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Wally Hammond, an Uncommon card
Walter Reginald Hammond was an English first-class cricketer who played for Gloucestershire in a career that lasted from 1920 to 1951.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 85
- DEF
- 100
- Power
- 185
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 31,000
Power 185 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 95 % of WikiCards cards.
Wally Hammond quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Wally Hammond card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Hammond was primarily a middle-order ______.
Answer
batsman. Hammond was primarily a middle-order batsman. From the Wally Hammond article on Wikipedia.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Douglas Jardine. Douglas Jardine 44,000 · Wally Hammond 31,000 · William Beebe 23,000 · British logistics in the Falklands War 13,000 Wikipedia reads over a year.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- Beginning as a professional, he later became an amateur and was appointed captain of England.
- Hammond was primarily a middle-order batsman.
- Wisden Cricketers' Almanack described him as one of the four best batsmen in the history of cricket.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Wally Hammond article was read about 31,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 85 and blocks with 100: each hit it takes is cut by 40 %.
How to get Wally Hammond
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Wally Hammond (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
