DOUBLE CENTURIES
BRADMAN AND HAMMOND Twenty-six Scored by Each When Don Bradman made 270 at Melbourne in the third test he only needed one run for his 3000 in England v. Australia test cricket. This is not the first time Bradman has been unlucky by an unmade single, for, on completing b's 299 v. South Africa in 1932 he was one short of 2400 in 24 test innings. The great Australia’" and Hammond are at present level in
regard to scores of 200 and over, each having 26 to his credit. Here they are:—. D. G. Bradman N.S.W. V. Queensland (1930) .. 452 S.A. v. Tasmania (1936) 369 S.A. v. Victoria (1935) 357 N.S.W. v. Victoria (1929) 340 Australia v. England (1934) .. .'. 334 Ausrtralia v. England (1930) .. 304 Australia v. South Africa (1932) 299 Australia V. England (1937) .... 270 N.S.W. V. Australia (1930) .... 258 Australia V. England (1930) .. .. 254 N.S.W. V. Queensland (1933) .... 253 N.S.W. v. Queensland (1934) .. 2.6? Australia v. Surrey (1930) .. .. 252 N.S.W. V. Victoria (1931) 238 Australia v. Worcestershire (1930) *236 S.A. V. Queensland (1935) 233 Australia V. England (1930) .. .. 232 Australia V. S. Australia (1932) 236 Woodfull’s XI. v. Ryder’s XI. (1929) *236 S.A. V. Queensland (1935) .. .. 233 Australia v. England (1930) .... 232 Australia V. South Australia (1932) 236 ,Woodfu!l's XI. v. Ryder’s XI. (1929) 225 Australia V. England (1934) .. .. 224 Australia V. West Indies (1931) .. 223 N.S.W. V. South Africa (1931) .. 219 Bradman’s XI. v. Richardson’s XI (1936) 212 Australia v. Worcestershire (1934) 206 Australia V. Kent (1930) 205 W. K. Hammond England V. New Zealand (1933) .. *336 Gloucester V. Notts (1936) .. .. 317 Gloucesetr v. Glamorgan (1934) .. *302 Gloucester V. Kent (1934) .. .. 290 M.C.C. v. Barbadoes (1935) .. .. 281 Gloucester v. Worcestershire (1934) *265 Gloucester v. West Indies (1933) 264 Gloucester v. Lancashire (1932) .. 264 Gloucester v. Leicestershire (1935) 252 England V. Australia (1929) .... 251 Gloucester v. Lancashire (1925) .. *250 Gloucester V. Essex (1928) . .. 244 Gloucester V. Glamorgan (1933) 239 M.C.C. V. West Indies (1926) .... *238 Gloucester v. Warwick (1929) .. *238 England V. Australia (1936) .. .. *232 Gloucester v. Derbyshire (1933) .. 231 England v. New Zealand (1933) .. 227 Gloucester v. Glamorgan (1928) .. *2lB England V. AU India (1936) .... 217 Gloucester v. Notts (1934) 217 Gloucester v. Oxford University (1930) *2ll
Gloucester v. Leicestershire (1933) 206 Gloucester v. Surrey (1928) .. .. *205 M.C.C. v. Victoria (1933) *203 England v. Australia (1929) .. .. 200
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIII, Issue 20639, 30 January 1937, Page 16
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