Don Bradman’s ‘sun faded and worn’ baggy green sold at auction for nearly $500,000

  • Test great’s tatty cap said to have ‘some insect damage’
  • Record $479,700 fetched for one of Bradman’s cricket hats

The combination of Sir Donald Bradman’s fabled brilliance and the baggy green’s near-mythical status has persuaded an Australian to part with nearly half-a-million dollars for one of the Don’s Test caps.

Unlike modern Australian players the Test cricketers of Bradman’s era wore a different cap for each series, so the one worn by Bradman during the 1947-48 home summer against India is far from unique, but it has nevertheless sold at auction for $479,700, a record for a cap worn by the great batter.

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‘Effervescent’ Brydon Carse’s England ascent is no surprise to former coach

After star turn against New Zealand, academy coach says it was ‘hard not to make a success of things’ for the fast bowler

Brydon Carse’s 10-wicket haul at Christchurch, in his third Test, came as no surprise to John Windows, who has known him since he first rocked up to the Durham Academy as a teenager, all emu legs and broad smile. “He played as an overseas player in the league in Burnmoor just around the corner from Chester le Street,” Windows says.

“He played for them for a year, and it was straightforward after that, he joined the academy. Everyone was talking about him, as a super lad and a fast bowler.”

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