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Wally Hammond
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Wally HammondJPG
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Right-handed batsman (RHB)
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Right arm medium fast
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85
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7249
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5845
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22/24
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336
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7969
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83
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3780
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2
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0
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5/36
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110/0
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634
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50551
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5610
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167/185
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336
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51579
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732
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3058
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22
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3
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9/23
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820/3
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24 December
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1927
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25 March
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1947
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(born
June 19 ,
1903 in
Dover , died
July 1 ,
1965 in
Natal ), often known as '''Wally Hammond''', was an
English Cricket er, who played for
Gloucestershire and
England , primarily as a
Batsman , in a career that straddled (and was disrupted by) the
Second World War . His
Test batting average of 58.45 presently stands eighth in the all-time list.
Hammond is regarded as one of the best batsmen in the history of cricket: his
Wisden obituary put him in a class with
W. G. Grace , Sir
Jack Hobbs and Sir
Donald Bradman , and on the centenary of his birth the Wisden Cricinfo website's editor ranked him second only to Bradman. The Don was five years his junior, and the comparisons apparently rankled with Hammond for years. Apart from his batting talents, he was one of the best slip fielders in the game and also a useful right-arm medium-fast bowler.
Hammond started his career as a professional but became an amateur in 1938, allowing him to captain England, a position to which professionals were not then appointed. He also captained both
Gentlemen and
Players . He retired from the captaincy, and from cricket, after a disappointing tour of
Australia in 1946-7, in which he was comprehensively outshone by Bradman.
After 1946-7 Hammond only played two more
First-class games, for
MCC in 1950 and Gloucestershire in 1951. He emigrated to
South Africa , where he died in 1965.
