Editing Don Bradman (section)

===Administrative career===
{{See also|Controversies involving Don Bradman}}
In addition to acting as one of South Australia's delegates to the [[Cricket Australia|Board of Control]] from 1945 to 1980, Bradman was a committee member of the SACA between 1935 and 1986. It is estimated that he attended 1,713&nbsp;SACA meetings during this half century of service. Aside from two years in the early 1950s, he filled a selector's berth for the Test team between 1936 and 1971.<ref>Harte (1993), p. 658.</ref>

Cricket saw an increase in defensive play during the 1950s. As a selector, Bradman favoured attacking, positive cricketers who entertained the paying public. He formed an alliance with Australian captain [[Richie Benaud]], seeking more attractive play,<ref>Cashman (1996), p. 58.</ref> with some success.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/93285.html|work = Cricinfo|title = Background: The 1960–61 West Indies tour of Australia|access-date = 23 August 2008|archive-date = 12 October 2007|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071012213648/http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/93285.html|url-status = live}}</ref> He served two high-profile periods as chairman of the board of Control, in 1960–63 and 1969–72.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cricket.com.au/about-us/ca-history |work=Cricket Australia |title=Cricket Australia: History |access-date=15 February 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140214151820/http://www.cricket.com.au/about-us/ca-history |archive-date=14 February 2014 }}</ref> During the first, he dealt with the growing prevalence of illegal bowling actions in the game, a problem that he adjudged "the most complex I have known in cricket, because it is not a matter of fact but of opinion".<ref name=Swanton/> The major controversy of his second stint was a proposed tour of Australia by South Africa in 1971–72. On Bradman's recommendation, the series was cancelled.<ref>Page (1983), pp. 350–355.</ref> Cricket journalist Michael Coward said of Bradman as an administrator:

{{blockquote|Bradman was more than a cricket player nonpareil. He was...an astute and progressive administrator; an expansive thinker, philosopher and writer on the game. Indeed, in some respects, he was as powerful, persuasive and influential a figure off the ground as he was on it.<ref>Eason (2004), p. 15.</ref>}}

In the late 1970s, Bradman played an important role during the [[World Series Cricket]] schism as a member of a special [[Cricket Australia|Australian Cricket Board]] committee formed to handle the crisis. He was criticised for not airing an opinion, but he dealt with World Series Cricket far more pragmatically than other administrators.<ref>Harte (1993), p. 587.</ref> Richie Benaud described Bradman as "a brilliant administrator and businessman", warning that he was not to be underestimated.<ref>Haigh (1993), p. 106.</ref> As Australian captain, [[Ian Chappell]] fought with Bradman over the issue of player remuneration in the early 1970s and has suggested that Bradman was parsimonious:<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Chappell|first1=Ian|last2=Mallett|first2=Ashley|title=Chappelli Speaks Out|url=https://archive.org/details/chappellispeakso00mall|url-access=limited|publisher=Allen & Unwin|year=2007|page=[https://archive.org/details/chappellispeakso00mall/page/n159 150]|isbn=978-1-74175-036-2}}</ref>

{{blockquote|I...thought to myself, 'Ian, did you just ask Bradman to fill your wallet with money?' Bradman's harangue confirmed my suspicions that the players were going to have a hard time extracting more money from the ACB.}}