Bradman's first cap put on display

Don Bradman's first baggy green cap, thought to be lost for more than 60 years, went on public display today at the state library in South Australia following its chance discovery.

Bradman was awarded the cap on his Test debut against England at Brisbane in 1928, but it later went missing in the 1930s after Bradman gave it to the son of a family friend.

Sue Lear, the state library director, said the cap was discovered in an Adelaide home earlier this year, where it had been kept by its owner, who did not realise its significance.

She said: "This cap was given to a schoolboy family friend of the Bradmans, Peter Dunham, who until recently didn't realise the cap he used to wear while playing backyard cricket was such a significant part of Australian cricket history."

The cap has been put on display in the library's Bradman collection, along with another he wore in 1934.