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Bradman and was
Bradman himself thought that his 254 in the preceding match, at Lord's, was a better innings.
He batted unconvincingly and reached 28 when he hit a ball to Jack Ikin ; England believed it was a catch, but Bradman stood his ground, believing it to be a bump ball.
Bodyline, also known as fast leg theory bowling, was a cricketing tactic devised by the English cricket team for their 1932 33 Ashes tour of Australia, specifically to combat the extraordinary batting skill of Australia's Don Bradman.
It was believed that something new was required to combat Bradman, but it was believed more likely that Bradman could be dismissed by leg-spin as Walter Robins and Ian Peebles had supposedly caused him problems ; two leg-spinners were included in the English touring party of 1932 33.
While Bradman was batting, the wicket became briefly difficult following rain.
Bradman was seen to be uncomfortable facing deliveries which bounced higher than usual at a faster pace, being seen to step back out of the line of the ball.
However, given that Bradman scored 232, it was not thought that a way to curb his prodigious scoring had been found.
It was also known in England that Bradman was dismissed for a four-ball duck by fast bowler Eddie Gilbert, and looked very uncomfortable.
Jardine felt that Bradman was afraid to stand his ground against intimidatory bowling, citing instances in 1930 when he shuffled about, contrary to orthodox batting technique.
Bradman missed the first Test due to illness, although Jardine refused to believe this and thought the real reason was that the batsman had suffered a nervous breakdown due to his tactical scheme.
On the opening day, Bradman wildly hooked at Bill Bowes ' first ball ( a non-bodyline ball ) and was dismissed for a golden duck, leaving the entire stadium in shock.
Bradman scored a match-winning century in the second innings, but it turned out to be his only triple figure score for the series, while Larwood was hampered by a bloodied foot and a slow pitch.
Whilst this was dubious in terms of batting technique, it seemed the best way to cope with the barrage, and Bradman averaged 56. 57 in the series ( an excellent average for most, but well short of his career average of 99. 94 ), while being struck above the waist by the ball only once.
Ironically, Bradman was bowled shortly thereafter at a memorial match by Grimmett, who produced a perfectly pitched stock ball that turned just enough to remove Bradman's off bail.
Sir Donald George Bradman, AC ( 27 August 1908 25 February 2001 ), often referred to as " The Don ", was an Australian cricketer, widely acknowledged as the greatest batsman of all time.
As a captain and administrator, Bradman was committed to attacking, entertaining cricket ; he drew spectators in record numbers.
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 ).

Bradman and succeeded
In 1936 37 Bradman succeeded Woodfull as Australian captain.

Bradman and Australian
* 1908 Donald Bradman, Australian cricketer ( d. 2001 )
This Australian team, led by Bradman, who turned 40 during his final tour of England, has gone down in history as The Invincibles.
* 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.
He had intended the comments to be private, and ill feeling grew in the Australian camp as speculation about who leaked the incident to the press grew and many of the team privately pointed the finger at Bradman.
* February 25 Sir Donald Bradman, Australian cricketer ( b. 1908 )
** Donald Bradman, Australian cricketer ( d. 2001 )
* 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.
Despite his potential, Bradman was not chosen for the Australian second team to tour New Zealand.
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.
Bradman dominated the Australian innings ; the second-highest tally was 77 by Alan Kippax.
Bradman had other problems to deal with at this time ; among these were bouts of illness from an undiagnosed malaise which had begun during the tour of North America, and that the Australian Board of Control had initially refused permission for him to write a column for the Sydney Sun.
Harry Hodgetts, a South Australian delegate to the Board of Control, offered Bradman work as a stockbroker if he would relocate to Adelaide and captain South Australia ( SA ).
Surprisingly, in the light of this announcement, Bradman led the South Australian team in a full programme of matches that season.
To help improve discipline, Bradman became a committeeman of the SACA, and a selector of the South Australian and Australian teams.
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.
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.
Bradman joined the Royal Australian Air Force ( RAAF ) on 28 June 1940 and was passed fit for air crew duty.
Batting against the Australian Services cricket team, Bradman scored 112 in less than two hours, yet Dick Whitington ( playing for the Services ) wrote, " I have seen today the ghost of a once great cricketer ".
On 15 November, Bradman made 172 against them for an Australian XI at Sydney, his 100th first-class century.
The first non-Englishman to achieve the milestone, Bradman remains the only Australian to have done so.

Bradman and captain
The cast included Gary Sweet, as Donald Bradman and Hugo Weaving, as England captain Douglas Jardine.
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 top-scored with 123 in the first innings, and was at the wicket in the second innings when his captain Jack Ryder hit the winning runs.
Bradman and England captain Gubby Allen toss at the start of the 1936 37 Ashes series.
At the end of the over, England captain Wally Hammond spoke with Bradman and criticised him for not " walking "; " from then on the series was a cricketing war just when most people desired peace ", Whitington wrote.
As Australian captain, Ian Chappell fought with Bradman over the issue of player remuneration in the early 1970s and has suggested that Bradman was parsimonious:
Douglas Jardine, the English captain ( and, like all England captains of the prewar era, a " gentleman amateur " leading a team partly made up of working-class professionals ), determined that Bradman was vulnerable to short-pitched bowling, and adopted " fast leg theory ".
It was noted that Bradman, the Australian captain, took a more competitive attitude towards the series.
He did not do particularly well as a pace bowler in 1930, but following Australia's tour of England in that summer, when Don Bradman scored freely against the English bowling, Voce was part of a meeting convened between the future English captain, Douglas Jardine, and Nottinghamshire captain, Arthur Carr, to come up with a tactic to defeat Bradman and the Australians.
The Australian press accused Mankad of being unsportsmanlike, although some Australians, including Don Bradman, the Australian captain at the time, defended Mankad's actions.
Miller's personality — love of the contest, rather than victory, and his larger-than-life rebelliousness and carousing — helped both shape and limit his cricketing career, as he espoused the opposite of the more puritanical values of Donald Bradman, his captain and later national selector.
Later he was tipped to play Tests by Don Bradman, the Australian cricket captain, but missed out after fracturing a jaw.
It took further encouragement from Australian captain Don Bradman after he played against Bradman's South Australians.
He helped create an enduring record when scoring 234 in the second Test against England at Sydney in December 1946 ; exactly the same score as his captain, Don Bradman, in the process setting a world-record 405 run fifth wicket partnership.
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.
In 1936 37, with Bradman back in the team as captain, Fingleton made a century in the First Test to become the first player to score consecutive centuries in four Test innings.
The following 1936 37 season in Australia, saw more success for Fingleton, although with the return of Bradman as captain, team harmony became strained.

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