 During 1946 , the first full season after the war , Hammond played only 26 innings but scored 1 @,@ 783 runs at an average of 84 @.@ 90 , topping the first @-@ class averages for the eighth time in succession — still an English record as of 2015 . At times , he began to show technical weaknesses . Captaining England to a 1 – 0 victory in a three @-@ Test series against India , he scored one fifty , making 119 runs at an average of 39 @.@ 66 . He batted fifth in the order in the final match , as he would in four of his five remaining Tests . Gloucestershire fell to fifth in the County Championship , and Hammond , after enthusiastically making the team very competitive at the start of the season , became increasingly affected by pain , particularly in damp weather . As captain , he could be irritable and consciously created remoteness and division . 
