 While Red Lillywhite assessed him as " a dangerous left @-@ hand bat , very free , but somewhat uncertain ; good point " , after the 1889 season , a year later he was described as " one of the very best left @-@ hand bats in England , hitting hard all round ; excellent point . Captain in 1889 – 1890 , which post he filled with wonderful judgement . " At the end of the 1890 season he was presented with a handsome silver flask by members of Somerset County Cricket Club . 
