Wally Hammond, English cricketer (born 1903)

Wally Hammond

English cricketer (1903–1965)

Walter Reginald Hammond was an English first-class cricketer who played for Gloucestershire in a career that lasted from 1920 to 1951. Beginning as a professional, he later became an amateur and was appointed captain of England. Primarily a middle-order batsman, Wisden…