▁the ▁first ▁two ▁matches ▁has ▁never ▁been ▁repeated ▁in ▁Test ▁cr icket . ▁ ▁End ▁of ▁an ▁era ▁During ▁the ▁ 1 9 3 8 ▁tour ▁of ▁England , ▁Brad man ▁played ▁the ▁most ▁consistent ▁cr icket ▁of ▁his ▁career . ▁He ▁needed ▁to ▁score ▁heavily ▁as ▁England ▁had ▁a ▁strength ened ▁batt ing ▁line - up , ▁while ▁the ▁Australian ▁bow ling ▁was ▁over - re li ant ▁on ▁O ' Re illy . ▁Gr imm ett ▁was ▁over look ed , ▁but ▁Jack ▁F ing leton ▁made ▁the ▁team , ▁so ▁the ▁cli que ▁of ▁anti - B rad man ▁players ▁remained . ▁Play ing ▁ 2 6   inn ings ▁on ▁tour , ▁Brad man ▁recorded ▁ 1 3   cent uries ▁( a ▁new ▁Australian ▁record ) ▁and ▁again ▁made ▁ 1 , 0 0 0   first - class ▁runs ▁before ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁May , ▁becoming ▁the ▁only ▁player ▁to ▁do ▁so ▁twice . ▁In ▁scoring ▁ 2 , 4 2 9   run s , ▁Brad man ▁achieved ▁the ▁highest ▁average ▁ever ▁recorded ▁in ▁an ▁English ▁season : ▁ 1 1 5 . 6 6 . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁First ▁Test , ▁England ▁am ass ed ▁a ▁big ▁first ▁inn ings ▁score ▁and ▁looked ▁likely ▁to ▁win , ▁but ▁Stan ▁McC abe ▁made ▁ 2 3 2 ▁for ▁Australia , ▁a ▁performance ▁Brad man ▁r ated ▁as ▁the ▁best ▁he ▁had ▁ever ▁seen . ▁With ▁Australia ▁forced ▁to ▁follow - on , ▁Brad man ▁fought ▁hard