 Clem Hill said , " As a captain Harry Trott was in a class by himself — the best I ever played under . Harry was quick to grasp a situation . He saw an opponent 's weakness in a second . [ ... ] Time and time again , he got a champion batsman 's wicket by putting on a bowler he knew the batsman did not like . " The English batsman K. S. Ranjitsinhji considered Trott as a captain " without a superior anywhere today " . Wisden thought him , " with the exception of [ Billy Murdoch ] ... incomparably the best captain the Australians had ever had in this country . " The sporting newspaper , The Referee wrote " [ Trott 's ] bowlers felt he understood the gruelling nature of their work and that they had his sympathy in the grimmest of battles . " Some English professional cricketers thought less of Trott 's captaincy ; wicket @-@ keeper William Storer said , " I like a captain to have a settled plan , [ Trott ] just seemed to do whatever he thought of at the moment . " 
