How Bradman saved my bacon (or why the Don batted without pads)

AAP General News (Australia)
02-26-2001
How Bradman saved my bacon (or why the Don batted without pads)

By Don Woolford

HOBART, Feb 26 AAP - Don Bradman aloof? Don't you believe it, says Ted Pickett, and
he has a story of generosity and chicanery to prove it.

Pickett - probably the greatest all-round sportsman Tasmania has produced and almost
certainly the only person to have played against the trio of Bradman, billiards genius
Walter Lindrum and Australian Rules legend Roy Cazaly - recalled today how The Don once
saved him from strife with his boss.

It was 1930 and the Australian team, with the young Bradman approaching the …