Background Image: General view of Sir Don Bradman statue at the Adelaide Oval, Right image: The 1947–48 Donald Bradman Baggy Green which was auctioned/Left image: Cricket fan and MCG Tour operator Nigel D’Mello Credit: Credits: AAP Photos/SBS Hindi Credit: Credits: AAP Photos/SBS Hindi
A Baggy Green cap worn by Sir Donald Bradman during Australia’s 1947 Test series against India has sold at auction for $460,000. While this rare piece of Australian sporting history fetched a significant sum, it falls short of the record set by Shane Warne’s Test cap, which sold for just over a million dollars in 2020 to raise funds for the Australian Red Cross following the 2019 Black Saturday bushfires. In this podcast, we chat with the MCG’s Hindi-speaking tour guide, Nigel D'Mello, who says he’s delighted as a cricket fan that it has come back to Australia.
A Baggy Green cap worn by Sir Donald Bradman during Australia’s 1947 Test series against India has sold at auction for $460,000. While this rare piece of Australian sporting history fetched a significant sum, it falls short of the record set by Shane Warne’s Test cap, which sold for just over a million dollars in 2020 to raise funds for the Australian Red Cross following the 2019 Black Saturday bushfires. In this podcast, we chat with the MCG’s Hindi-speaking tour guide, Nigel D'Mello, who says he’s delighted as a cricket fan that it has come back to Australia.
