John Hammond (15 January 1769 – 15 October 1844) was an English
cricket
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er of the late 18th and early 19th century. He was one of the greatest early
Sussex
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players.
Hammond made his known debut in the
1790 season and played in 123
first-class cricket matches to the
1816 season. A genuine all-rounder, he was a left-handed batsman but he bowled right-arm slow underarm. He was a good fielder and an occasional wicket-keeper.
[Carlaw D (2020) ''Kent County Cricketers A to Z. Part One: 1806–1914'' (revised edition), pp. 201–202.]
Available online
at the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 2020-12-21.)
Hammond played for the Players in the inaugural and second
Gentlemen v Players matches in 1806.
CricketArchive – scorecard of second Gentlemen v Players match
/ref> His son, Charles
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, played first-class cricket, as did his grandson Ernest Hammond.
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1769 births
1844 deaths
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English cricketers of 1787 to 1825
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Colonel C. Lennox's XI cricketers
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T. Mellish's XI cricketers
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