WALTER REGINALD HAMMOND, than whom no one of recent years has more abundantly fulfilled his early promise, was born at Dover on June 19, 1903. When still a child he was taken out to China ...

Pujara is now only behind Elias Henry Hendren (22), Wally Hammond (36) and Don Bradman (37) in terms of most double centuries ...

With 167 first-class centuries to his name, Wally Hammond also shone in the Test arena, scoring 7,249 runs at an average of 58.45. His 336* v New Zealand was, for five years, the highest individual ...

Don Bradman?s series tally of 934 runs at 139.14 remains the highest in a rubber as he emulated Wally Hammond to become only the second (and last) player to aggregate 900 runs in a rubber.

Fri, 24 Feb - day 2 - England 1st innings 159/2 (Wally Hammond 72*, Harold Larwood 5*) Sat, 25 Feb - day 3 - England 1st innings 418/8 (Gubby Allen 25*) Sun, 26 Feb - rest day Mon, 27 Feb - day 4 ...