 In the following season of 1928 , Hammond scored 2 @,@ 825 runs ( average 65 @.@ 69 ) with three double centuries , took 84 wickets ( average 23 @.@ 10 ) , his highest total in a season , and held 79 catches , a single season record . These performances helped Gloucestershire to mount a rare but unsuccessful challenge for the County Championship . At the Cheltenham festival , in six days , Hammond scored 362 runs , took 11 wickets and held 11 catches . Against Surrey , he scored a century in both innings and held ten catches , including six in the second innings , which remains a first @-@ class record as of 2015 . In the following match , against Worcestershire , Hammond scored 80 . Bowling off @-@ spin on a testing pitch , he then took nine wickets for 23 , the best bowling figures of his career . He followed up with six for 105 as Worcestershire followed on . He played in a Test trial and in the Gentlemen v Players match at Lord 's for the second time , before participating in the three Test matches against the West Indies cricket team . While England won the series 3 – 0 , Hammond had mixed success . Despite scores of 45 in the first Test and a careful 63 in the second , he made just 111 runs in the series at an average of 37 . 
