hip ▁with ▁Arch ie ▁Jackson , ▁Brad man ▁batt led ▁through ▁a ▁difficult ▁session ▁when ▁England ▁fast ▁bow ler ▁Harold ▁Lar wood ▁bow led ▁short ▁on ▁a ▁pitch ▁en l iven ed ▁by ▁the ▁rain . ▁Wis den ▁gave ▁this ▁period ▁of ▁play ▁only ▁a ▁passing ▁mention : ▁ ▁A ▁number ▁of ▁English ▁players ▁and ▁comment ators ▁noted ▁Brad man ' s ▁dis com fort ▁in ▁playing ▁the ▁short , ▁rising ▁delivery . ▁The ▁revel ation ▁came ▁too ▁late ▁for ▁this ▁particular ▁match , ▁but ▁was ▁to ▁have ▁immense ▁significance ▁in ▁the ▁next ▁Ash es ▁series . ▁Australia ▁won ▁the ▁match ▁by ▁an ▁inn ings ▁and ▁reg ained ▁the ▁Ash es . ▁The ▁victory ▁made ▁an ▁impact ▁in ▁Australia . ▁With ▁the ▁economy ▁sl iding ▁toward ▁de pression ▁and ▁un emp loyment ▁rapidly ▁rising , ▁the ▁country ▁found ▁sol ace ▁in ▁sport ing ▁triumph . ▁The ▁story ▁of ▁a ▁self - t aught ▁ 2 2 - year - old ▁from ▁the ▁bush ▁who ▁set ▁a ▁series ▁of ▁records ▁against ▁the ▁old ▁rival ▁made ▁Brad man ▁a ▁national ▁hero . ▁The ▁statistics ▁Brad man ▁achieved ▁on ▁the ▁tour , ▁especially ▁in ▁the ▁Test ▁matches , ▁broke ▁records ▁for ▁the ▁day ▁and ▁some ▁have ▁stood ▁the ▁test ▁of ▁time . ▁In ▁all , ▁Brad man ▁scored ▁ 9 7 4   run s ▁at ▁an ▁average ▁of ▁ 1 3 9 . 1 4 ▁during ▁the ▁Test ▁series , ▁with ▁four ▁centuries , ▁including ▁two ▁double ▁hundreds ▁and ▁a ▁triple . ▁As ▁of ▁