{"id":12963,"date":"2017-12-14T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-12-14T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/uncategorized\/neil-dansie-s-story-about-being-the-last-man-to-bat-with-bradman\/"},"modified":"2017-12-14T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2017-12-14T00:00:00","slug":"neil-dansie-s-story-about-being-the-last-man-to-bat-with-bradman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/sport\/neil-dansie-s-story-about-being-the-last-man-to-bat-with-bradman\/","title":{"rendered":"Neil Dansie\u2019s Story About Being The Last Man To Bat With Bradman"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>SA cricketing legend Neil Dansie was the last man to bat with Don Bradman in a grade cricket match.<\/h3>\n<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"833\" width=\"1125\" class=\"media-element file-default nova-lazyload-image-wrapper lz-cont img-responsive\" data-delta=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/dansie.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/h3>\n<blockquote><h3>\u201cThe crowd used to ring up to see if he was batting,&#8221; Neil told FIVEAA. &#8220;On this occasion I reckon there was three or four hundred there. I came in, there was two out and he met me and said, \u2018Let\u2019s have a look, sonny.\u2019<\/h3>\n<h3>\u201cI never faced a ball for the first six or seven overs\u2026 we stopped for drinks, he got out the first ball after drinks, the faintest of nicks. The ump gave him out, they booed the umpire, clapped him off, went to the Alberton Hotel and we didn\u2019t see them again.\u201d<\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>LISTEN:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/368855882&amp;color=%23ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_teaser=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" frameborder=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SA cricketing legend Neil Dansie was the last man to bat with Don Bradman in a grade cricket match. \u201cThe crowd used to ring up to see if he was batting,&#8221; Neil told FIVEAA. &#8220;On this occasion I reckon there was three or four hundred there. 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