Every Day Is A Rainbow Day For Me ".