 The 1930 season saw the Australians tour England , Bradman 's first tour . Over five Tests , the young Australian scored 974 runs in a flawless batting display to break Hammond 's record run aggregate and average set in the 1928 – 29 series . While Bradman dominated , Hammond found it very difficult to play the leg spin bowling of Clarrie Grimmett , who dismissed him five times . Hammond scored 306 runs at an average of 34 @.@ 00 , passing fifty just twice . He batted over five hours for a match @-@ saving 113 in the third Test . On a difficult pitch and with little support , he made a hard @-@ hitting 60 in the final Test in a losing cause . The visitors took the series 2 – 1 , and the newspapers unfavourably compared Hammond 's scoring with Bradman 's . Later in the season , Hammond scored 89 for Gloucestershire in a tied match against the Australians which he described as the most exciting of his career . One player said that he had never seen Hammond as excited as he was at the conclusion of the game . In all first @-@ class cricket that season , he scored 2 @,@ 032 runs ( average 53 @.@ 47 ) and for Gloucestershire , he came top of the batting averages as the club finished second in the Championship . He took 30 wickets , including match figures of 12 for 74 against Glamorgan . 
