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Sir Donald Bradman’s baggy green cap from the 1946-47 Ashes tour is now at the National Museum of Australia. Photo: Supplied.
It’s an item that signifies a period of cricketing dominance and now one of Sir Donald Bradman’s historic cricket caps will call the National Museum of Australia home.
It is one of just 11 Bradman baggy greens known to exist and was worn by the captain and cricket great during the 1946-47 Ashes tour of Australia.
National Museum director Katherine McMahon described the baggy green as an iconic piece of Australian cricket history.
“Sir Donald’s baggy green marks the life of Australia’s most celebrated batsman and reflects a time when sporting heroes gave Australians hope, following the heartbreak and hardship of the Second World War,” she said
“We are delighted
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