 In 1900, he played in two matches in the north of England for Somerset in the space of a week; he took only one wicket in these games, both of which were lost heavily.He reappeared in the Somerset side halfway through the 1905 season and then for the next two years was a fairly regular member of what was a very weak side.In his second match of the season, against Hampshire he took seven first innings wickets for 113 runs in a high-scoring game.