In the first innings at The Oval, Bradman and Ponsford recorded an even more massive partnership, this time 451 runs.

Playing 26 innings on tour, Bradman recorded 13 centuries ( a new Australian record ) and again made 1, 000 first-class runs before the end of May, becoming the only player to do so twice.

In scoring 2, 429 runs, Bradman achieved the highest average ever recorded in an English season: 115. 66.

It is a collection of tracks recorded by Kelly and both his backing bands, the Coloured Girls and the Messengers, from 1986 to 1991, but were not issued on previous studio albums ( except for " Bradman " and " Pastures of Plenty ").

Bradman became a regular selection for the Bowral team ; several outstanding performances earned him the attention of the Sydney daily press.

On 17 October 2007 episode of The War, Andrew Hansen performed The Eulogy Song, which was a song written by Taylor which satirised the lives of several deceased celebrities, including Peter Brock, Princess Diana, Donald Bradman, Steve Irwin, Stan Zemanek, John Lennon, Jeff Buckley and Kerry Packer, expressing the view that people with flaws during life are often disproportionately hailed as " top blokes " after death.

There are several long daycare centres including ABC Menai, Allison Crescent Child Care Centre, Bradman Road Child Care Centre, Carter Road Long Day Care Centre, and Jumpstart Childcare.

He was also known for his involvement in several cricket diplomacy incidents in his career, accused of leaking the infamous verbal exchange between Australian captain Bill Woodfull and English manager Plum Warner during the acrimonious Bodyline series, and later of causing sectarian tension within the team by leading a group of players of Irish Catholic descent in undermining the leadership of the Protestant Don Bradman.

With Bradman out of the way, the tour was to be the most prolific and peaceful phase of Fingleton's international career and included several large opening stands with Brown.

In the Test series, Australia's victory owed much to Bradman, who scored 974 runs in seven innings, breaking several records in the process.

The leading English batsman Hutton said that McCabe had several qualities in his batsmanship that were superior to those of Bradman, concluding that " It would be harder to think of a greater Australian batsman ".

Bradman is immortalised in three popular songs from different eras, " Our Don Bradman " ( 1930s, by Jack O ' Hagan ), " Bradman " ( 1980s, by Paul Kelly ), and " Sir Don ", ( a tribute by John Williamson performed at Bradman's memorial service ).

Bradman himself thought that his 254 in the preceding match, at Lord's, was a better innings.

During the Australian innings, Bradman backed himself by opting to bat on in poor light conditions, reasoning that Australia could score more runs in bad light on a good wicket than on a rain affected wicket in good light, when he had the option to go off.

Invalided out of service in June 1941, Bradman spent months recuperating, unable even to shave himself or comb his hair due to the extent of the muscular pain he suffered.

After hitting two centuries, Bradman made himself available for the First Test at The Gabba.

Bradman himself wrote four books: Don Bradman's Book – The Story of My Cricketing Life with Hints on Batting, Bowling and Fielding ( 1930 ), My Cricketing Life ( 1938 ), Farewell to Cricket ( 1950 ) and The Art of Cricket ( 1958 ).

In 1930, Hutton watched the Australian Don Bradman hit 334 not out at Headingley in a Test match, then a record individual score in Tests — which Hutton himself would surpass eight years later.

The second stage, completed in 1973 at a cost of $ 2 million, was named the Bradman Stand after the great man himself.

Other players sensed that Woodfull had become less cheerful following the bodyline series and he offered to drop himself following his run of poor form, but fellow selectors Bradman and Alan Kippax disagreed.

Yardley seemed unsure of the best course of action as Bradman and Arthur Morris added 301 runs for the second wicket ; he resorted to using the very occasional leg spin of Hutton, who was hit for 30 runs in four overs, although Yardley himself dropped a catch from Hutton's bowling.

Hopping away to leg to make room for himself, Tyldesley cut and drove the leg-spinner to great effect in a strategy later used by Don Bradman against the bodyline menace.

However, Australia still had to bat on the treacherous surface, captain Bradman reshuffled the batting lineup, putting the bowlers in first and Fingleton and himself in at Nos.

At the time, Wisden said of him: " He blossomed forth as an almost completely equipped batsman of the forcing type and was probably the best exponent — Bradman himself scarcely excluded — of the art of hitting the ball tremendously hard and safely.

Bradman injured himself during the marathon innings in a rare stint at the bowling crease after the specialist bowlers had failed to break the Englishmen.

( Bradman strenuously denied that he had been responsible to his dying day ; others, including Plum Warner, pointed the finger at Bradman's team-mate and journalist, Jack Fingleton.

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.

In all, he played 455 first-class matches, amassing 34, 346 runs at 49. 70, including 103 centuries — making him one of a select few to score a " century of centuries ", one of only four non-English cricketers to do so ( the others being Donald Bradman, Zaheer Abbas and Viv Richards ).

Bradman ( three times ) and Stan McCabe were the others.

Bradman and Bill Ponsford were the only others before him.

* Listen to a young Don Bradman speaking after the 1930 Ashes tour on australianscreen online

* 1930 – Australian cricketer Donald Bradman scores a world record 309 runs in one day, on his way to the highest individual Test innings of 334, during a Test match against England.

Fender felt Bradman might be vulnerable to fast, short-pitched deliveries on the line of leg stump.

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

Donald Bradman was the youngest son of George and Emily ( née Whatman ) Bradman, and was born on 27 August 1908 at Cootamundra, New South Wales ( NSW ).

As his team followed on, the skipper Bill Woodfull asked Bradman to keep the pads on and open the second innings.

However, Bradman began the tour with 236 at Worcester and went on to score 1, 000 first-class runs by the end of May, the fifth player ( and first Australian ) to achieve this rare feat.

In the Third Test, at Leeds, Bradman scored a century before lunch on 11 July, the first day of the Test match to equal the performances of Victor Trumper and Charlie Macartney.

In the afternoon, Bradman added another century between lunch and tea, before finishing the day on 309 not out.

In a crucial partnership with Archie Jackson, Bradman battled through a difficult session when England fast bowler Harold Larwood bowled short on a pitch enlivened by the rain.

The statistics Bradman achieved on the tour, and in the Test matches in particular, broke records for the day and some have stood the test of time.

Commenting on Australia's victory, the team's vice-captain Vic Richardson said, "... we could have played any team without Bradman, but we could not have played the blind school without Clarrie Grimmett ".

They devised a two-year contract whereby Bradman wrote for Associated Newspapers, broadcast on Radio 2UE and promoted the menswear retailing chain FJ Palmer and Son.

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.

A world record crowd of 63, 993 at the MCG saw Bradman come to the crease on the first day of the Second Test with the score at 2 / 67.

However, Australia took a first innings lead in the match, and another record crowd on 2 January 1933 watched Bradman hit a counter-attacking second innings century.

In the event, Bradman batted all of the second day and into the third, putting on a then world record partnership of 388 with Bill Ponsford.

The Board of Control wanted Bradman to lead the team, yet, on 8 August, the Board announced Bradman's withdrawal from the team due to a lack of fitness.

Bradman won the toss on New Year's Day 1937, but again failed with the bat, scoring just 13.