William Harold Ponsford

William Harold Ponsford (born October 19, 1900, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia—died April 6, 1991, Kyneton, Victoria) was an Australian cricketer, one of the game’s most prolific scorers. He was the first to make a quadruple century since Archie MacLaren first broke 400 in 1895 and the only player to exceed 400 twice in first-class matches. Ponsford made an inauspicious debut for Victoria in February 1921 but scored 162 in his only first-class appearance the next season....