october december english class cricketer played somerset early twentieth century amateur aggressive right handed batsman generally played middle order batting exceptional highly praised fielding ability captained somerset years prior world war youngest son chief constable essex county cricket debut hitting half century help somerset win match season achieved best batting average year following little note captained somerset time scored runs season second occasions attempts bowling occurred claimed wickets average named somerset official captain remained charge following season serving army world war scored century class cricket match army cambridge_university played matches somerset year appear class cricket early life career born october essex youngest seven children born major father achieved rank major royal marines having served chief constable nottingham held equivalent position essex time youngest son birth senior cricket time nottingham ran police team wrote watching face yorkshire surrey educated school cricket team family moved north devon leaving school followed older brother hugh somerset debut somerset batted strongly lower order help secure somerset victory season score innings prevent follow second innings hit runs widen somerset lead runs total gloucestershire failed chase success gloucestershire continued return fixture later season scored somerset total innings runs second innings opponents won innings runs innings played matches debut season totalling runs season batting average highest career history somerset cricket season wrote time leap seasons cessation county cricket world war somerset finished higher tenth county championship struggled runs thirty matches county failed score half century worst season came averaged runs innings notable incident season occurred match middlesex lord benefit match claimed hat tricks victims falling second innings duck county captain captained somerset time standing absence regular captain season struck half century scoring runs second innings match followed innings finishing lancashire somerset lost matches innings finished season runs average appeared representative match west england east summary season claimed outlook somerset county finished championship victory hampshire bath despite successful seasons scored runs average half centuries year career began season half centuries innings drawn match hampshire southampton matches later bowled time class cricket facing lancashire called somerset ninth bowler opponent second innings captain wicket keeper bowl bowled overs balls claimed wickets best analysis class cricket continued bowl occasionally remainder season claimed wickets finished career bowling average unable appear played times somerset season scored runs average year pass run innings somerset difficulties confined pitch club loss persuade remain club travel india initially county asked time years old serve captain consideration declined role appointed instead team inherited remained poor summary stated deal great length somerset season finished championship wins scored runs average single half century runs exactly scored club recorded loss season club annual general meeting mood negative despite captain proposal newton rare optimism shown newton claiming lot bad luck somerset finish half way table instead optimism reflected somerset results following year financial losses county finished second championship personal level scored runs season matches average scored half centuries start world war summer resulted cancellation matches number players joining armed forces disrupting end cricket season somerset fared poorly charge claims received praise criticism wartime career later life september appointed received promotion lieutenant captain transferred december year serving command brother major shortly assigned command company continued command company battle commanded brother leave spent remainder war reserve completed military service major played class cricket matches war highest total match army cambridge_university batting number struck reach runs second innings army lost match wickets later season final appearances somerset playing sussex hampshire averaging innings scored runs class career average died december somerset style technique highly thought batsman known able hit ball hard right handed batsman described lacking technique consistency suggest shortage talent offset application effort declared excellent fielder foot reserved describing slip fielder godfather turn acted godfather son portrays element caricature describing tall man slammed hair distinctive parting middle related story somerset teammate claimed trace family way massive coat arms bristol flat
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