 The Bodyline controversy continued into the 1933 season . Bodyline tactics were used in several matches , including by the West Indian tourists in the second Test . In all first @-@ class cricket , Hammond , no longer vice @-@ captain of Gloucestershire , scored 3 @,@ 323 runs , passing 3 @,@ 000 in a season for the first time . With an average of 67 @.@ 81 , he topped the first @-@ class tables for what would be the first of eight successive seasons . He also took 38 wickets . However , his highest score in three Test innings was 34 . In the second Test , unsettled by Bodyline , Hammond was cut on the chin by a short ball , causing him to retire hurt . He again commented that he would quit rather than face such bowling ; soon after his return , he was out . Les Ames , who played in the three @-@ match series , won by England 2 – 0 , believed that the West Indian pacemen worried Hammond , who showed a weakness against short , fast bowling . 
