sonofafrank
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I was going to mention this but glad some else did. Bradley also played some 80 odd games in the SAFL.Haven't gone back through the numerous pages of this topic so apologies if this has been raised.
He was a gun cricketer. Selected in the U19's youth test squad against Pakistan in 1981/82, he scored 99 in the 1st test and 119 in the 3rd test.
Also got 63 and 40 in the 2 ODI's. His teammates included Craig McDermott; Mike Valetta & Tony Dodemaide;
Probably if he wasn't a footballer, he would have had a long 1st class career (played 2 games for SA and 2 for Vic) but I assume he stopped playing cricket to concentrate on his footy?
There was a story going around that one Saturday late in a cricket season (after he moved to Melbourne), he played a district cricket semi final and was in the field all day (100 odd overs). And then straight after that, he played a pre-season game with Carlton that night at Waverley.
As for his footy career, he was a star. Those on here who say otherwise are delusional.
Along with the cricket as you mentioned wiki claims he played 19 games for SA and 9 games for vic in the shield cricket as well as national honours.
Al up he played 460od games of footy st the highest level. He was a true talent