don bradman Flashcards
bowral
hometown, though most of his career took place in adelaide
myth that don bradman emerged from the bush, but in reality bowral was close to sydney
bradman’s avg vs a century
his career average was 99.94
century is 100 runs
- he was running centures almost every game
- avg player gets 50 runs
some important australian figures
phar lap: racehorse w attempted assassination, died under mysterious circumstances
gallipoli: failed WWI military mission by allies, deadly landing
harry “breaker” morant: australian officer executed by british court for murder in bore war, POWs
- australia refused after to let british military court try aussies
john simpson kirkpatrick: rescued aussie soldiers during gallipoli on his donkey
- died after 3 wks of continuous fire
why did don bradman become so famous
australia was a new nation looking for heroes
ashes test series
1932-1933, australia vs england
- australia lost 4:1
“test” is international cricket…DB represented australia from 1928-1948
became diplomatic issue as australian PM joe lyons rebuked the english
future books on the ashes test series depict the english as villains
harold larwood
aggressive bowler of english team
bradman praised for defending against his bowls
- still made 56 runs, but not a century
douglas jardine
UK captain, created bodyline/leg theory to prevent bradman from running centuries
bodyline: aim towards batters body to intimidate/injury
- no padding or face guards
brett hutchins
said DB’s legend is related to cricket’s importance
- moral and spiritual connotations, i.e. discipline, decency, control
- show independence thru competition but also keep connection to britain
barracking: as australia’s performance inc, fans taunted/verbally harassed opponents
sledging: australian players trashtalked opponents, psych strat in 1970s
boy from the bush myth
he was not self-taught, and came from a cricketing family w some coaching
bradmania: cultural following maintained by the muth
bradmobilia: draws on nostalgia while also producing it
bradman’s character
unknown, teammates say he was aloof
hodgetts and co: worked for brokers company, owner convicted for fraud but DB unaffected
- opened own brokerage company using hodgetts and co’s client list
didn’t attend family funerals for unknown reasons
