 The pattern of failure in Test matches but success elsewhere continued during the 1934 – 35 tour of the West Indies . In all first @-@ class cricket he scored 789 runs , averaging 56 @.@ 35 , with an innings of 281 not out the highest of his three centuries . The four @-@ Test series , which England lost 2 – 1 , was another matter . Wisden noted that the West Indian pace attack , considered the best in the world by Bob Wyatt , unsettled the English batsmen ; the home bowlers were accused of intimidation by some of the England side . Hammond had a top score of 47 and scored 175 runs at an average of 25 @.@ 00 . He played well in difficult batting conditions , which he believed were among the worst he ever faced , in the first Test . In the first innings he scored 43 , before dominating the bowlers at a critical time in his unbeaten 29 in the second innings , winning the match with a six . 
