Don Bradman embraced within the Thuppahi Realm

Don Bradman Memorabilia in Adelaide’s Sri Lankan Realms … https://thuppahis.com › 2024/06/06 › don-bradman-me…

6 June 2024 — This Thuppahi post is a potpourri of Memorabilia around the Persona of Sir Donald Bradman …. with an ink-sketch of Don Bradman by Douglas Davies

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Don Bradman at Cricket in Ceylon in 1930 …. Yes, 1930….  https://thuppahis.com › 2023/03/06 › don-bradman-at-…

6 Mar 2023 — On 3 April 1930, at Colombo Cricket Club, Donald Bradman played his first game of cricket outside Australia. He treated the crowd to plenty of shots …

 

 

 

 

SP Foenander greets Bradman aboard ship, Colombo, 1930

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Don Bradmen and His Men in Ceylon, 1948 …… https://thuppahis.com › 2020/12/11 › don-bradmen-an………

11 Dec 2020 — Bradman was more than just a great batsman or a successful captain of cricket. He seems to have had qualities of character, which would have won …

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Bradman at Brockton Oval in Vancouver in 1932 during … https://thuppahis.com › 2023/09/30 › bradman-at-broc……….

30 Sept 2023 — The Brockton Oval in Vancouver hosts an over-40s league game. Did you know that Don Bradman once described the ground as “without question the most beautiful …

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Glenquarry Farm: In The Steps of Don Bradman…… Thuppahi’s Blog …. https://thuppahis.com › 2022/12/11 › glenquarry-farm-…

11 Dec 2022 — This is your chance to live in the house purchased by the great Sir Donald Bradman in the late 1950’s as a secret hideaway.

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 Don Bradman and Prince Philip ……… Thuppahi’s Bloghttps://thuppahis.com › 2021/04/11 › don-bradman-an…

11 Apr 2021 — This moment and the photo was probably taken at Balmoral Castle in 1948 when Bradman led the Australian team of Invincibles to England.

 A Mid-Pitch Telegram for Don Bradman ……. Thuppahi’s Blog …… https://thuppahis.com › 2022/12/13 › a-mid-pitch-teleg…

13 Dec 2022 — A pause in play as Sir Don Bradman receives a telegram while batting for the Australians Worcestershire in April, 1938.

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Undermining the Australians at the Colombo Oval in 1948? …..  Thuppahi’s Blog  …..  https://thuppahis.com › 2024/04/06 › un dermining-the-…

6 Apr 2024 — The last cricketing appearance by Don Bradman in Sri Lanka was at the Colombo Oval on March 31, 1948, before a capacity crowd of 20,000. 

Bradman & Sathasivam at the toss, Colombo Oval 1948 

Sathi Coomaswamy beats Bradman

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Bradman’s Last Hurrah from the batting crease …..