Controversies in 1927

2 incidents documented

Bill Ponsford's 437 — A Second World Record, Melbourne 1927-28

Victoria v Queensland

1927-12-21

Five years after his 429 against Tasmania, Bill Ponsford broke his own world first-class record in December 1927 with 437 against Queensland at the MCG — the first batsman in cricket history to score two individual innings of 400 or more.

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⭐Mild

Wally Hammond's 1927 — 1,000 Runs by End of May

Gloucestershire and MCC

1927-05-31

By 31 May 1927 the 23-year-old Wally Hammond had scored 1,042 first-class runs for the season, the first batsman to make 1,000 by the end of May since W.G. Grace in 1895. The achievement announced the post-Hobbs generation and made Hammond a Test certainty for the rest of the decade.

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