away badly and he left Warwickshire after this season. Somerset cricketer In 1907, Whittle started playing irregularly for Somerset without success in his first year for the club. But the following year, 1908, though his bowling had virtually disappeared, he played regularly as a batsman and amassed his second-best aggregate of runs in a single season, 638 at an average of 20.58. There were no centuries for Somerset: the highest score of his career with the county was 95, made against his former Warwickshire colleagues from the unusual (for him) batting position of No 3. The 1908 season was, however, his only full year for Somerset: he did not play in 1909 or 1910 and a short stint of three matches in 1911 was not a success. References 1877 births 1917 deaths English cricketers Warwickshire cricketers Somerset cricketers Cricketers from Bristol