Paul Kelly - Bradman

[@tyrrelljames9452]

the song is a national treasure. I just wish people realised that.

[@chrismurray229]

should be the national anthem

[@nextlifearotti]

you have NO IDEA how I wish my father was still with us to hear this. Bradman was my dad's hero and he would have loved it. Thank you for posting it.

[@anthonyryan3192]

The greatest Cricketer who ever lived, no question.

[@roseharvey2664]

So said Victor Trumper.

[@RoughAshlar2011]

Firstly, the Tendulkar-Bradman comparison is ridiculous, even my cricket-mad Indian friend says so. Second, I've been a fan of Paul Kelly for 20+ years. Third, the first time I ever heard this son (and saw the video) I was visiting my darling Grandmother (RIP) who was a massive Bradman fan in the '30s. The song always reminds me of her, and often makes me cry. Thanks for bringing me up, Dot. I love you.

[@Abhijeet1447]

Being an Indian i admit that Bradman is the Greatest batsmen the sport has ever seen ,LONG LIVE BRADMAN!!!!!!!!

[@ashleysmith7079]

Toothpicks for bats Full sized outfields Uncovered wickets Averaged 40 above anyone else who played in the same period. GREATEST BATSMEN 1. Bradman 2. Daylight 3. More Daylight 4. Viv 5. The Rest

[@connorduke4619]

+Ashley Smith Pretty close - you forgot Sobers = Viv without risking his wicket early. So, 3 greatest bats of all time = Bradman, Sobers, Viv.

[@oliverwoods4170]

sachin?

[@AnjaliAhuja6865]

1. Tendulkar 2. Ponting 3. Lara 4. Kallis 5. Steve Waugh 6. Rahul Dravid 7. Kumar Sangakara

[@chris75youtube]

Can we agree that it's a great song? 😉

[@gman880a]

A wonderfull peice of work Roscos, got me right in the heart. BRAVO Love your stuff.

[@mcgeehan07]

HE HIT EM HARD, HE HIT EM STRAIGHT! LONG LIVE THE DON

[@nthturra6188]

I've been a cricketer for a while, and I'm proud to know that a man like Donald Bradman played for Australia. A class act and the greatest batsman, you can't get any better than him. What a great cricketer.

[@Christine3145]

The greatest Cricketer who ever lived, no question. Total Tendulkar and India fanatic here... THE DON WAS THE GREATEST BATSMAN OF ALL TIME! Paul kelly would be a great drinking mate at the local pub...seriously

[@jsharbrough]

This is a great song overlayed on footage of the legendary Sir Donald Bradman. For those who are not Cricket fans, Sir Don is to Cricket what Babe Ruth is to Baseball. He had a long career for Australia retiring in 1948 from international competition. The Australian national team is the winning-est team in international Cricket. A great tribute to this great man. Three cheers for Sir Don.

[@garymacdonald7866]

Gives me a warm comfortable patriotic glow Loving being an Aussie

[@tommy_barbeque]

brilliant old footage, great song, absolutely brilliant. Great for school project on cricket. thankyou!

[@sankernarayanan4638]

Total Tendulkar and India fanatic here... THE DON WAS THE GREATEST BATSMAN OF ALL TIME!

[@m.johnsonleonard7186]

A wonderfull peice of work Roscos, got me right in the heart. BRAVO Love your stuff. 2:41 that was a perfect yorker, and he smashed it! Gives me a warm comfortable patriotic glow Loving being an Aussie

[@saramaiaharry]

This song is a great and will be appretiated 4 years and years to come!!!!!

[@lapalad]

What on earth were channel 9 thinking when they got John Williamson to write a song about Bradman for their special on him,when this classic was already available?I absolutely love this song,pure classic

[@bigaussie68]

he gave the average aussie working man entertainment of the highest quality and reason to smile in the years of the depression. He gave thousands of autographs and millions of memories.....all for free!!! He always will be a hero to millions around the world.

[@skshivanand8]

A seed burst into a flower in 1930 just awesome comment and the shot executed at 2:48 just shows the Phenomenal concentration of the great batsman

[@connorduke4619]

+Shivanand Kumar Good catch. In fact all Bradman´s cut shots look effortless - he middled the ball no matter where it was pitched. Never saw a batsman score so easily off a yorker outside off stump. His leg glances were equally delicate - a very hard shot to play, most modern batsman miss or edge more often than they properly connect on it. Yet those were not even his favourite shots - the pull was, even without a helmet.

[@hallowedition]

"in bradman's first test, he went for 18 and for one they dropped him like a gun" great stuff

[@jamesransom3251]

kelly is a musical genius. such a lyric wizard... no lyricists match this man in the current music industry.

[@DarrylSullivan]

+James Ransom totally agree

[@thaimarket7486]

a True story teller

[@MrDanzorse]

One man does. Nick Cave

[@w0mblemania]

That's not true. There are many, many talent lyricists and musicians out there. And always will be. Yes, Kelly is a great artist. But he had many amazing contemporaries (Iva Davies, Mark Seymour, etc.) and there are many more out there today. Don't live in the past. There's a whole world of music out there. New talent is born every day.

[@MrDanzorse]

But don't forget those who are still making fantastic music from your past.

[@Jellybeantiger]

This is on The Cricketers Arms jukebox Richmond across the road from the MCG. A Richmond mate of mine plays it after we have a win and have a few beers.

[@alison9ish]

Thanks for this one, Mr Kelly.

[@Ingens_Scherz]

Nice one. Wonderful. Best Bradman story? He was (probably) asked once what he would average against today's bowlers. By 'today' I mean the early 1980s, when the question was (allegedly) asked. You know, the days of the West Indian superfast quartet etc. Well, Bradman answered confidently that he thought he'd probably manage an average of about 60. The surprised interrogator, sensing a scoop, asked why. And Bradman said "Well, son, I am nearly 80!" Legend.

[@tokengypsy62]

Love the quote, There is two sides out there but only ones playing cricket

[@freddyjimenez2383]

The greatest Cricketer who ever lived, no question. "in bradman's first test, he went for 18 and for one they dropped him like a gun" great stuff

[@otagomike]

Excellent video, great song about a true legend of the game.

[@GilesConradWatson]

I agree - a world-class songwriter immortalises a world-class cricketer.

[@ihamoitc2005]

Larwood in full flight looks like a machine. What a frightening sight it must have been. The wind up, so far behind the body, and the speed of the action in to follow through are unbelievable. What a beast. And Tyson, according to Bradman, was even faster!

[@liamflanagan3358]

Marvellous as Richie Benued would say

[@Ingens_Scherz]

@lapalad Wonderful! You've made my day with that one :) Thank-you.

[@卢希-u7k]

thank you for this upload Marvellous as Richie Benued would say

[@MrOx85]

Fucking love this song

[@EveryoneIsANerd]

2:41 that was a perfect yorker, and he smashed it!

[@BobTurnip123]

Everyone stop arguing and bitching, Don Bradman was the best cricket batsman hands down - period!

[@mottthehoople693]

thank you for this upload

[@ethybubs]

Oh yes it continues. Bill Voce, an average of 27.8 and 2 ten wicket hauls in 27 matches. Sir George 'Gubby' Allan, 81 wickets in 25 matches and an average of 29. Bert Ironmonger, 74 wickets in 14 matches (including two ten wicket hauls) and an average of 18. Raymond Lindwall, 228 wickets with an average of 23. Keith Miller 170 wickets in 95 matches and an average of 23.so there are your great bowlers of Bradmans era and their stats.

[@IanMcLeod1303]

Just sharing thys with me Pommie mates :-))

[@Azog150]

Even as a Brit I love this song. Reminds me of my time in Oz.

[@elliott7311]

What a song it is awesome True Aussie national history

[@ethybubs]

"can you tell me some famous bowlers of that time and their record?" I certainly can!Mohammed Nissar, 25 wickets in just 11 innings and a bowling average of 28. Harold Larwood, 4 five wicket hauls in 36 inning and an average of 28.Clarence Grimmett, the first man to reach two hundred test wickets, and remains the fastest man to achieve it.He also only bowled one no-ball and zero wides in 67 innings.Bill O'Reilly, an average of 22.5 and 11 5 wicket hauls in only 48 innings.

[@Jellybeantiger]

The greatest cricketer of all and he is AUSTRALIAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Let's knock the Poms over tonight!

[@OldBertie]

Just to answer your original question as well, the bowling averages from 1928 to 1948 were comparable to now also. Bert Ironmonger topped the charts at 17.97, and then there were several bowlers averaging between 22 and 24. Nowadays, with more teams playing, Vernon Philander tops the charts with 17.13, then Curtly Ambrose with 19.88, but again the majority of the best bowlers of our time average between 22 and 24 (many of them boosted by many tests against Bangladesh and Zimbabwe.

[@Nowheres770]

Paul kelly would be a great drinking mate at the local pub...seriously

[@calaiazza]

two great Australians!

[@paulkate72]

Not much more to say about Sir Donald - he really is the best batsman the world has ever seen. That said, Harold Larwood was and is possibly the greatest fast bowler of his and any other day - anyone who could curb Bradman, bodyline notwithstanding, had to be good - really good. Let's give some credit to Harold.

[@tristanauspride]

2:39 that cover drive

[@cup1966wow]

Surely neutrals are the best to decide so that there not bias. And I say Bradman is by miles.

[@nroles87]

You call yourself an australian mate? Sir Don Bradman is a legend of our cricketing history. I don't see you being knighted, or having a song sung about you. In other words you must be the annoying one. More than just one man, He could take on any side. R.I.P.

[@bigaussie68]

I see the "tall poppy" syndrome is alive and well.....anyone who makes something of themselves we find the smallest imperfections and blow 'em out of all proportion. Pisses me off!!!

[@BrissoParrothead]

thank you

[@soldrozd877]

thats ok

[@pigeonfromhell]

@parmod814 what drugs are you on? bodyline was devised specifically to kerb bradman. oh by the way helmets and real protective equipment only really came in during the lillee thompson era after Martin Bedkober was killed. Plus wickets were uncovered in bradmans era

[@finalattempt]

@parmod814 oh, and bouncers are more restricted today than they were back then. I believe you know nothing about cricket before 2001. It wasn't a yorker that knocked Oldfield out at the 5 min mark of that clip.

[@francaussi]

Looking forward to the Bollywood version for Sachin!

[@chaosbynature]

cricket is by all measures and metrics silly, but by god i love it.

[@Ingens_Scherz]

@widlad7 "A cultural dessert!" A mere trifle, perhaps you mean ;)

[@mclark1708]

cant wait for steve smith to do this

[@lapalad]

No actually he was caught in the 18th row of bay 13,knew i'd get him sooner or later

[@imrepohl]

He could bat a bit though couldn't he?

[@lapalad]

@widlad7 Most of these players learnt their cricket in England! In the recent team i don't include Strauss as he moved to England when he was 4 and as for Lamb it was the era of apartheid and they had to play for someone.The Dominican rep is hardly a cricket hotbed along with Zambia,did any of these players mentioned play for other countries? I don't think so unlike Morgan who played for Eire and Pietersen who played for South African u/19s,Trott and Prior both SA born and bred

[@OldBertie]

Let me just jump in here.To determine the quality of bowling in Bradman's time, let's see how other batsmen of this time compare. During Bradman's playing days, he averaged 99.94. The second-highest batting average during this time, with 20 matches played, was George Headley's 65.78, meaning Bradman averaged more than 50% higher than any other batsman who had access to the same bowling he did. By comparison, during Tendulkar's playing days, he averages 3rd-highest behind Sangakkara and Kallis.

[@AnjaliAhuja6865]

OldBertie 1. Tendulkar 2. Ponting 3. Lara 4. Kallis 5. Steve Waugh 6. Rahul Dravid 7. Kumar Sangakara

[@DarrylSullivan]

you get the feeling we need to teach our kids to harden up

[@jamess6538]

It had to be embarrassing at the time for the old school english to be schooled by a colonial but that was then this is now and despite how things may seem on the surface beneath the jibes and vitriol England and Australia are brothers who show their love for each other by challenging each other knowing a swift kick up the arse or a dig into the ribs will make us stronger than kisses and cold cups of tea.

[@badazred]

i want to see him sing bicentennial thats the bomb

[@kerbsmage]

going to need a Steve Smith song soon

[@spank36]

@007dalal So someone playing back yard cricket is a first class cricketer? Players from back in the day (especially county cricket) used to play just as much, but obviously not as much test cricket

[@lapalad]

@ludocrat During a 3rd grade cricket game in Sydney,a young bowler is being belted all over the place,an old man watching on the fence tries to gives him a few tips to improve his bowling,which he ignores.After the game he comments that silly old bloke watchin on the fence was trying to tell me how to bowl,what would he bloody know?The team manager replies well you should ve listened do you know who that old man is?? Harold Larwood True story

[@mikehhome]

At 6.08 Jessie Bradman looks like Louise Brooks in Overland Stage Raiders

[@hOuGhZfLeX]

shittst song made me cry my self to sleep

[@soldrozd877]

good

[@JetJockey87]

I'm west aussie and like Cricket ok but can someone please explain all the elements of this song, its so amazing, but I know nothing of Bradman lore...

[@TheDragonsalltheway]

Mate, what do you think bodyline was!!! In that series he averaged 55. By the way, they didnt wear helmets. so what would you rather face. akhtar at 150 with a helmet or Larwood at 140 with no helmet and 5 or 6 feilders around the bat. and one last stat. bradman played 50 odd tests. scored 27 hundreds and 12 double hundreds. was truly the best

[@007dalal]

@spank36 no every person playing cricket is not a cricketer.Cricketer is one who plays competitive cricket at competitive level.At that time there used to be a cricket season.So players used to play only in specific period.Now there is no season it is played though out season

[@shorex71]

It means it is his baggy green cap.

[@peecee1384]

@MrHeadd1 Hey Richard... ever thought of changing your name to "Mr. Cranium"?

[@808D3]

Nowadays there are two teams out there and neither of them are playing cricket!

[@007dalal]

@molecularmadness it is tougher for bowlers because batsmen work out variation of bowlers Technology helps more batsman than bowlers therfore we see such high scores these days And bradman played most of cricket against england but still they didnt find any way to get him out

[@Aussie_David]

More than just a man, he was half the bloody side.

[@CRA0010]

Has he ever sung this live (that can be found)?

[@finalattempt]

To those saying Bradman was inferior to Tendulkar, well, compare Tendulkar's average with his contemporaries. Then do the same with Bradman. Then get back to me.

[@lapalad]

Easy to criticise the dead You hero

[@lapalad]

@widlad7 I know i was there in the 80s also and the English team was entirely English unlike the team now made up of South Africans,Irish and English.Having players who have played for Ireland,South Africa u/19s and ones who learnt their cricket in SA is hardly the stuff to be proud of unlike the players we produced from the 80s!

[@spank36]

@007dalal look at the amount of first class cricket players used to play, i dont think there should be any excuse

[@Bloom_HD]

99.94 > 100

[@lapalad]

@MrHeadd1 To his face?

[@rajushah66]

Bradman best of his times. Sachin the best of his times. No comparison except for biased Aussies who have not even seen Bradman play and always quoting 99.9 avg.

[@bogans4truth]

go the don!

[@alpoo6934]

Test Averages: Bradman 99.94 Tendulkar 55.44 A massive difference, huge. End of discussion.

[@AnjaliAhuja6865]

International Run Bradman = 6996 Tendulkar = 34500 Massive difference , end of discussion.

[@theapplecollector27]

First comment for 2013

[@liverpool81298]

I'm not sure you can say he's the greatest cricketer ever. Although he is by far the greatest batsman, and thrust me this is hard for me to say being a pom and all.

[@TheSilmarillian]

@molecularmadness in the words of the song there ws only one team out there playing cricket that day (sori Burt borrowed and indeed only u can say it that needed to be re said )

[@johnnynewsouth]

Big crowds in those days. Sure, Bradman would have been a draw-card, but surely full-strength beer had something to do with it?

[@lapalad]

Yeah lets do what we did to Les Darcy shall we

[@scan919]

imagine Shane Warne and Bradman in one team god damn they would be tank

[@shorex71]

What does that mean???

[@007dalal]

@molecularmadness so u are saying that todays india fast bowlers are better than kapil dev because at his time very few players use to pick fast bowling

[@007dalal]

@spank36 every cricketer is a first class cricketer.

[@zarniwoopinperth]

what does hey white that my rabit mean?????????

[@Ingens_Scherz]

@rajushah66 Tendulkar is the best of the flat track bullies (and he still only averages 55). Bradman scored his runs against great spinners and fast bowlers alike on uncoverered wickets more freely than Tendulkar ever did or will in easier conditions. As far as I'm concerned, that makes Bradman not twice as good as Tendulkar (the difference between the averages) but four times as goodr. He not only blew Tendulkar's century rate away, he did it on wet and green surfaces. Four times better!

[@AnjaliAhuja6865]

ludocrat Tendulkar is the greatest cricketer since 1844.

[@lapalad]

@widlad7 And what culture does the uk have?? Kicking someones head in at a football game

[@007dalal]

@molecularmadness that is what i am saying excessive cricket is detroitating fast bowlers thats why bowlers are not effective in these days as compared to those days when bowlers can use their full strength