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...Edward abdicated last winter the consternation in Australia was no greater than that which would have prevailed last week had Braddles been "bowled for a duck egg" (put out with no runs). For Braddles to abdicate would simply be unthinkable. A cricket prodigy, Braddles, now 28, was born in Cootamundra, New South Wales, left school at 16 to devote all his time to cricket, has been the world's most famed cricketer since 1930. Cricket's greatest names before Braddles were England's W. G. Grace, who retired in 1911 after scoring some 55,000 runs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Ashes & B raddles | 3/15/1937 | See Source »

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