Young Bradman

162 Index A Cure for Gravity 5 Aboriginals 6-7 Adelaide 8, 9, 40, 53, 55, 56, 58, 59, 60, 62, 63, 68, 74, 76, 91, 92, 101, 109, 116 Alice in Wonderland 123 Allen, Gubby 55 Altham, HS 131 Ames, Les 43 Andrews, Tommy 49, 72, 80, 83 Anzac Day 92 Arlott, John 100, 124 Armstrong, Warwick 118 Arsenal 115 Astill, Ewart 96 ‘Aussie battler’ 18 Australian War Memorial 137 Baden-Powell, Thomas 43 Bailey, Trevor 119, 120 Baldwin, Stanley 11 Ballans, Henry 56 Ballantine, EW 79, 81 Bancks, Jimmy 68 Barbour, Dr Eric 106, 108, 115, 120, 121, 123, 129, 154 Bardsley, Warren 40, 46, 57, 130 Barnett, Charlie 145 Barrie, Sir James 115 Barrington, Ken 143 Bathurst 11 Bean, Charles 9 A’Beckett, Ted 72 Beethoven 151 Benaud, Lou 71 Bennett, Don 115 Berrima 6, 10, 14, 38 Bettington, RH 41 Bexley (Sydney) 71 Blackie, Don 62, 63, 66, 67, 72 Blair, James 41 Bloomer, Steve 141, 146 Blue Mountains 7, 12 Bodyline 123, 124 Bohemians 68, 120 Bong Bong Street 6, 10, 14, 15, 34, 148 Bonnor, George 11, 40 Boolevey Street 6 Bourke 10 Bolton Abbey 10 Bomber Command 138-139 Bosanquet, Bernard 133 Botany Bay 29 Bowes, Bill 120, 123 Bowral: beginnings 6-7; climate 8; races 10; shopping 11; changes 14-15; electricity 15; water 23; Oval 69 Bowral Free Press 10 Bowral Rifle Club 18, 29 Boycott, Geoffrey 120, 124, 125, 126 Bradford 144 Bradman, Charles (Don’s grandfather) 13 Bradman, Donald: born 10; ‘countryman’, old-fashioned, slow driver 12; 1953 Daily Mail journalism 12, 74, 130, 132, 133; style 12, 63, 95, 102, 103, 108, 114, 126, 154; English relatives 13; reflexes 15; Glebe Street home 17; teammates’ envy 19; bat from gum tree 20; music 21, 22, 130, 155; concert 22; fishing 22; water tank game 23-24; satisfaction 24, 29, 32, 102, 134; not coached 25; at the SCG 27-29; keen fielding 28, 66, 81, 121; at governor’s ground 29-30; first century 30; batting for Bowral 31; first bat 32; learning 34, 37, 52, 58, 59, 63, 65, 69, 133; football 35; tennis 35-36, 48, 92; love for Jessie Menzies 36; batting 1924-25 season 37; 1925- 26 season 38-39; invite to Sydney Cricket Ground 43, 45, 46; joins St George 48; Possibles v Probables 48-49; NSW seconds 50; adapting from matting to turf 50-51; bat grip 51, 125, 126, 128; move to Sydney 51-52, 55; record 320 not out for Bowral 53-54; Jackson pall-bearer 55; and Freemasonry 55; move to Sydney 56; NSW selection 58; NSW debut 60; and Grimmett 61-62; against Victoria 62-63, 66-67, 72; against Queensland 63-65; against South Australia 65- 66, 75; poor running 67, 72, 82-83; Bohemians 68; return to Bowral 68-70; start of 1928-29 season 71; 340 not out 72; playing for Australia in 1928-29 74-82, 101; concentration 78, 95, 119, 129, 136; 1929-30 season 83-84; 452 not out 84-86, 87, 105, 129; at Gladesville 88-90; journey