jake june april amateur cricketer played oxford_university somerset second world war cricketer right handed batsman played defensive streak game rarely seen amateur batsmen time described leg break bowler truth rarely bowled claimed class wickets played best cricket oxford_university class centuries university average oxford significantly higher career average highest score free second year runs double managed season completion studies oxford joined limited class cricket appearances periods leave named captain somerset leading team june july season somerset class appearance district commissioner leaving service taught twice mayor early life born somerset june son vicar secret career wishes youth wanted actor failing county cricketer attended wiltshire played school cricket team winter terms ran rugby union hockey teams rugby term christmas hockey term christmas easter member rugby team wing forward prop forward played hockey team cricketer performances school led selection lord schools match rest lord scored runs innings runs second remaining occasions following match appeared representative army lord batting successful failing reach double figures innings summer graduating going oxford_university county cricket debut playing matches match somerset played played specialist batsman number batting order came bat somerset lost wickets addition runs captain helped somerset recover pair partnership runs scored runs debut innings matches county season batted order reached double figures innings achieve half century university years university cricket following graduation attended oxford played class match university year appearing parks scored run innings bowled overs claiming wicket appeared times somerset year despite regular scores score half century averaged runs second year oxford played strong batting line university passed runs fell runs short landmark despite scoring runs finished second batting averages year scored centuries university passing runs score highest class total career centuries scored remarkable fact scored class century career earned blue appearing university match cambridge_university dismissed duck innings batted resolve second remained tail hours eventually help oxford force draw found batting difficult thirteen innings somerset passed kent averaged significantly lower total oxford scored class centuries year oxford fourth seasons class cricket like previous ones scored university reached runs second innings defeat surrey struggled runs matches university year contest cambridge scored game cambridge won easily innings somerset season scored runs averaged graduated returned oxford year study arabic final year cricket oxford appeared matches required bat innings batted scoring runs form required university team went play somerset match cambridge_university scored followed game somerset successful travelled somerset match oxford captain called cover injured morning match times reported likely play stood event failed fitness test final match university team university match cambridge previous year oxford suffered heavy defeat scored runs innings oxford asked follow batted reach runs forced cambridge bat requiring runs win cambridge chased total overs wickets spare total played matches oxford scoring runs average hockey oxford won blues cricket successful field hockey player appearing university hockey match times year university late team big match regular right wing half ill season secretary hockey club moved right won second blue season captain hockey oxford university match february played right goal draw defences proved strong forwards oxford arabic course graduation meant available university hockey team season university match played february postponed dense fog day match played week later pitch according report times pretty fellow credited enabling oxford emerge draw set attack led oxford goal overall oxford owed backs defence wild second half saving county cricket completion extra year learning arabic oxford joined continued play cricket somerset periods leave dramatically reduced availability county time oxford good friends pair attended college played university somerset graduated oxford year joined friend pair organised cricket matches despite extreme heat duties prevented playing somerset appeared times following year early june average season highest achieved leaving university recording innings highest score runs scored season class county cricket england second world war played seven times somerset unlike appearances previous year generally batted order predominantly appeared middle order county highest score conclusion war county cricket resumed year played matches little success appear class cricket named captains somerset reluctantly captained stepped end season having problems sight required daily obvious replacement like counties somerset consider having professional captain finding amateur time money lead proving troublesome single candidate suitable somerset committee announced club captained leave leave returned duties history describes situation remarkable state affairs suggests true number captains closer seven time captain carried old train board saying cricket bag claiming brought good luck team matches somerset played resulted victory claimed best friends club professionals praised team spirit despite strained leadership changes friendship professionals contrast attitudes club committee captain previous season unpopular professionals attitude game manner utilised club committee felt professional players deserved little recognition successful claiming paid batting longer strong support inclusion team played low middle order failed reach double figures seven innings season recorded half century kent final match somerset class cricket appear somerset period captain total county scored runs average final class appearance following season appearing oxford_university later minor counties championship appearances wiltshire success later life married children mary risen district commissioner left returned england took teaching position old school addition teaching latin english history retirement served mayor twice justice peace awarded freedom city died following illness april aged personality style man popular captain somerset personality goes far describing eccentric childhood cycle home distance miles watch somerset play cricket began playing county prior starting oxford_university number childhood heroes match dismissed passed heroes coming wicket white asked kind bowler seen play unsure stated bowled shortly white returned dressing room declared fellow bloody dressed proud somerset heritage putting broad accent london unlike time defensive play batting watched ball risks wicket careful style exemplified innings university match helped oxford salvage draw batting hours tail time scored runs despite batting technique enjoyed cricket relaxed setting scored century lunch playing match started seven morning avoid worst heat 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