11 Facts About Andy Sandham

Andrew Sandham was an English cricketer, a right-handed batsman who played 14 Test matches between 1921 and 1930.

Andy Sandham made the first triple century in Test cricket, 325 against the West Indies in 1930, and scored over 40,000 first-class runs.

Andy Sandham passed 2,000 runs in eight seasons, and during the middle part of his career between 1924 and 1931 averaged above 50 in all but two years.

Andy Sandham scored an unbeaten 292 against Northants, being denied his triple century only by Percy Fender's declaration, and still holds three record Surrey partnerships, including the 173 he put on with Andy Ducat for the 10th wicket at Leyton after suffering a bout of food poisoning.

Andy Sandham made his England debut in 1921 against Australia, inching his way to 21 in 81 minutes before being bowled by a 'snorter' from Ted McDonald.

Andy Sandham played only five innings against Australia during his career and thought that the greatest regret of his career.

The theoretically timeless match was in fact abandoned as a draw after nine days, but Andy Sandham had still had time to make 50 in the second innings; he had scored 592 runs in the series.

Andy Sandham made the runs with a long-handled bat borrowed from his captain Freddie Calthorpe and a pair of ill-fitting boots borrowed from Patsy Hendren.

Andy Sandham has appeared regularly for Surrey for a number of years, scoring 219 against the touring Australians in 1934, a record for a county player against that opposition.

Andy Sandham recorded his hundredth first-class hundred in 1935 on a damp pitch at Basingstoke, reaching the milestone with 'a flick behind square'.

Andy Sandham made 239 against Glamorgan as late as June 1937, only a month short of his 47th birthday.