A country ground
The museum records that cricket was first played on the Glebe Street wicket in 1891, when Bowral met Marulan, and that an international side with W.G. Grace played there later that year. The ground has long been home to Bowral Cricket Club, Bradman’s first club.
The boy from Bowral
The Bradman family moved to Bowral in 1911. Don first played on the ground at 12, joined Bowral Cricket Club in 1925 and that season scored 234 against Wingello, whose side included the bowler Bill O’Reilly.
Bradman Oval
The ground was named Bradman Oval in 1947. In 1976 Bradman and O’Reilly reopened it after its restoration, and after his death in 2001 his ashes were scattered there.



