Statsguru— DG Bradman— Test matches— Batting analysis". Cricinfo. Archived from the original on 2 January 2013 . Retrieved 20 June 2008. Hundred before lunch". Cricinfo. Archived from the original on 8 August 2008 . Retrieved 23 August 2008. Perry, Roland (1979). Programme for a Puppet. UK: W H Allen. ISBN 0-491-02197-6. ; In the US entitled Program for a Puppet. Crown. 1980. ISBN 9780517541012. 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". [58] A modest Bradman can be heard in a 1930 recording saying, "I have always endeavoured to do my best for the side, and the few centuries that have come my way have been achieved in the hope of winning matches. My one idea when going into bat was to make runs for Australia." [59] Reluctant hero Hundreds of onlookers gather as the Bradmans leave the church after their wedding ceremony at St Paul's Church, Burwood, 30 April 1932.

Vic Richardson– player profile". Cricinfo. Archived from the original on 24 April 2008 . Retrieved 17 June 2008. Richardson's record in fourteen Tests was 622 runs at 24.88. Against South Africa, he made 84 runs in five innings. Bradman joined the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) on 28 June 1940 and was passed fit for air crew duty. [132] The RAAF had more recruits than it could equip and train and Bradman spent four months in Adelaide before the Governor-General of Australia, Lord Gowrie, persuaded Bradman to transfer to the army, a move that was criticised as a safer option for him. [12] Given the rank of lieutenant, he was posted to the Army School of Physical Training at Frankston, Victoria, to act as a divisional supervisor of physical training. The exertion of the job aggravated his chronic muscular problems, diagnosed as fibrositis. Surprisingly, in light of his batting prowess, a routine army test revealed that Bradman had poor eyesight. [133] October 2014 saw publication of The Queen, Her Lover and the Most Notorious Spy in History, in which Perry claimed that Queen Victoria had an illicit affair with John Elphinstone, 13th Lord Elphinstone, Captain of the Horse Guards and President of Madras, and Bombay during the Indian Uprising of 1857–58. Third Test match: England v Australia 1938". Wisden. 1938. Archived from the original on 2 January 2013 . Retrieved 14 May 2008. a b c d e "Most double hundreds in a career". Cricinfo. Archived from the original on 18 February 2017 . Retrieved 15 January 2012.Most centuries accumulated within single sessions of play:6 (1pre lunch, 2lunch-tea, 3tea-stumps) [180]

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