, ▁he ▁made ▁an ▁un be aten ▁ 6 3 ▁and ▁shared ▁a ▁last - wick et ▁partners hip ▁of ▁ 6 7 ▁with ▁Bill ▁Andrew s . ▁And ▁yet ▁again , ▁Not ting ham shire ▁were ▁the ▁opposition ▁when ▁Haw kins ▁began ▁the ▁ 1 9 3 4 ▁season ▁with ▁an ▁inn ings ▁of ▁ 8 2 : ▁Haw kins ▁scored ▁more ▁than ▁half ▁of ▁Som erset ' s ▁runs ▁and ▁came ▁in ▁after ▁six ▁w ick ets ▁had ▁gone ▁for ▁just ▁ 3 1 ▁runs ▁to ▁make ▁what ▁was ▁then ▁his ▁highest ▁score . ▁This ▁inn ings ▁prop elled ▁Haw kins ▁tempor arily ▁up ▁the ▁Som erset ▁batt ing ▁to ▁a ▁middle - order ▁position , ▁and ▁it ▁was ▁from ▁there , ▁less ▁than ▁three ▁weeks ▁later , ▁that ▁he ▁made ▁his ▁highest ▁first - class ▁score , ▁ 9 6 ▁against ▁M idd les ex ▁at ▁Lord ' s , ▁sharing ▁a ▁sevent h ▁w icket ▁stand ▁of ▁ 1 2 5 ▁with ▁Jack ▁White ▁that ▁enabled ▁Som erset ▁to ▁save ▁a ▁game ▁where ▁they ▁had ▁tra iled ▁by ▁ 2 0 7 ▁on ▁the ▁first ▁inn ings . ▁ ▁Haw kins ' ▁absence , ▁rather ▁than ▁his ▁presence , ▁produced ▁a ▁highlight ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 9 3 5 ▁season . ▁As ▁Wis den ▁put ▁it ▁in ▁his ▁ob itu ary ▁in ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 4 ▁edition : ▁" He ▁was ▁injured ▁for ▁the ▁game ▁against ▁Es sex ▁at ▁From e , ▁which ▁led ▁to ▁the ▁call