Kurtis Patterson has edged past Donald Bradman in the NSW record books after making it safely to lunch on day one of the Sheffield Shield clash with South Australia in Wollongong.
NSW went to the break at 1-70 after winning the toss, with Patterson (10no off 41 balls) and Daniel Hughes (25 off 91 balls) at the crease.
Shortly before the lunch break, Patterson surpassed Bradman to become the 19th-highest run-scorer for NSW in Sheffield Shield history.
The 29-year-old Patterson now has 4634 runs for NSW, with Bradman one run further back.
Only Sydney Sixers captain Moises Henriques (14th) sits higher than Patterson of the current crop.
Bradman averaged 107.74 from his 31 Shield matches for NSW, while Patterson is averaging 37.07 from 76 appearances.
Michael Bevan holds the NSW Shield record with 8174 runs.
Bradman also sits 20th on South Australia's all-time Sheffield Shield run-scorers list with 4293 runs from 31 matches at an average of 112.97.
The morning session at North Dalton Park on Monday failed to reach any great heights.
Hughes was dropped by Nathan McAndrew at short leg early in his innings, while Ben Manenti secured the only breakthrough of the session when he dismissed Blake Nikitaras for 32.
Nikitaras departed when he chipped Manenti to mid-on, where he was caught by Jordan Buckingham.
Manenti was the pick of the bowlers with 1-16 off 12 overs, with his probing deliveries asking plenty of questions of the NSW left-handers.
NSW and South Australia are in the bottom two spots on the Shield ladder with a draw and a loss to their names.
