Bradman's Best

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The five Tests drew more than 950,000spectators including a world record 350,534 to the Third Test at Melbourne. Bradman later said he had remembered how Compton had been out in exactly the same position in the corresponding match at the same ground during the 1938 series. However, the contract increased Bradman's dependence on his public profile, making it more difficult to maintain the privacy that he ardently desired.

Initially, he continued working in real estate, but later took a promotions job with the sporting goods retailer Mick Simmons Ltd. Playing in only his tenth first-class match, Bradman, nicknamed "Braddles" by his teammates, [33] found his initial Test a harsh learning experience. In the first match of the Sheffield Shield season, he scored a century in each innings against Queensland. with 10centuries), was another enduring record: the most by any overseas batsman on a tour of England.

Bradman reached 58 in the second innings and appeared set to guide the team to victory when he was run out. He said that its "lack of attention to detail made its unsavoury dredging of Miller's private life even less palatable".

Against Queensland at the SCG, Bradman set a then world record for first-class cricket by scoring 452 not out; [41] he made his runs in only 415 minutes. In the final match of the season, he made his first century at the SCG, against the Sheffield Shield champions Victoria.

The unusually high number of fast bowlers caused a lot of comment in both countries and roused Bradman's own suspicions. The Melbourne Cricket Club advertised the position of club secretary and he was led to believe that if he applied, he would get the job. However, Australia took a first innings lead in the match, and another record crowd on 2 January 1933 watched Bradman hit a counter-attacking second innings century. To help improve discipline, Bradman became a committeeman of the SACA, and a selector of the South Australian and Australian teams. He makes a mistake, then makes it again and again; he does not correct it, or look as if he were trying to do so.