What are 5 main events in Donald Bradmans life?

Question

What are 5 main events in Donald Bradmans life?

Answer 1

Born: 27th Aug,1908 at Cootamundra, NSW.

1928-1929 AUS v ENG: Don played for the first time in test match series against England as a replacement. He played 4 matches, scored 468 runs in 7 innings for an average of 69.

1931-1932 AUS v SAF: Don's form was unbelievable. He played 5 matches, scored 806 runs in 4 innings at an average of 202.

1948 ENG v AUS: Don's last series. He played 5 test matches, scored 508 runs in 7 innings at an average of over 72. He took retirement from test match cricket after this series. Retired as the greatest test match player of all time scoring 6,996 runs in 52 tests, 70 innings for an average of 99.94. A standard that has not been surpassed by any human being till now.

Died: Feb,25, 2001: Don died at Kensington Park, Adelaide, NSW, A letter addressed to Donald Bradman did not need an address. His name was enough.

Answer 2

the most important event in Sir Don Bradman's life was meeting the great batsman from India , Sir Sachin Tendulkar and not meeting Ricky Ponting  ! This showed that how much he valued for the greats , as he himself was !

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Answer 3

* His marriage to Jessie - his lifelong partner & friend (by his own admission)

* His selection in the NSW side

* His scoring 452 for NSW against QLD

* His selection in the Australian side

* In the third Test of the 1930 tour, at Leeds, he scored a century before lunch on the first day of the Test match. In the afternoon, he added another century between lunch and tea, before finishing the day on 309 not out. He remains the only Test player to pass 300 in one day’s play.

Sorry the sixth is:

* In 1934, his brush with death from peritonitis in London.