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Wally Hammond
International career statistics, records and scorecard analysis
WH
85Internationals
7,249Career runs
22Centuries
83Wickets
Career records by format
Test
Official international careerBatting
- Matches
- 85
- Innings
- 140
- Runs
- 7,249
- Average
- 58.45
- Strike rate
- —
- Highest score
- 336*
- Not outs
- 16
- 100s
- 22
- 50s
- 24
- Ducks
- 4
- 4s
- —
- 6s
- 27
- Balls faced
- —
Bowling
- Matches
- 85
- Innings
- 110
- Balls
- 7,969
- Maidens
- 300
- Runs conceded
- 3,138
- Wickets
- 83
- Average
- 37.80
- Economy
- 2.36
- Strike rate
- 96.01
- Best innings
- 5/36
- Best match
- 7/87
- 4 wickets
- 1
- 5 wickets
- 2
- 10 wickets
- 0
Fielding
- Matches
- 85
- Innings
- 154
- Catches
- 110
- Stumpings
- 0
- Dismissals
- 110
- Keeper catches
- 0
- Fielder catches
- 110
- Dismissals / inns
- 0.714
- Best innings
- 3 (3ct 0st)
Career records checked: 2026-09-07. — means not recorded; N/A means the statistic does not apply. Career totals are independent of the scorecard archive.
Explore this player’s available match data
86 match appearances in available scorecards. Filters below apply to this archive only.
Recent available appearances
| Date | Match | Format | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1947-03-21 | England v New Zealand | Test | Match drawn |
| 1947-01-31 | Australia v England | Test | Match drawn |
| 1947-01-01 | Australia v England | Test | Match drawn |
| 1946-12-13 | Australia v England | Test | Australia won by inns & 33 runs |
| 1946-11-29 | Australia v England | Test | Australia won by inns & 332 runs |
| 1946-08-17 | England v India | Test | Match drawn |
| 1946-07-20 | England v India | Test | Match drawn |
| 1946-06-22 | England v India | Test | England won by 10 wickets |
| 1939-08-19 | England v West Indies | Test | Match drawn |
| 1939-07-22 | England v West Indies | Test | Match drawn |
| 1939-06-24 | England v West Indies | Test | England won by 8 wickets |
| 1939-03-03 | England v South Africa | Test | Match drawn |
THE SHAPE OF A CAREER
Available scorecardsPerformance by year
Formats are shown separately. These totals cover published scorecards against the twelve national teams; they can differ from complete official career records.
Test
Exact yearly figures · 15 seasons
| Year | Mat | Bat inns | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 100s | 50s | 4s | 6s | BF | Bowl inns | Wkts | Bowl avg | Econ | Bowl SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1947 | 3 | 5 | 154 | 79 | 30.80 | — | 0 | 1 | 17 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 1946 | 5 | 8 | 212 | 69 | 30.28 | — | 0 | 1 | — | 4 | — | 1 | 0 | N/A | 3.00 | N/A |
| 1939 | 6 | 11 | 625 | 140 | 69.44 | — | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | — | 5 | 2 | 48.00 | 2.05 | 140.00 |
| 1938 | 6 | 9 | 666 | 240 | 74.00 | — | 2 | 3 | — | 1 | — | 6 | 1 | 132.00 | 1.98 | 398.00 |
| 1937 | 6 | 10 | 416 | 140 | 41.60 | — | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | — | 10 | 13 | 27.30 | 2.70 | 60.53 |
| 1936 | 4 | 6 | 645 | 231 | 161.25 | — | 3 | 0 | — | 0 | — | 7 | 4 | 35.25 | 2.07 | 101.75 |
| 1935 | 9 | 16 | 564 | 87 | 43.38 | — | 0 | 4 | — | 2 | — | 10 | 6 | 32.00 | 2.01 | 95.16 |
| 1934 | 5 | 8 | 162 | 43 | 20.25 | 35.06 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 462 | 9 | 5 | 72.80 | 3.02 | 144.60 |
| 1933 | 8 | 11 | 934 | 336 | 103.77 | — | 3 | 2 | — | 14 | — | 10 | 3 | 74.66 | 2.70 | 165.33 |
| 1932 | 3 | 5 | 190 | 112 | 38.00 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | 6 | 9 | 15.22 | 2.29 | 39.77 |
| 1931 | 7 | 11 | 574 | 136 | 63.77 | — | 2 | 3 | — | 1 | — | 9 | 7 | 35.00 | 2.10 | 99.85 |
| 1930 | 6 | 11 | 418 | 113 | 38.00 | — | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | — | 7 | 9 | 40.55 | 2.10 | 115.55 |
| 1929 | 6 | 12 | 702 | 177 | 78.00 | — | 4 | 1 | — | 0 | — | 9 | 5 | 46.40 | 2.05 | 135.60 |
| 1928 | 9 | 14 | 879 | 251 | 67.61 | — | 2 | 3 | — | 1 | — | 17 | 9 | 54.66 | 2.76 | 118.66 |
| 1927 | 2 | 3 | 108 | 51 | 36.00 | — | 0 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 4 | 10 | 16.00 | 2.09 | 45.80 |
Career timeline
Milestones found in available scorecards. The first recorded appearance here is not necessarily the international debut.
- Best recorded bowling · 5/36
Test v South Africa · Johannesburg
- First available scorecard
Test v South Africa · Johannesburg
- First century in this archive · 251 runs
Test v Australia · Sydney
- Highest recorded innings · 336* runs
Test v New Zealand · Auckland
- Latest available scorecard
Test v New Zealand · Christchurch