 Hewett 's first three matches of the 1892 season were for representative sides against the universities . He reached double figures in each of his six innings , and scored a half @-@ century for the Gentlemen of England against Cambridge . On returning to Somerset , he did not score a half @-@ century until his third match , making 54 against Oxford University . He passed 50 on twelve occasions during the season , the most during any season of his career . In late August , playing Yorkshire , Hewett scored 201 out of a partnership of 346 , establishing a record for the first wicket in first @-@ class cricket , surpassing W.G. Grace and Bransby Cooper 's 1869 total of 283 . Although their record has since been beaten in first @-@ class cricket , it remains Somerset 's record partnership for the first wicket . Their partnership was described as " Pure grace at one end , sheer force at the other " , in H.S. Altham and E. W. Swanton 's A History of Cricket . At the time , The Daily Telegraph reported that the pair remained together for three and half hours , during which Hewett scored 30 fours . 
