Controversies in 1937

2 incidents documented

Hammond Turns Amateur — November 1937

England / Gloucestershire

1937-11-15

In November 1937 Wally Hammond — the leading professional batsman of his era — was accepted by MCC as an amateur, opening the door to the England captaincy he received six months later for the 1938 Ashes. The change crystallised inter-war debates about the amateur-professional divide and the unwritten rule that England's captain be amateur.

#wally-hammond#1937#amateur-professional

⭐Serious

Bradman's 270 at the MCG — Sticky Wicket, 1 January 1937

Australia v England

1937-01-01

On a wet New Year's Day pitch at the MCG in 1937, with Australia 0-2 down in the series, Don Bradman batted himself at No. 7, sent his tail in first to absorb the sticky, and then made 270 over almost eight hours. It is the highest score made on a sticky wicket in Test cricket, the innings that turned the 1936-37 Ashes, and the one Wisden in 2001 voted the greatest Test innings of the 20th century.

#don-bradman#ashes#1936-37