Colin Cowdrey
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Michael Colin Cowdrey, Baron Cowdrey of Tonbridge was an English cricketer who played for Kent County Cricket Club from 1950 to 1976, and in 114 Test matches for England from 1954 to 1975. He was born
Cowdrey at The Oval in 1980
The MCC flag flying over Westminster Abbey on the day of Cowdrey's memorial service.
Wally Hammond
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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 a
Colin Cowdrey
…Zealand Cowdrey made a duck in the First Test, but recovered with 89 not out in the Second and 58 in the Third which made him the fifth player after Wally Hammond, Don Bradman, Len Hutton and Neil Harvey to make 6,000 Test runs, but the rain affected series was drawn 0–0. Mike Smith was kept as captain for only…
Hammond c. 1930
Lord Harris, who was instrumental in Hammond's being unable to play for Gloucestershire in 1922, in his playing days
Sydney Cricket Ground during a cricket match in the 1930s. Hammond scored many runs at Sydney, and it was a favourite venue of his.
Donald Bradman, the best batsman in the world during most of Hammond's career, who in 1930 broke Hammond's record for most runs in a Test series. Hammond later became obsessed with being more successful than Bradman.