Wally Hammond
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| Surname | Walter Reginald Hammond | |||
| Born | March 19, 1903 Dover , Kent, England |
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| Died | July 1, 1965 at the age of 62 in Kloof , Natal, South Africa |
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| Batting style | Right handed | |||
| Bowling style | Right-handed almost-medium | |||
| Player role | Middle-order batsman | |||
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| National team |
 England
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| Test debut (cap 227) | December 24, 1927 v South Africa
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| Last test | March 25, 1947 v New Zealand
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| Years | team | |||
| 1920-46, 1951 | Gloucestershire | |||
| Career statistics | ||||
| Game form | test | First-class | ||
| Games | 85 | 634 | ||
| Runs (total) | 7,249 | 50,551 | ||
| Batting average | 58.45 | 56.10 | ||
| 100s / 50s | 22/24 | 167/185 | ||
| Highscore | 336 * | 336 * | ||
| Balls | 7.969 | 51,573 | ||
| Wickets | 83 | 732 | ||
| Bowling Average | 37.80 | 30.58 | ||
| 5 wickets in innings | 2 | 22nd | ||
| 10 wickets in play | 0 | 3 | ||
| Best bowling performance | 5/36 | 9/23 | ||
| Catches / stumpings | 110 / - | 820/3 | ||
| Source: CricketArchive , April 12, 2015 | ||||
Walter Reginald "Wally" Hammond (born June 19, 1903 in Dover , Kent , † July 1, 1965 in Kloof , Natal , South Africa ) was an English cricketer . According to Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, he is one of the best batsmen of the first half of the twentieth century alongside WG Grace , Jack Hobbs and Don Bradman .
Career
Wally Hammond played 634 first-class cricket matches between 1920 and 1951 . Most of his 634 missions he completed for the Gloucestershire County Cricket Club . During his career he scored a total of 50,551 runs (56.10 runs per wicket) and 167 Centuries (at least 100 runs) in first-class cricket matches. Only six other players reached more runs than Hammond during their career. Hammond was not only an excellent batsman, but also a passable medium-fast bowler who achieved a total of 732 wickets in first-class cricket . For the English test team, Wally Hammond completed 85 tests in which he scored a total of 7249 runs (58.45 runs per wicket) and 83 wickets. He was the captain of the English team in 20 tests . He made his test debut in December 1927 against South Africa in Johannesburg . In 1933 he set a world record for the most runs scored in a test match innings . He scored 336 runs against New Zealand. This record had existed for five years and was broken by Len Hutton , who scored 364 runs in the 'Oval' in 1938. Hammond's last test was in March 1947 against New Zealand in Christchurch .
Others
In 1928, Wally Hammond was named one of the five Wisden Cricketers of the Year. In 2009 he was inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Wally Hammond . Cricinfo. Retrieved April 12, 2015.
- ^ Records / First-class matches / Batting records / Most runs in career . Cricinfo. Retrieved April 12, 2015.
- ↑ a b Madhusudhan Ramakrishnan: In the shadow of the Don . Cricinfo. November 22, 2010. Retrieved April 12, 2015.
- ^ A b Wally Hammond - Hall of Famers . ICC cricket. Retrieved April 12, 2015.
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Hammond, Wally |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hammond, Walter Reginald (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English cricketer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 19, 1903 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dover , Kent |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 1, 1965 |
| Place of death | Kloof , Natal , South Africa |