 From 1909, Joy returned to the UK and played a few matches in each of the next four seasons for Somerset, though with limited success.His matches in 1910 and 1911 all came late in the season, indicating that he had become a schoolmaster, and only in the last match of 1910, against Yorkshire did he develop anything like his Indian form, finishing with an innings return of five for 44 in a rain-ruined match.There were a further four matches in 1911 without success and in 1912 his sole appearance was against the Australians