ing ▁total ▁of ▁ 8 4 9 , ▁be ating ▁R . ▁E . ▁F oster ' s ▁individual ▁Test ▁score ▁record ▁of ▁ 2 8 7 , ▁which ▁had ▁stood ▁for ▁twenty - se ven ▁years . ▁The ▁theoret ically ▁tim eless ▁match ▁was ▁in ▁fact ▁abandoned ▁as ▁a ▁draw ▁after ▁nine ▁days , ▁but ▁Sand ham ▁had ▁still ▁had ▁time ▁to ▁make ▁ 5 0 ▁in ▁the ▁second ▁inn ings ; ▁he ▁had ▁scored ▁ 5 9 2 ▁runs ▁in ▁the ▁series . ▁His ▁aggregate ▁of ▁ 3 7 5 ▁in ▁the ▁match ▁stood ▁as ▁the ▁Test ▁record ▁until ▁Greg ▁Ch app ell ▁e cli ps ed ▁it . ▁He ▁made ▁the ▁runs ▁with ▁a ▁long - hand led ▁bat ▁borrow ed ▁from ▁his ▁captain ▁Fred die ▁Cal th or pe ▁and ▁a ▁pair ▁of ▁ill - f itting ▁bo ots ▁borrow ed ▁from ▁P ats y ▁Hend ren . ▁At ▁ 3 9 ▁years ▁and ▁ 2 7 2 ▁days , ▁he ▁is , ▁by ▁almost ▁five ▁years , ▁the ▁oldest ▁player ▁to ▁break ▁the ▁individual ▁scoring ▁record ▁in ▁Test s . ▁ ▁Sand ham ▁went ▁to ▁South ▁Africa ▁with ▁M CC ▁in ▁ 1 9 3 0 / 3 1 . ▁He ▁broke ▁a ▁b one ▁in ▁his ▁an k le ▁in ▁a ▁motor ▁accident ▁in ▁Dur ban ▁in ▁December . ▁It ▁required ▁a ▁small ▁operation ▁and ▁ended ▁his ▁tour ▁after ▁two ▁first - class ▁matches . ▁The ▁King ston ▁Test ▁was ▁therefore ▁to ▁be ▁Sand ham ' s