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An Apollonaut travel guide
Moments in a longer story.
Selected milestones in the history of Bradman Oval and the Bradman Museum.
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A ground, a cricketer and a museum
These dates describe the place you can learn about here. They are not a company timeline for Apollonaut.
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1883
A town club
Bowral Cricket Club is formed.
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1891
First cricket
Bowral plays Marulan on the Glebe Street wicket, and later that year an international side with W.G. Grace plays there.
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27 August 1908
Born at Cootamundra
Donald Bradman is born at Cootamundra, New South Wales.
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1911
To Bowral
The Bradman family moves to Bowral.
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1925
Bowral Cricket Club
Bradman joins the club and scores 234 against Wingello.
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1928–1948
Fifty-two Tests
Bradman plays 52 Tests for Australia, with a batting average of 99.94.
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1947
Bradman Oval
The ground is named Bradman Oval.
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1976
Reopened
Bradman and Bill O’Reilly reopen the restored oval.
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1989
The museum
The Bradman Museum and a new pavilion open beside the oval.
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2000
State heritage
Bradman Oval is listed on the New South Wales State Heritage Register.
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2010
Hall of Fame
The International Cricket Hall of Fame opens in the museum’s buildings.
Follow the stories behind the dates
A timeline is a beginning. The longer history introduces the people and places; the sources below provide further context.
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Sources & further reading
- Bradman Museum: Oval & Walk
- Wikipedia: Bradman Oval
- Wikipedia: International Cricket Hall of Fame
- Wikipedia: Donald Bradman
Links lead to the original publishers.