▁Brad man "). ▁Australia ▁won ▁both ▁matches ▁by ▁an ▁inn ings . ▁Jack ▁F ing leton ▁spec ulated ▁that ▁had ▁the ▁decision ▁at ▁Br is b ane ▁gone ▁against ▁him , ▁Brad man ▁would ▁have ▁retired , ▁such ▁were ▁his ▁fit ness ▁problems . ▁In ▁the ▁remainder ▁of ▁the ▁series , ▁Brad man ▁made ▁three ▁half - cent uries ▁in ▁six ▁inn ings , ▁but ▁was ▁unable ▁to ▁make ▁another ▁century ; ▁never theless , ▁his ▁team ▁won ▁hands om ely , ▁ 3 – 0 . ▁He ▁was ▁the ▁leading ▁b ats man ▁on ▁either ▁side , ▁with ▁an ▁average ▁of ▁ 9 7 . 1 4 . ▁Near ly ▁ 8 5 0 , 0 0 0 ▁spect ators ▁watched ▁the ▁Test s , ▁which ▁helped ▁lift ▁public ▁spirits ▁after ▁the ▁war . ▁ ▁Century ▁of ▁centuries ▁and ▁" The ▁Inv inci bles " ▁ ▁India ▁made ▁its ▁first ▁tour ▁of ▁Australia ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 4 7 – 4 8 ▁season . ▁On ▁ 1 5 ▁November , ▁Brad man ▁made ▁ 1 7 2 ▁against ▁them ▁for ▁an ▁Australian ▁XI ▁at ▁Sydney , ▁his ▁ 1 0 0 th ▁first - class ▁century . ▁The ▁first ▁non - English man ▁to ▁achieve ▁the ▁mil estone , ▁Brad man ▁remains ▁the ▁only ▁Australian ▁to ▁have ▁done ▁so . ▁In ▁five ▁Test s , ▁he ▁scored ▁ 7 1 5 ▁runs ▁( at ▁ 1 7 8 . 7 5   aver age ). ▁His ▁last ▁double ▁century ▁( 2