Legendary cricketer Sir Don Bradman's Test cap fetches over $280 000
A 79-year-old cap worn by cricket legend Sir Don Bradman has been bought for $286 700 for a museum in Australia.
Sir Don Bradman alamyCanberra’s National Museum of Australia forked out for the special piece of memorabilia. There are 11 of Bradman’s caps in existence, with only one on display in the Australian Sports Museum in Melbourne. The location of the other nine remains private.
The cap purchased is one Bradman wore during the 1946-47 Ashes series, the first to be played after World War Two. Australia eased to a 3-0 win in the five-Test series. Bradman scored a double hundred and one century to average 97.14 for the series.
The Cootamundra native retired from Test cricket with his famous average of 99.94 after having got a second-ball duck in his final innings.
"You'd be hard-pressed to meet an Australian that hasn't heard of the great Donald Bradman, arguably the greatest cricketer of all time," said Arts Minister Tony Burke.
"Now to have one of his iconic baggy greens in the National Museum of Australia means visitors will have the opportunity to get up close and connect with our sporting and cultural history."