Walter Hammond:
Wally Hammond was an exciting cricketer, probably more so for the hint of an almost Olympian aloofness. In a nutshell with over 50,000 first-class runs and a batting average of 58.45 in Tests, Hammond was an undisputed successor to Jack Hobbs as England’s premier batsman. Hammond was considered to be the best English batsman of the 1930s by commentators and those with whom he played. He scored 22 Test centuries where 10 matches were won and 12 were drawn.