Sir Donald Bradman Collection
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Sir Donald Bradman was one of the most famous cricketers in the entire history of Cricket. The collection consist of a large number of articles related to Cricket that was collected by this famous sports person from 1927 to 1977. In the year 1960, the State Library of South Australia approached Sir Donald Bradman to transfer his collection to the State Library. The project was undertaken in the year 1960 and took a long time before it was fully completed.
Sir Donald Bradman was one of the greatest batsman of Australia. He is known to have scored 17 first class centuries and a total of 37 double centuries. He dies in the year 2001, leaving behind him a huge collection of memorabilia n other article related to cricket and popularly referred to as the Sir Donald Bradman Collection.
The Sir Donald Bradman Collection in Adelaide consists of more than 142 items, which includes bats, balls, trophies, photographs and other documents related to Sir Donald Bradman's career. You can also check out his uniform and other articles of clothing. One of the biggest attractions of the collection is the Royal Worcester vase that was given to him in the year 1938 as a prize for scoring three double centuries consecutively. Other articles that form part of this huge collection are the tape recordings and scrapbooks prepared by the State Library.
The Sir Donald Bradman Collection, Adelaide is open for public viewing on all days of the week from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. If you want to go for a tour, then you must inform 24 hours in advance. The institute arranges for special tours exclusively meant for the disabled people.
Thus, if you want to learn amore about one of the greatest cricketers of the world, the checking out the Sir Donald Bradman Collection, Adelaide is a good option that you have.
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