Description
Photograph, 'Bradman and Macartney, 16 Aprl 1932', photographic paper, Sydney, Australia, 1932

Black and while photograph featuring Don Bradman on the left -hand side, in creams and St George Cricket Cub cap with Charles George Macartney in creams and Gordon Cricket Club cap. Behind the men is sports journalist and Bradman biographer A. G. "Johnny" Moyes. There are several unknown spectators watching the men.

Significance
Sir Donald Bradman is noted to have had two cricketing heroes, Charles George Macartney and John Morris "Johnny" Taylor. This original photograph of Bradman captaining Sydney Grade cricket team St George against C.G. Macartney (Gordon Cricket Club) is the only photograph of this subject in the Bradman Museum collection. The photograph also includes sports journalist and later confidant and first biographer of Sir Donald Bradman A.G. "Johnny" Moyes. It has significance as a rare object but also has historical and representative significance in it's ability to document significant moments and relationships in the life of Sir Donald Bradman and NSW Grade Cricket.

General information and references
This photograph of a joyful Sir Donald Bradman alongside his boyhood cricketing hero C. G. Macartney tossing for the innings as they captained their Sydney Grade Cricket teams St George and Gordon in a match at Chatswood Oval on 16 April 1932. St George won the toss and elected to bat, Bradman contributed 201 runs (28 fours and two sixes) in 171 minutes, at the close of play St George were all out for 356. However, on this occasion Bradman was not to measure his team’s skill against the batsman he so admired, wet weather prevented play on the following weekend and the match was drawn.

MACARTNEY, Charles George (1886 – 1958)
A great right-handed batsman known as the ‘Governor General’, Charlie McCartney was a brilliant improviser and dominated bowlers ruthlessly in his prime. He was short and square-shouldered and would dart down the pitch to drive, or go right back to hook or cut. He was always looking for runs and never resisted a challenge. At the outset he was played more for his bowling than his batting. He first toured England in 1909 and took 71 wickets (17.46) and scored only 638 runs in 40 innings. He was a low left arm pace bowler and an excellent fielder especially at mid-off. He went on to tour England in 1912, 1921 and 1926 and South Africa in 1921/2, and between 1907 and 1921 played four at home series 3 v England and 1 v South Africa. It was against South Africa in 1910/11 series that he blazed as a batsman and at the Fifth Test in Sydney he opened for the first time and scored 137 and 56. Against England in 1921 he averaged 42.85 in the five Tests, and at Trent Bridge v Nottinghamshire he made 345 in less than four hours. In the third Test at Headingley he hit a Century before lunch on the first day. In his final English tour in 1926 he headed the batting with 473 runs (94.60) in the Tests including three Centuries.

He played in 35 Test matches scoring 2,131 runs (41.78) with 7 Centuries, took 45 wickets (27.55) and 17 catches.
In his First Class career playing for New South Wales and Otago from 1905-35 he made 15,019 runs (45.78) including 49 Centuries, 419 wickets (20.96) and 102 catches.

Bradman's style of play, aggressively chasing runs, darting about with his footwork and hitting freely mirrored McCartney and his other hero John Morris"Johnny" Taylor. Bradman simply did it even better than them.

MOYES, Alban George ("Johnny") MBE
A former first-class South Australia and Victoria player who became close friend and the first biographer of Don Bradman with the book "Bradman", published by Angus and Robertson, 1948. Moyes was also instrumental in having Bradman invited for selection to the NSW Cricket team in 1926.

The photograph was taken by Samuel Fowler who was a lifetime supporter of the Gordon Cricket Club.

Martin, Jenkins, 'The complete Who's Who of Test Cricket', London: Macdonnald and Co. Publishing, 1980
Eason, Alan, 'The A-Z of Bradman', Sydney: ABC, 2004