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 ...

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 ...