ADELAIDE, Australia, Nov 14: Australian cricket legend Don Bradman’s first baggy green cap, thought to be lost for more than 60 years, went on public display on Friday following its chance discovery.

The cap was given to Bradman when he made his Test debut against England in Brisbane in 1928 but went missing in the 1930s after Bradman gave it to the schoolboy son of a family friend.

South Australia state library director Sue Lear said the cap was discovered in a Adelaide home earlier this year, where it had been kept by its owner, who did not realise its significance.

“This cap was given to a schoolboy family friend of the Bradmans, Peter Dunham, who until recently didn’t realise the cap he used to wear while playing backyard cricket was such a significant part of Australian cricket history,” Lear said.—AFP