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Hammond, Wally (1903–1965)

English cricketer. One of the game's greatest players, he led the English first-class averages for eight consecutive seasons, 1933–39, and 1946. He was also a good medium-fast bowler and a brilliant slip fielder.

Career highlights

Test cricket (1927–47)

appearances: 85; batting: runs: 7,249; average: 58.45; not out: 16; 100s: 22; best: 336 not out (v. New Zealand 1933); bowling: overs: 1,328.1; wickets: 83; runs: 3,138; average: 37.80; best: 5–36 (v. South Africa 1927); catches: 110

All first-class cricket (1920–51)

appearances: 634; batting: runs: 50,551; average: 56.10; not out: 104; 100s: 167; best: 336 not out (v. New Zealand 1933); bowling: overs: 8,574.5; wickets: 732; runs: 22,389; average: 30.58; best: 9–23; catches: 819

Awards

Wisden Cricketer of the Year

1928

He was born in Dover, England, and made his first class debut for Gloucestershire in 1920 at the age of 17. From 1927, the year he made his first Test appearance, to 1939, he was the dominant batsman in English cricket. In Australia 1928–29, he made the record English test aggregate, 905 runs (at an average of 113.12) including two successive double centuries and a century in each innings of the fourth test. His 336 not out against New Zealand at Auckland in 1933 was then the record individual test score.

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