London, June 2. Fe the fourth, time in his career, Hammond, the M.C.C. and Gloucester batsman, made a score of more than 300 runs, achieving this feat in the match between Gloucester and Glamorgan concluded today. He made 302 runs out of his side's total score of 505. The previous occasions on which Walter Hammond knocked up more than 300 were when playing for (the M.C.C. against New Zealand at Auckland during the 1932-33 season, when he made 336; for Gloucester against Glamorgan at Bristol in 1934, when he made 302 (identical with his score today); and for Gloucester against Notts at Gloucester in- 1936, when he made 317, Gloucester won today on their. first innings.
Four centuries, two other high-score innings, and the fall of eight wickets for five runs, the achievement of Wilkinson for Lancashire against Hampshire, rounded out a day of sparkling cricket,
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