Biography: Widely acknowledged as the greatest Test batsman of all time, his career Test batting average of 99.94 is often cited as the greatest achievement by any sportsman in any major sport.
Born:August 27,1908 Birthplace: Cootamundra, New South Wales, Australia
1927-12-16 Australian cricket's batting maestro Don Bradman makes his 1st-class debut for NSW v South Australia at the Adelaide Oval finishing Day 1 on 65 not out
1927-12-17 Australian cricketing prodigy Don Bradman scores 118 in his 1st-class debut for NSW against South Australia at the Adelaide Oval
1928-11-01 Australian cricket batting prodigy Don Bradman scores 133 not out in NSW 2nd innings v Queensland in Brisbane; follows his 131 in the Blues' 1st innings
1928-11-30 Australian cricket legend Don Bradman makes an inauspicious Test debut; scores 18 & 1 vs England in 1st Test in Brisbane; dropped to 12th man for 2nd Test
1929-01-03 Australian cricket icon Don Bradman follows up a 1st innings of 79 to score 112 in 3rd Test v England in Melbourne; his 1st of 29 Test centuries
1929-01-25 Future Australian cricket captain Don Bradman scores an unbeaten 340 for NSW v Victoria (488 mins, 38 fours); then highest individual score in a Sheffield Shield match
1929-03-13 20-year-old Australian cricket super-batsman Don Bradman scores 123 in 5th Test vs England at MCG; his second Test century
1930-01-06 Australian cricket icon Don Bradman scores 452 not out for New South Wales v Queensland in Sydney; then world record individual score in a first-class match; runs scored in 415 minutes
1930-05-01 Cricket master batsman Don Bradman scores 236 for Australia v Worcestershire in his first 1st class innings in England
1930-05-05 Australian cricket batting prodigy Don Bradman scores an unbeaten 185 in a tour match for Australia v Leicestershire at Aylestone Road, Leicester
1930-05-24 21-year-old Australian cricket master batsman Don Bradman scores 252 not out in a tour match for Australia v Surrey at Kennington Oval, London
1930-05-31 Don Bradman batting for Australia v Hampshire at Southampton is 47 not out at stumps, bringing his aggregate to 1,001 runs, the first cricket touring overseas batsman to complete 1,000 runs by end of May
1930-06-01 Australian cricket master batsman Don Bradman cracks 191 in tour match v Hampshire at Southampton; Bradman smashes 26 fours in 240 minutes
1930-06-17 Continuing a rich vein of form Australian cricket icon Don Bradman scores 131 in 1st Test v England at Trent Bridge, Nottingham
1930-06-30 Australian cricket maestro Don Bradman sets up a 7 wicket victory with a patient 254 in 2nd Test v England at Lord's; 'The Don' hits 25 fours off 376 balls
1930-07-11 21-year-old Australian cricket super-batsman Don Bradman is 105 at lunch, 220 at tea, and 309 at stumps on the first day in the third Test vs. England at Leeds; he goes on to score 334
1930-07-12 Australian cricket master batsman Don Bradman is out for 334 in the drawn third Test against England at Headingley, Leeds; innings lasts 383 minutes, with 46 fours
1930-08-20 A week before his 22nd birthday, Australian cricket's batting genius Don Bradman scores 232 in a fifth Test win over England at The Oval in London
1930-12-15 Occasional leg-spin bowler Don Bradman takes his 1st of only 2 Test cricket wickets when he traps West Indian batsman Ivan Barrow lbw for 27 in the 1st Test in Adelaide
1931-01-16 Australian cricket batting prodigy Don Bradman scores 223 v West Indies in 3rd Test in Brisbane; most runs scored by a player in a Test match in Australia in one day
1931-03-04 Don Bradman is bowled for a rare first ball duck by Herman Griffith (4-50) on the last day of 5th cricket Test vs West Indies in Sydney; Windies win by 31 runs but lose series to Australia, 4-1
1931-11-28 Australian cricket master batsman Don Bradman scores 226 in his first Test appearance v South Africa in 1st Test in Brisbane
1931-12-07 After scoring 226 in 1st Test in Brisbane, Don Bradman belts 219 for NSW against the visiting South Africa at the Sydney Cricket Ground
1932-02-01 Australian cricket's master batsman Don Bradman scores 299 not out in 10 wicket 4th Test win vs South Africa in Adelaide; runs out of partners going for 300
1932-07-04 Don Bradman scores a North American record 260 v Western Ontario in Guelph during Australian cricket team's Goodwill Tour of North America
1932-07-07 Australian cricket batsman supreme Don Bradman scores a double century during a Goodwill Tour in Montreal, Canada
1932-07-20 An injuredBabe Ruth entertains the touring Australian cricketers in his private box at Yankee Stadium as his NY Yankees beat the Chicago White Sox 7-2; 'The Babe' meets 'The Don' (Don Bradman)
1933-01-02 Don Bradman holds off England's hostile pace bowling to score an unbeaten 103 leading Australia to a 111 run victory in the 2nd 'Bodyline' Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground
1933-01-17 Australian cricket batting champion Don Bradman takes only his 2nd Test wicket; bowls England's Walter Hammond for 85 during 338-run 3rd Test defeat in Adelaide
1934-01-26 Australian cricket batting icon Don Bradman scores 128 in just 96 minutes for NSW v Victoria in Sydney; smashes 17 x fours, 4 x sixes
1934-07-23 Australian cricket batting legend Don Bradman completes 304 in drawn 4th Test vs England at Leeds; 430 minutes, 43 x fours, 2 x sixes
1934-08-18 Don Bradman (244) andBill Ponsford (205 not out) put on 451 in a world record partnership for Australia on Day 1 of the 5th cricket Test win against England at The Oval
1934-09-04 Australian cricket super-batsman Don Bradman scores 149 not out in just 104 minutes (17 fours, 4 sixes) in a drawn tour match against England XI at Folkestone
1935-12-18 Don Bradman scores 117 in his debut Sheffield Shield cricket match for South Australia in an innings & 5 run win over his old team, New South Wales
1936-01-02 Australian master batsman Don Bradman scores 357 (424 minutes, 40 fours) for South Australia v Victoria in a Sheffield Shield match in Melbourne; his 5th 300+ score in first-class cricket
1936-03-02 Australian cricket's batting maestro Don Bradman scores 369 in 253 minutes (46 fours, 4 sixes) in South Australia's innings and 349 run win over Tasmania
1936-11-14 More than 21,000 watch Don Bradman score 192 for South Australia v Victoria in a drawn Sheffield Shield match at the Melbourne Cricket Ground
1936-12-09 England embarrasses Australia in the 1st Test in Brisbane; home side all out for 58 as England wins by 322 runs; Don Bradman out for a duck (0)
1936-12-21 Master batsman Don Bradman has a rare embarrassment - a 2nd consecutive Test duck (0), as England dismisses Australia for 80 in the 2nd Test at the Sydney Cricket Ground
1937-01-05 Australian cricket batsmen Jack Fingleton (136) and Don Bradman (out 270 the following day) make then record stand of 346 for 6th wicket in 3rd Test vs England in Melbourne
1937-01-06 Bradman scores 270 Aust v England at the MCG, incl 110 singles
1937-02-03 Don Bradman scores 212 (in 441 minutes!) in 5th cricket test v England
1937-02-27 Australian cricketer Don Bradman scores 169 in the 5th Test match against England in 223 minutes, ensuring Australia wins the Ashes 3-2
1938-01-11 Don Bradman scores a second innings 113 vs Qld after a ton in the 1st innings
1938-04-30 Bradman scores 258 Aust v Worcs, 293 mins, 33 fours 1 five
1938-05-16 Australian cricketer Donald Bradman scores 278 vs MCC in 349 mins with 35 fours and 1 six
1938-05-21 Batsman Don Bradman scores 143 for Australia v Surrey, in 198 mins, with 11 fours
1938-05-27 Cricket batting genius Don Bradman scores 145 not out for Australia v Hampshire at Southampton, completing 1,000 runs before the end of May for the second time, the only touring batsman to England ever to perform the feat
1938-06-14 Bradman scores 144* in 1st Test Cricket at Trent Bridge
1938-06-21 Bradman scores 101* in 77 minutes, Australia v Lancashire
1938-06-28 Bradman scores 102* in drawn 2nd Test cricket at Lord's
1938-07-23 Australian cricket batting legend Don Bradman completes 304 runs in a drawn fourth Test against England at Leeds in 430 minutes with 43 fours and 2 sixes
1938-07-28 Don Bradman scores 202 for Australia against Somerset in 225 minutes with 32 fours
1939-01-02 Master batsman Don Bradman scores 107 for South Australia in a Sheffield Shield match against Victoria for his 4th consecutive century in first-class cricket
1939-12-16 Bradman scores 251* SA v NSW, 271 minutes, 38 fours 2 sixes
1939-12-30 Donald Bradman scores 267 for South Australia against Victoria, a world record 34th first-class double century
1940-02-13 Bradman scores 209* in 161 minutes for South Australia at the WACA
1940-12-25 Cricket master batsman Don Bradman is dismissed for a Xmas Day first ball duck (0) for South Australia v Victoria in a Sheffield Shield match at the Adelaide Oval
1945-12-31 Before the biggest Adelaide Oval crowd of the season, batting maestro Don Bradman scores his first post-WWII century; 112 for South Australia v Australian Services
1946-11-13 Bradman scores 106 for an Australian XI v the MCC
1946-11-30 Bradman scores 187 on first day of the Ashes 1st Test Australia v England at the Gabba, Brisbane
1946-12-17 Bradman & Barnes complete record 405 run 5th wicket stand, score 234 each in 2nd Cricket Test Australia vs. England in Sydney
1947-10-25 Bradman scores 156 for South Australia v India, 152 mins, 22 fours
1947-11-08 Bradman scores his 99th 1st-class cricket century, 100 South Australia v Victoria
1947-11-15 Bradman scores his 100th 100, 172 v Indians at the SCG
1947-12-01 In first cricket Test match between the 2 nations, India is dismissed for 58 by Australia in Brisbane; fast bowlerErnie Toshack takes 5 for 2 off 2.3 overs; Don Bradman scores 185 as Australia wins by an innings & 226 runs
1947-12-02 In rain affected 1st Test in Brisbane, Australia compiles 1st innings total 645 on Day 3 v India (Bradman 187, Hassett 128); Australia wins by an innings and 332
1948-01-01 Australian cricket master batsman Don Bradman scores 132 on first day of 3rd Test v India; follows up with 127no in 2nd innings; Australia wins by 233
1948-01-03 Australian cricket batting maestro Don Bradman completes dual Test centuries (132 & 127* [26th Test 100]) in 3rd Test v India in Melbourne
1948-01-23 Australian cricket captain Don Bradman scores 201 in 4th Test win v India in Adelaide; Sid Barnes 112 and Lindsay Hassett 198no in Australian total 674
1948-02-06 Bradman retires hurt, 57 in his last Test Cricket innings in Australia
1948-06-12 In his farewell Ashes Tour, Australian cricket batting maestro Don Bradman scores 138 in 1st Test against England at Trent Bridge
1948-06-15 In his farewell Ashes Tour, Don Bradman is out for a duck (0) in the Australian 2nd innings, but tourists win 1st Test against England by 8 wickets at Nottingham
1948-07-01 Australian cricket captain Don Bradman scores 128 in 141 mins with 15 fours in a tour match vs Surry
1948-07-27 Bradman's 29th and last Test Cricket century, part of winning 3-404
1948-08-10 Bradman scores 133 for Australia against Lancashire in 216 minutes with 17 fours
1948-08-14 Australian fast bowler Ray Lindwall takes 6-20 as England is dismissed for a record low of 52 in the fifth cricket Test at the Oval; Don Bradman is out for 0 in his final Test innings
1948-08-25 Bradman scores 150 in 212 minutes in his last innings at Lord's
1948-09-01 Australian Test batsmen Don Bradman (143), Lindsay Hassett (151) & Neil Harvey (110) score centuries in Australia's 1st innings of drawn cricket tour match v South of England at Hastings
1948-09-10 Australian cricketer Don Bradman scores 153 in his last first-class cricket innings in England
1948-12-03 Australian cricket icon Don Bradman scores 123 for the Bradman XI in his own testimonial match against the Lindsay Hassett's XI in front of 52,360 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground
1949-01-01 Arguably cricket's greatest ever batsman, ex-Australian captain Don Bradman is knighted; first time a cricketer is bestowed with the honour solely for his contribution to the game
1949-03-05 Donald Bradman plays his last innings in first-class cricket, scores 30
1949-03-15 Cricket's master batsman Don Bradman receives his knighthood from the Governor-General of Australia, the Rt Hon. WJ McKell at the investiture in Queen’s Hall, Parliament House, Melbourne
1983-12-29 Indian cricket opening batsmanSunil Gavaskar scores an unbeaten 236 in drawn 6th Test v West Indies at Chennai; his 4th Test double century and 30th century, surpassing Don Bradman's record of 29
Personal Life
1932-04-30 Australian Test cricket batsman Don Bradman (23) weds Jessie Martha Menzies at St Paul's Anglican Church in Burwood, Sydney
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