| Birth name | Charles Ackroyd Hammand [1] | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 9 May 1888 [1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Waverley, New South Wales [1] | ||||||||||||||||
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Charles Ackroyd Hammand (born 9 May 1888) was a rugby union player who represented Australia.
Hammand, a lock, was born in Waverley, New South Wales and claimed a total of two international rugby caps for Australia. Both his Test appearances were on the 1908–09 Australia rugby union tour of Britain, in the first touring Wallaby squad.
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