 David Foot quotes an unnamed cricketer saying that the two ruling passions of Hammond 's life " were his cricket bat and his genitals " . His strong desire for women was noticed by team @-@ mates from early in his career . Foot believes that Hammond had sexual relationships with many women , sometimes several contemporaneously , before and during his first marriage , some of which led to marriage proposals . This was widely known in cricket circles , prompting disapproval from figures such as Barnett . 
