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SIR DONALD BRADMAN, 1930
Don Bradman Autograph cricket bat, manufactured by Sykes, London, signed and inscribed: "This bat was used by me during a large portion of the 1930 tour of England and amongst the many scores made with it, one 205 not out v Kent and 232 in the 5th test at the Oval when Australia won the ashes. Has made in all over 1000 runs. Don Bradman. To my friend Mr.D.L.Comb with very best wishes," also signed indistinctly on the reverse (some old stains, contemporary tape repairs).
1930 marked Bradman's debut on English soil at 21. His 236 in the first match at Worcester made him the youngest overseas player to score a double century in England. In the first Test he scored 131, followed by 254 in the second at Lord's. In the third Test at Leeds, he broke the world Test batting record with 334, scoring 309 runs in a day. In the deciding fifth Test played at the Oval, August 16th, 18th-22nd, England scored 405 in the first innings and Australia replied with a total of 695. Bradman added 73 with Kippax for the third wicket. The big stand of the Australian innings then came between Bradman and Jackson who put on 243 runs in four and a half hours. Jackson was nearly run out before he had scored and almost bowled when five, while Bradman, at 82, gave a chance at the wicket. Otherwise he "scarcely ever lifted a ball." After Jackson went, McCabe joined him and another 64 runs were added before Bradman was finally caught by Duckworth standing back to Larwood with the score at 570. In seven hours he made 232 out of 411 with sixteen 4's, ten 3's and twenty-eight 2's as his chief hits.
B.J. Wakley writes: "His defence, even during the period when the wicket was all in favour of the fast bowlers [Peebles and Larwood], was perfect, and his relentless determination to make a big score in the interests of his side was never more apparent ... when he was 164, he took his aggregate for the series to 906, past the 905 made by Hammond in 1928-29, the previous record for a Test match series; and he finished with an aggregate of 974 in seven innings, which is the highest on record. This was his fourth century of the series, the only time that this has been done in England or by an Australian in the Tests. It was his sixth century against England, out of nineteen altogether, and he thereby equalled V.T. Trumper's and Woodfull's record." As his third double century of the series, it was yet another record, and as Wakley points out "the third of his eight against England; only Hammond had previously made as many as two such scores, both in 1928-29. He is the only batsman to make double-centuries on three diferent grounds, and centuries on four different grounds, in England" (Classic Centuries, 1964). Having won the fifth Test by an innings with 39 runs to spare, Australia won the series 2-1 with 2 draws.
The game against Kent was played subsequently, August 27th-29th. Wisden records: "Yet another great display of batting on the part of Bradman was the outstanding feature of this drawn match, the famous young Australian in the second innings withstanding the Kent bowling for four hours with 205 runs to his credit when Woodfull made a belated declaration. In putting together his fifth score of more than 200 Bradman did not give a single chance." No wonder that he so proudly inscribed the bat which had brought such triumphs.
Don Bradman Autograph cricket bat, manufactured by Sykes, London, signed and inscribed: "This bat was used by me during a large portion of the 1930 tour of England and amongst the many scores made with it, one 205 not out v Kent and 232 in the 5th test at the Oval when Australia won the ashes. Has made in all over 1000 runs. Don Bradman. To my friend Mr.D.L.Comb with very best wishes," also signed indistinctly on the reverse (some old stains, contemporary tape repairs).
1930 marked Bradman's debut on English soil at 21. His 236 in the first match at Worcester made him the youngest overseas player to score a double century in England. In the first Test he scored 131, followed by 254 in the second at Lord's. In the third Test at Leeds, he broke the world Test batting record with 334, scoring 309 runs in a day. In the deciding fifth Test played at the Oval, August 16th, 18th-22nd, England scored 405 in the first innings and Australia replied with a total of 695. Bradman added 73 with Kippax for the third wicket. The big stand of the Australian innings then came between Bradman and Jackson who put on 243 runs in four and a half hours. Jackson was nearly run out before he had scored and almost bowled when five, while Bradman, at 82, gave a chance at the wicket. Otherwise he "scarcely ever lifted a ball." After Jackson went, McCabe joined him and another 64 runs were added before Bradman was finally caught by Duckworth standing back to Larwood with the score at 570. In seven hours he made 232 out of 411 with sixteen 4's, ten 3's and twenty-eight 2's as his chief hits.
B.J. Wakley writes: "His defence, even during the period when the wicket was all in favour of the fast bowlers [Peebles and Larwood], was perfect, and his relentless determination to make a big score in the interests of his side was never more apparent ... when he was 164, he took his aggregate for the series to 906, past the 905 made by Hammond in 1928-29, the previous record for a Test match series; and he finished with an aggregate of 974 in seven innings, which is the highest on record. This was his fourth century of the series, the only time that this has been done in England or by an Australian in the Tests. It was his sixth century against England, out of nineteen altogether, and he thereby equalled V.T. Trumper's and Woodfull's record." As his third double century of the series, it was yet another record, and as Wakley points out "the third of his eight against England; only Hammond had previously made as many as two such scores, both in 1928-29. He is the only batsman to make double-centuries on three diferent grounds, and centuries on four different grounds, in England" (Classic Centuries, 1964). Having won the fifth Test by an innings with 39 runs to spare, Australia won the series 2-1 with 2 draws.
The game against Kent was played subsequently, August 27th-29th. Wisden records: "Yet another great display of batting on the part of Bradman was the outstanding feature of this drawn match, the famous young Australian in the second innings withstanding the Kent bowling for four hours with 205 runs to his credit when Woodfull made a belated declaration. In putting together his fifth score of more than 200 Bradman did not give a single chance." No wonder that he so proudly inscribed the bat which had brought such triumphs.
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