Richie Benaud correspondence with Sir Donald Bradman

MLMSS 11242

fonds

1975-1993

9663667

0.01 metres of textual material (1 folder) - typescript

Richard (Richie) Benaud (1930-2015) was an Australian cricketer, an all-rounder who scored over 2,000 runs and took over 200 wickets in Test cricket. He was Australia’s captain from 1958 until his retirement in 1964, after which he became a leading cricket broadcaster, commentator and writer.
Sir Donald (Don) Bradman (1908-2001) was an Australian cricketer, widely acknowledged as the greatest batsman of all time. During his Test career from 1928 to 1948 he had a batting average of 99.94 and captained Australia 24 times. Following his retirement, he continued in the game as an administrator, selector and writer.

Reference:
Sport Australia Hall of Fame. “Sir Donald Bradman” and “Richie Benaud”. Accessed 9 March 2022. https://sahof.org.au/hall-of-fame/legends-of-australian-sport/

Correspondence between Richie Benaud and Sir Donald Bradman during the period 1975 and 1993, comprising 9 letters from Sir Donald Bradman, some with enclosures, and copies of 5 letters from Richie Benaud, along with an undated photocopied memorandum from Bradman entitled ‘Qualities to be sought when looking for the Cricketer of the Year’.
The letters reflect the warm relationship between the two former Test cricketers and their mutual respect. The earlier letters, from 1975, discuss international cricket matches, television coverage of cricket, their workload and Benaud’s travel, a shared love of golf and plans for them to get together. Later letters focus on their ongoing efforts to change the existing front-foot no-ball law in international cricket to a back-foot law. Enclosed in Bradman’s letter of 26 March 1990 is a copy of his ‘Comments on the no-ball law’ originally prepared for Intikhab Alam, while his letter of 6 October 1992 includes a trial back-foot rule and a copy of a paper by Alec Bedser on the no-ball law.

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