july october english cricketer represented captained late 19th century year class cricket career represented gloucestershire commonly employed right handed opening batsman somerset talented batsman formative years slow bowling effective second class cricket era bowling standard class game time somerset county gained class status led seasons team mate given somerset season combination poor results able raise season led county removal class game remained captain time somerset improved sufficiently return class cricket moved neighbouring county gloucestershire saw county cricket career early life born july bath somerset youngest son attended independent school north west playing school cricket acquired reputation slow bowling wary opponent conceding wicket considered better batsman opened innings school club second class county cricket played alongside older brother francis recorded appearance representative county august played somerset neighbours opened batting somerset team alongside scoring plenty runs club cricket respectable score match somerset won innings scored posting unbeaten earliest centuries scored somerset county opened bowling match claimed wicket innings bowled overs days later appeared county australian test cricketer team scored including partnership rain forced game drawn subsequently scored wiltshire took wickets match including innings appearances somerset surpass score reached claimed wickets gentlemen wiltshire finished season somerset batting averages having scored runs average added list early somerset hitting batting number batted hours shared eighth wicket partnership somerset total bowling form match collecting wickets innings claimed second somerset late 1870s reflected strength club players represented somerset match early august represented london club travelled bath matches scored half century somerset match devon end august bowling came fore claimed wickets innings help defend somerset lead propel innings victory led somerset batting averages scoring runs average wickets second team average batting scores county cricket appearances somerset year highest score performed better ball twice taking wickets innings following county season began positively collected wickets match ground bath claiming wickets runs second innings game claimed wickets somerset travelled took wickets innings restricting home runs somerset won low scoring contest runs having scored valuable innings somerset visit sussex saw continue success county time bat ball sussex built run innings lead second innings total leaving somerset task scoring runs win match scored second century somerset remaining somerset reached winning total assisted half century scores twenties later month batting instrumental setting somerset victory scored somerset beat innings season joined somerset older brother francis appeared times county performed consistently bat season regularly scoring runs innings highest score gloucestershire reached half century season scoring batting number seven bowled frequently rarely opened bowling somerset best bowling performance season county came hampshire having bowled innings claimed wickets hampshire followed occasion fifth bowler somerset bowled highest number overs class cricket somerset leading batsman end 1870s journalists suggested somerset chose players breeding skill best players county wealthy men unable afford play somerset turn cricket club afford pay professionals play regarded occasional amateur outfit truly represent strength cricket county arrival professional players acquisition permanent home ground helped strengthen club admitted class county time rated far best batsman pre class years june somerset played match universally considered class lancashire losing toss fielding overs lancashire scored somerset responded innings total second lowest total class cricket fellow opening batsman scored somerset runs highest second innings scored runs total somerset beaten innings runs batted overs county suffered heavy defeats matches losing gloucestershire hampshire somerset batsman reaching half century match reached half century class cricket somerset hosted hampshire team mates passed county match helped somerset maiden class victory claimed wicket innings match bowled overs innings bowled conceding run claiming wicket class matches scored runs average exceeding occasion bowled claiming wickets average excess reached half century appearance somerset class cricket scoring runs reach appearances county gloucestershire scored innings somerset forced follow scored century class cricket runs victims match played seven matches achieved highest batting average season century fifties played class matches career score runs innings recorded best bowling average claiming class wickets early june played representing scoring run victory south playing touring gentlemen philadelphia following month scored century match reaching sharing wicket partnership batted poorly somerset failing reach double figures innings hitting score county season average dramatically lower previous season dropping troubled following departure somerset captain played class cricket london season onwards given club somerset county match season took place mid july months counties contested matches match played hampshire showed little sign troubles come scored opening batting bowling claimed wickets innings second helped somerset wicket victory county match played weeks later gloucestershire heaviest defeat losing innings point gloucestershire won toss elected bat totalling overs somerset conceding runs reply somerset batsman ducks ones reach double figures scored runs team total meant gloucestershire forced follow second innings progressed poorly somerset batsmen failed reach double figures team dismissed runs resulting innings run loss matches played frequently august somerset team days recover defeat travelling oval face surrey lost toss forced field surrey batted overs accumulated runs opening winter conceded century runs apiece somerset conceded runs total tried seven different innings try wickets including completed career matches class wickets successful taking wickets runs best class bowling performance reply somerset bowled runs recorded absent hurt following somerset mustered respectable total aided primarily century added score second innings dismissed defeat heavier suffered week earlier surrey won innings runs morale low somerset county raise team face hampshire southampton week later travelled players number played class matches life played hall somerset scored runs innings contributed bowling took helped restrict hampshire despite low numbers somerset reached second innings scoring number batting order unable replicate innings performance hampshire reached winning total overs somerset played surrey gloucestershire final matches season lost heavily succeed avoiding record defeats surrey won innings runs gloucestershire wickets highest score innings matches played season somerset scored runs average marginal improvement previous season return second class cricket somerset stripped class status reasons organised played class fixtures season performances expected class county succeeded fielding players matches emergency meeting held new club secretary appointed rules altered wealthy sought despite widespread changes retained club somerset match hit highest score county years scoring somerset total bowling helped restrict opponents second innings faced requiring second innings victory somerset bowled batting continued efforts previous years class cricket regularly scores twenties hit middle order mid august highest score season end season arrival vastly improved quality bowling county marked slow start victory essex scored heavy losses gloucestershire hampshire reached highest total somerset scoring total help way wicket victory big win followed county said ship heading ocean prosperity scores somerset highest total county unbeaten contrast match played struck highest total scoring runs wiltshire lord somerset rated best second class counties club annual general meeting long discussion took place club unable present meeting sent letter advising removed captain feel play county letter received meeting decided replace captain player lived closer able play county matches missed number selected replacement vice captain vote thanks given service county club gloucestershire following seasons played club cricket county cricket served residential qualification gloucestershire gloucestershire annual meeting april welcomed club expense somerset appearance new county match early club ground sides gloucestershire class debut county kent later month scored runs rain affected match somerset player appear gloucestershire match fellow opening partner somerset moved county border played times gloucestershire season highest score yorkshire sheffield scored runs average bowl appearance summer saw score runs drawn match following year class cricket appearances gloucestershire scoring runs average continued play captained scoring runs season number years year somerset captain county suffered heaviest defeats class cricket hands gloucestershire surrey stripped class status club secretary replaced end season remained position club captain indicating club felt lack resources blame poor performances jimmy official history somerset county cricket club suggests key improvements county fellow cricket historian appears portray negative image book sunshine suggesting time captain included players team strength social charm ability drink early hours later life death married august christ church essex established eponymous oil cake company bristol died october aged super mare somerset funeral held super mare survived sons daughters sons played cricket super mare time death gross estate worth grandson played class matches somerset
Edward Sainsbury