Author Description

The Australian touring party that came to England in 1930 for the Ashes series, consisted of fifteen players among whom was a twenty-one-year-old making his first trip abroad. That young man was Don Bradman, who would illuminate a glorious summer for all cricket lovers with some displays of batting, the likes of which had never been seen before. This is the story of that season. 2005 will mark the seventy-fifth anniversary of Don Bradman's first tour to England to contest an Ashes series. For Bradman, the tour was a massive personal triumph after which he was established as the world's best batsman - an accolade that would remain with him until his last tour in 1948. On the 1930 tour, Bradman broke many records in the five Tests, and in matches against the Counties he made several big scores at an electrifying pace. This book describes the tour and Bradman's contribution to it. Written in a lively style and drawing on Bradman's own thoughts at the time it presents the cricket fan with a vivid account of a defining period in the game. Published to mark the 75th anniversary of Bradman's first tour of England in 1930, it includes vivid descriptions of the Test series and of Bradman's contribution to Australia's victory. It also describes all the fixtures against the English Counties and the run riots in which Bradman and his team-mates so excited the cricketing public.