About DGB being far ahead of his contemporaries, here are the top scorers against England, the non minnow Sir DGB played:
DG Bradman (Aus) | 1928-1948 | 37 | 63 | 7 | 5028 | 334 | 89.78 | 19 | 12 | 6 |
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AR Morris (Aus) | 1946-1948 | 10 | 17 | 2 | 1199 | 196 | 79.93 | 6 | 4 | 0 |
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GA Headley (WI) | 1930-1948 | 20 | 37 | 4 | 2171 | 270* | 65.78 | 10 | 5 | 2 |
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L Hutton (Eng) | 1938-1948 | 12 | 21 | 1 | 1232 | 364 | 61.60 | 3 | 6 | 1 |
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H Sutcliffe (Eng) | 1928-1934 | 17 | 30 | 4 | 1535 | 194 | 59.03 | 3 | 11 | 0 |
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A Melville (SA) | 1938-1947 | 10 | 17 | 2 | 855 | 189 | 57.00 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
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The avg difference between him and his peers is a whooping 10 against a good opposition.