 As evidenced by the manner in which Hewett left Somerset and walked off during the Scarborough Festival of 1895 , he possessed a short fuse . Team @-@ mate Frederic John Poynton characterised his captain as a player who suffered " from a deep , difficult nature , which once upset , took long to recover " . He was a strong leader who was both respected and feared by his colleagues . In 1885 , Somerset County Cricket Club had failed to field eleven players for some of their first @-@ class contests , and in most of their other matches were a poor side . Hewett took on the county captaincy in 1889 , and in his second year led his side unbeaten against fellow county opposition to win the ' Second @-@ class County Championship ' , and gain re @-@ admission to the first @-@ class game . Hewett 's batting and captaincy were aided by the emergence of Woods and Palairet , both of whom were named as Wisden Cricketers of the Year between 1889 and 1893 . In 1891 , Somerset finished joint fifth among the nine first @-@ class counties , while the subsequent year they rose to third . Hewett 's final season at Somerset was the county 's least successful under his captaincy , winning just four of their sixteen matches to finish in eighth . 
