List of international cricket centuries by Wally Hammond

Wally Hammond was an English cricketer. A right-handed batsman,[1] he played for England between 1927 and 1947, including captaining them for 20 matches between 1938 and 1947,[2] and made 22 centuries in international cricket, all in Tests. As of March 2019 he sits joint sixtieth in the list of century-makers in international cricket.[lower-alpha 1][3]

Wally Hammond scored 22 centuries in Test cricket.

Hammond made his Test debut against South Africa at the Old Wanderers, Johannesburg on 24 December 1927.[4] He scored his first Test century against Australia at the Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney on 14 December 1928, scoring 251.[5] He scored his final Test century against the West Indies at The Oval, London on 19 August 1939, scoring 138,[6] and his final Test match was against New Zealand at Lancaster Park, Christchurch on 21 March 1947,[7] having played 85 matches, and also held the record for the most runs in Test cricket at the time, with 7,249 runs, which was then subsequently passed by Colin Cowdrey. His highest score in Tests is 336 not out, scored against New Zealand at Eden Park, Auckland on 31 March 1933,[8] which at the time was the highest score in an innings by a batsman until it was surpassed by Len Hutton's 364 in 1938.

Key
Symbol Meaning
* Remained not out
Captained the English cricket team
Pos. Position in the batting order
Inn. The innings of the match
H/A Venue was at home (England) or away
Date Match starting day
Lost The match was lost by England
Won The match was won by England
Drawn The match was drawn
Home The match was played in England
Away The match was played in opponent's country

Test centuries
Test centuries scored by Wally Hammond[9]
No. Score Against Pos. Inn. Test Venue H/A Date Result Ref
1 251  Australia322/5 Sydney Cricket Ground, SydneyAway14 December 1928Won[5]
2 200  Australia323/5 Melbourne Cricket Ground, MelbourneAway29 December 1928Won[10]
3 119*  Australia314/5 Adelaide Oval, AdelaideAway1 February 1929Won[11]
4 177 33
5 138*  South Africa331/5 Edgbaston, BirminghamHome15 June 1929Drawn[12]
6 101*  South Africa335/5 The Oval, LondonHome17 August 1929Drawn[13]
7 113  Australia323/5 Headingley, LeedsHome11 July 1930Drawn[14]
8 136*  South Africa223/5 Kingsmead, DurbanAway16 January 1931Drawn[15]
9 100*  New Zealand412/3 The Oval, LondonHome29 July 1931Won[16]
10 112  Australia321/5 Sydney Cricket Ground, SydneyAway2 December 1932Won[17]
11 101  Australia325/5 Sydney Cricket Ground, SydneyAway23 February 1933Won[18]
12 227  New Zealand311/2 Lancaster Park, ChristchurchAway24 March 1933Drawn[19]
13 336*  New Zealand322/2 Eden Park, AucklandAway31 March 1933Drawn[8]
14 167  India322/3 Old Trafford, ManchesterHome25 July 1936Drawn[20]
15 217  India313/3 The Oval, LondonHome15 August 1936Won[21]
16 231*  Australia312/5 Sydney Cricket Ground, SydneyAway18 December 1936Won[22]
17 140  New Zealand411/3 Lord's, LondonHome26 June 1937Drawn[23]
18 240  Australia412/5 Lord's, LondonHome24 June 1938Drawn[24]
19 181  South Africa412/5 Newlands, Cape TownAway31 December 1938Drawn[25]
20 120  South Africa413/5 Kingsmead, DurbanAway20 January 1939Won[26]
21 140  South Africa445/5 Kingsmead, DurbanAway3 March 1939Drawn[27]
22 138  West Indies433/3 The Oval, LondonHome19 August 1939Drawn[6]

Notes
  1. Hammond shares the position with Colin Cowdrey, Michael Hussey and Ijaz Ahmed.

References
  1. "Wally Hammond". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
  2. "Statistics / Statsguru / WR Hammond / Test matches / Matches captained". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
  3. "Records / Combined Test, ODI and T20I records / Batting records / Most hundreds in a career". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 4 October 2012. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
  4. "1st Test, England tour of South Africa at Johannesburg, Dec 24-27 1927". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
  5. "2nd Test, England tour of Australia at Sydney, Dec 14-20 1928". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
  6. "3rd Test, West Indies tour of England at London, Aug 19-22 1939". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
  7. "Only Test, England tour of New Zealand at Christchurch, Mar 21-25 1947". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
  8. "2nd Test, England tour of New Zealand at Auckland, Mar 31 – Apr 3 1933". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
  9. "Statistics / Statsguru / WR Hammond / Test matches / Hundreds". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
  10. "3rd Test, England tour of Australia at Melbourne, Dec 29 1928 – Jan 5 1929". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
  11. "4th Test, England tour of Australia at Adelaide, Feb 1-8 1929". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
  12. "1st Test, South Africa tour of England at Birmingham, Jun 15-18 1929". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
  13. "5th Test, South Africa tour of England at London, Aug 17-20 1929". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
  14. "3rd Test, Australia tour of England at Leeds, Jul 11-15 1930". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
  15. "3rd Test, England [Marylebone Cricket Club] tour of South Africa at Durban, Jan 16-20 1931". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
  16. "2nd Test, New Zealand tour of England at London, Jul 29-31 1931". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
  17. "1st Test, England [Marylebone Cricket Club] tour of Australia at Sydney, Dec 2-7 1932". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
  18. "5th Test, England [Marylebone Cricket Club] tour of Australia at Sydney, Feb 23-28 1933". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
  19. "1st Test, England tour of New Zealand at Christchurch, Mar 24-27 1933". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
  20. "2nd Test, India tour of England at Manchester, Jul 25-28 1936". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
  21. "3rd Test, India tour of England at London, Aug 15-18 1936". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
  22. "2nd Test, England tour of Australia at Sydney, Dec 18-22 1936". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
  23. "1st Test, New Zealand tour of England at London, Jun 26-29 1937". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
  24. "2nd Test, Australia tour of England at London, Jun 24-28 1938". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
  25. "2nd Test, England tour of South Africa at Cape Town, Dec 31 1938 – Jan 4 1939". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
  26. "3rd Test, England tour of South Africa at Durban, Jan 20-23 1939". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
  27. "5th Test, England tour of South Africa at Durban, Mar 3-14 1939". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
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