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Following the match, Chapman was lauded as a cricketing hero, and among those who sent congratulatory messages were George V and Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin.

In all first-class matches in the season, he scored 1, 381 runs at an average of 51. 14, the first time he had passed four figures in a season.

In his history of the England cricket captaincy, Alan Gibson notes that the controversy over Chapman's appointment was soon forgotten following his success.

He writes: " English cricket had a new hero who looked the part ... Every selector was a champion!