How many Test runs has Wally Hammond scored?

Wally Hammond has 7,249 runs in 140 Test innings from 85 matches at an average of 58.45. Highest score: 336*.

What is Wally Hammond's Test batting average?

Wally Hammond's Test batting average is 58.45, from 7,249 runs and 140 innings.

How many Test wickets has Wally Hammond taken?

Wally Hammond has taken 83 wickets in Test from 85 matches at a bowling average of 37.80. Best innings: 5/36.

How many international centuries does Wally Hammond have?

Wally Hammond has 22 international hundreds: 22 in Test.

Which teams has Wally Hammond played international cricket for?

Wally Hammond is recorded for England in this publication.

When did Wally Hammond play international cricket?

This career snapshot covers 1927 to 1947. Dates follow the official record, not only the scorecard archive.

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Wally Hammond

All-rounder · 1927 to 1947 · 85 internationals

England

Test85 matches

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85Internationals

7,249Runs

22Hundreds

83Wickets

110Catches

Career records by format

Batting career records by format
Format	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100s	50s	0s	4s	6s
Test	85	140	16	7,249	336*	58.45	-	-	22	24	4	-	27

Bowling career records by format
Format	Mat	Inns	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Avg	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10w
Test	85	110	7,969	300	3,138	83	5/36	7/87	37.80	2.36	96.01	1	2	0

Fielding career records by format
Format	Mat	Inns	Ct	St	Dis	Dis/inns	Best
Test	85	154	110	0	110	0.714	3 (3ct 0st)

Career records checked 2026-09-30. Independent of the scorecard archive.

Wally Hammond: Test stats

Test

85 matches · 1927-1947

7,249runs

Matches: 85
Average: 58.45
Strike rate: -
Hundreds: 22
Highest: 336*
Fifties: 24

83 wickets · bowling average 37.80

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Scorecard coverage

Scorecard coverage of the official career
Format	Official bat inns	In scorecards	Official bowl inns	In scorecards	First	Latest	Coverage
Test	140	140	110	110	1927-12-24	1947-03-21	Complete

Questions fans ask about Wally Hammond

How many Test runs has Wally Hammond scored?: Wally Hammond has 7,249 runs in 140 Test innings from 85 matches at an average of 58.45. Highest score: 336*.
What is Wally Hammond's Test batting average?: Wally Hammond's Test batting average is 58.45, from 7,249 runs and 140 innings.
How many Test wickets has Wally Hammond taken?: Wally Hammond has taken 83 wickets in Test from 85 matches at a bowling average of 37.80. Best innings: 5/36.
How many international centuries does Wally Hammond have?: Wally Hammond has 22 international hundreds: 22 in Test.
Which teams has Wally Hammond played international cricket for?: Wally Hammond is recorded for England in this publication.
When did Wally Hammond play international cricket?: This career snapshot covers 1927 to 1947. Dates follow the official record, not only the scorecard archive.

Explore every recorded innings

86 match appearances in available scorecards. Filters apply to this archive only.

Latest appearances

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

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TEST CAREER · 1927 to 1947

Wally Hammond in Tests

Complete: every official innings is in the scorecards

7,249Runs

58.45Bat avg

-Strike rate

83Wickets

37.80Bowl avg

2.36Economy

Official Test record

Official Test batting record
Batting	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Career	85	140	16	7,249	336*	58.45	-	-	22	24	4	-	27

Official Test bowling record
Bowling	Mat	Inns	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Avg	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10w
Career	85	110	7,969	300	3,138	83	5/36	7/87	37.80	2.36	96.01	1	2	0

Official Test fielding record
Fielding	Mat	Inns	Ct	St	Dis	Dis/Inns	Best
Career	85	154	110	0	110	0.714	3 (3ct 0st)

Test career in charts

Test runs, innings by innings

Test runs by year

Last 20 Test innings

01-4950-99100+* not out

Test innings by score

1-9

10-24

25-49

50-99

100+

How Test innings ended

Caught62 · 44.3%

Bowled38 · 27.1%

LBW12 · 8.6%

Run out4 · 2.9%

Stumped7 · 5.0%

Other dismissal1 · 0.7%

Not out16 · 11.4%

Test batting position: average and innings

1-0 inns

278.755 inns

374.7852 inns

450.7966 inns

533.4614 inns

631.003 inns

7-0 inns

8-0 inns

9-0 inns

10-0 inns

11-0 inns

Test wickets, innings by innings

Test wickets by year

Last 20 Test bowling innings

Test innings by wickets

Recent Test form

Last 10 batting innings

256runs

28.44average

-strike rate

150s

0100s

Last 10 bowling innings

3wickets

57.33average

2.07economy

166.00strike rate

1/11best

Test record by situation

complete career

Wally Hammond: Test batting by opposition
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Australia	33	58	3	2,852	251	51.85	7,491	38.07	9	7	2	-	8
South Africa	24	42	7	2,188	181	62.51	-	-	6	14	1	-	4
West Indies	13	20	2	639	138	35.50	-	-	1	1	0	-	3
New Zealand	9	11	2	1,015	336*	112.77	-	-	4	1	1	-	11
India	6	9	2	555	217	79.28	-	-	2	1	0	-	1
All	85	140	16	7,249	336*	58.45	-	-	22	24	4	-	27

Wally Hammond: Test bowling by opposition
	Mat	Inns	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Avg	Econ	SR	4w	5w
Australia	27	46	3,958	136	1,612	36	5/57	44.77	2.44	109.94	0	1
South Africa	22	37	2,811	122	1,041	34	5/36	30.61	2.22	82.67	1	1
New Zealand	7	11	507	19	188	6	2/19	31.33	2.22	84.50	0	0
West Indies	6	9	414	15	176	3	1/20	58.66	2.55	138.00	0	0
India	4	7	279	8	121	4	3/9	30.25	2.60	69.75	0	0
All	85	110	7,969	300	3,138	83	5/36	37.80	2.36	96.01	1	2

Wally Hammond: Test batting by home and away
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Home	44	68	8	3,004	240	50.06	-	-	9	10	3	-	8
Away	41	72	8	4,245	336*	66.32	-	-	13	14	1	-	19
All	85	140	16	7,249	336*	58.45	-	-	22	24	4	-	27

Wally Hammond: Test bowling by home and away
	Mat	Inns	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Avg	Econ	SR	4w	5w
Home	32	51	3,528	146	1,394	30	3/9	46.46	2.37	117.60	0	0
Away	34	59	4,441	154	1,744	53	5/36	32.90	2.35	83.79	1	2
All	85	110	7,969	300	3,138	83	5/36	37.80	2.36	96.01	1	2

Wally Hammond: Test batting by match innings
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
1st innings of the match	46	46	3	2,691	240	62.58	-	-	9	6	1	-	3
2nd innings of the match	39	39	3	2,379	336*	66.08	-	-	8	7	0	-	14
3rd innings of the match	35	35	5	1,482	177	49.40	-	-	4	8	2	-	5
4th innings of the match	20	20	5	697	140	46.46	-	-	1	3	1	-	5
All	85	140	16	7,249	336*	58.45	-	-	22	24	4	-	27

Wally Hammond: Test bowling by match innings
	Mat	Inns	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Avg	Econ	SR	4w	5w
1st innings of the match	29	29	1,947	64	852	18	2/8	47.33	2.62	108.16	0	0
2nd innings of the match	30	30	2,557	105	996	19	3/53	52.42	2.33	134.57	0	0
3rd innings of the match	34	34	2,386	79	899	34	5/36	26.44	2.26	70.17	1	2
4th innings of the match	17	17	1,079	52	391	12	3/9	32.58	2.17	89.91	0	0
All	85	110	7,969	300	3,138	83	5/36	37.80	2.36	96.01	1	2

Wally Hammond: Test batting by batting position
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
No. 2	3	5	1	315	136*	78.75	-	-	1	2	0	-	1
No. 3	37	52	6	3,440	336*	74.78	-	-	14	4	1	-	12
No. 4	44	66	7	2,997	240	50.79	-	-	7	15	3	-	9
No. 5	10	14	1	435	85	33.46	-	-	0	3	0	-	4
No. 6	3	3	1	62	31	31.00	-	-	0	0	0	-	1
All	85	140	16	7,249	336*	58.45	-	-	22	24	4	-	27

Wally Hammond: Test batting by match result
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Won	29	44	7	2,584	251	69.83	-	-	10	6	3	-	4
Lost	18	36	0	1,051	76	29.19	-	-	0	6	1	-	6
Drawn	38	60	9	3,614	336*	70.86	-	-	12	12	0	-	17
All	85	140	16	7,249	336*	58.45	-	-	22	24	4	-	27

Wally Hammond: Test bowling by match result
	Mat	Inns	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Avg	Econ	SR	4w	5w
Won	25	44	2,648	102	1,054	29	5/36	36.34	2.38	91.31	0	1
Lost	14	25	2,379	80	953	31	5/57	30.74	2.40	76.74	1	1
Drawn	27	41	2,942	118	1,131	23	3/111	49.17	2.30	127.91	0	0
All	85	110	7,969	300	3,138	83	5/36	37.80	2.36	96.01	1	2

Wally Hammond: Test batting by year
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
1927	2	3	0	108	51	36.00	-	-	0	1	0	-	1
1928	9	14	1	879	251	67.61	-	-	2	3	0	-	1
1929	6	12	3	702	177	78.00	-	-	4	1	1	-	0
1930	6	11	0	418	113	38.00	-	-	1	2	0	-	1
1931	7	11	2	574	136*	63.77	-	-	2	3	0	-	1
1932	3	5	0	190	112	38.00	-	-	1	0	0	-	0
1933	8	11	2	934	336*	103.77	-	-	3	2	0	-	14
1934	5	8	0	162	43	20.25	462	35.06	0	0	0	-	1
1935	9	16	3	564	87*	43.38	-	-	0	4	0	-	2
1936	4	6	2	645	231*	161.25	-	-	3	0	1	-	0
1937	6	10	0	416	140	41.60	-	-	1	2	1	-	1
1938	6	9	0	666	240	74.00	-	-	2	3	1	-	1
1939	6	11	2	625	140	69.44	-	-	3	1	0	-	0
1946	5	8	1	212	69	30.28	-	-	0	1	0	-	4
1947	3	5	0	154	79	30.80	-	-	0	1	0	17	0
All	85	140	16	7,249	336*	58.45	-	-	22	24	4	-	27

Wally Hammond: Test bowling by year
	Mat	Inns	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Avg	Econ	SR	4w	5w
1927	2	4	458	28	160	10	5/36	16.00	2.09	45.80	0	1
1928	9	17	1,068	41	492	9	3/62	54.66	2.76	118.66	0	0
1929	5	9	678	32	232	5	3/53	46.40	2.05	135.60	0	0
1930	6	7	1,040	40	365	9	4/63	40.55	2.10	115.55	1	0
1931	6	9	699	29	245	7	2/9	35.00	2.10	99.85	0	0
1932	3	6	358	14	137	9	3/9	15.22	2.29	39.77	0	0
1933	6	10	496	16	224	3	2/61	74.66	2.70	165.33	0	0
1934	5	9	723	23	364	5	3/111	72.80	3.02	144.60	0	0
1935	6	10	571	26	192	6	2/8	32.00	2.01	95.16	0	0
1936	4	7	407	8	141	4	3/29	35.25	2.07	101.75	0	0
1937	6	10	787	17	355	13	5/57	27.30	2.70	60.53	0	1
1938	4	6	398	19	132	1	1/13	132.00	1.98	398.00	0	0
1939	3	5	280	7	96	2	1/11	48.00	2.05	140.00	0	0
1946	1	1	6	0	3	0	0/3	N/A	3.00	N/A	0	0
All	85	110	7,969	300	3,138	83	5/36	37.80	2.36	96.01	1	2

Wally Hammond: Test batting by ground
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Lord's	12	19	1	772	240	42.88	-	-	2	0	0	-	1
Kennington Oval	12	17	4	930	217	71.53	-	-	4	3	0	-	2
Old Trafford	10	14	1	543	167	41.76	-	-	1	3	1	-	3
Melbourne Cricket Ground	6	12	0	505	200	42.08	1,201	42.04	1	2	0	53	0
The Wanderers Stadium	6	11	1	450	75	45.00	-	-	0	5	0	-	1
Headingley	5	10	1	496	113	55.11	-	-	1	4	2	-	2
Kingsmead	6	10	2	637	140	79.62	-	-	3	2	0	-	2
Adelaide Oval	4	8	1	482	177	68.85	1,552	31.05	2	1	0	49	0
Brisbane Cricket Ground	4	8	0	186	44	23.25	703	26.45	0	0	1	15	2
Sydney Cricket Ground	5	7	2	808	251	161.60	1,882	42.93	4	1	0	93	3
Trent Bridge	4	6	0	107	28	17.83	-	-	0	0	0	-	0
Newlands	3	5	0	360	181	72.00	-	-	1	2	0	-	0
All	85	140	16	7,249	336*	58.45	-	-	22	24	4	-	27

Wally Hammond: Test bowling by ground
	Mat	Inns	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Avg	Econ	SR	4w	5w
Lord's	8	13	879	38	299	12	3/9	24.91	2.04	73.25	0	0
Old Trafford	8	13	801	26	368	9	3/111	40.88	2.75	89.00	0	0
Kennington Oval	8	12	708	23	313	5	2/19	62.60	2.65	141.60	0	0
Kingsmead	6	11	758	27	307	6	2/9	51.16	2.43	126.33	0	0
The Wanderers Stadium	6	10	930	38	338	16	5/36	21.12	2.18	58.12	1	1
Melbourne Cricket Ground	5	9	868	30	342	10	3/21	34.20	2.36	86.80	0	0
Sydney Cricket Ground	4	8	485	9	209	6	3/29	34.83	2.58	80.83	0	0
Adelaide Oval	3	6	468	12	197	8	5/57	24.62	2.52	58.50	0	1
Headingley	4	6	480	20	183	3	1/10	61.00	2.28	160.00	0	0
Brisbane Cricket Ground	3	5	326	14	131	2	2/61	65.50	2.41	163.00	0	0
Trent Bridge	3	5	510	27	187	1	1/25	187.00	2.20	510.00	0	0
Newlands	3	4	414	19	155	5	3/53	31.00	2.24	82.80	0	0
All	85	110	7,969	300	3,138	83	5/36	37.80	2.36	96.01	1	2

- not recorded in the scorecards · N/A no dismissals or balls to divide by

Test milestones

Hundreds 22

Five-wicket innings 2

Best Test performances

Wally Hammond: highest Test scores
Score	BF	SR	4s	6s	Opponent	Ground	Date
336*	-	-	34	10	New Zealand	Eden Park	1933-03-31
251	605	41.48	30	0	Australia	Sydney Cricket Ground	1928-12-14
240	394	60.91	32	0	Australia	Lord's	1938-06-24
231*	579	39.89	27	0	Australia	Sydney Cricket Ground	1936-12-18
227	-	-	-	0	New Zealand	Lancaster Park	1933-03-24
217	-	-	30	0	India	Kennington Oval	1936-08-15
200	472	42.37	17	0	Australia	Melbourne Cricket Ground	1928-12-29
181	-	-	16	0	South Africa	Newlands	1938-12-31
177	603	29.35	17	0	Australia	Adelaide Oval	1929-02-01
167	-	-	21	0	India	Old Trafford	1936-07-25

Wally Hammond: best Test bowling
Figures	Balls	Mdns	Econ	Opponent	Ground	Date
5/36	128	9	1.68	South Africa	The Wanderers Stadium	1927-12-24
5/57	122	1	2.80	Australia	Adelaide Oval	1937-01-29
4/63	150	5	2.52	South Africa	The Wanderers Stadium	1930-12-24
3/9	33	3	1.63	India	Lord's	1932-06-25
3/21	65	2	1.93	Australia	Melbourne Cricket Ground	1932-12-30
3/29	127	3	1.37	Australia	Sydney Cricket Ground	1936-12-18
3/53	102	4	3.11	South Africa	Newlands	1927-12-31
3/53	156	8	2.03	Australia	Melbourne Cricket Ground	1929-03-08
3/62	132	4	2.81	South Africa	The Wanderers Stadium	1928-01-28
3/111	171	6	3.89	Australia	Old Trafford	1934-07-06

Latest Test matches

Latest Test matches
Date	Opponent	Bat	Bowl	Ground	Result
1947-03-21	New Zealand	79	-	Lancaster Park	Match drawn
1947-01-31	Australia	18 & 22	-	Adelaide Oval	Match drawn
1947-01-01	Australia	9 & 26	-	Melbourne Cricket Ground	Match drawn
1946-12-13	Australia	1 & 37	-	Sydney Cricket Ground	Australia won by inns & 33 runs
1946-11-29	Australia	32 & 23	-	Brisbane Cricket Ground	Australia won by inns & 332 runs
1946-08-17	India	9*	-	Kennington Oval	Match drawn
1946-07-20	India	69 & 8	0/3	Old Trafford	Match drawn
1946-06-22	India	33	-	Lord's	England won by 10 wickets
1939-08-19	West Indies	43 & 138	-	Kennington Oval	Match drawn
1939-07-22	West Indies	22 & 32	-	Old Trafford	Match drawn