 Hewett led his side in their first County Championship match starting on 18 May 1891 . Although the club had played first @-@ class cricket a few years earlier , the championship had only been formed the previous season . Their debut in the competition was interrupted by rain and finished a draw ; Hewett top @-@ scored in Somerset 's only innings with 31 . Somerset 's next match was against reigning county champions Surrey . Lionel Palairet , Bill Roe and Sammy Woods were all missing for various reasons , leaving Hewett with a depleted side and only two real bowlers ; Ted Tyler and George Nichols . Surrey reached 449 , and then bowled Somerset out twice , for 37 in each innings . When Surrey travelled to Taunton later that season , most likely expecting an easy win to secure a second consecutive championship , Hewett top @-@ scored for his team with 55 in the first @-@ innings as Somerset reached 194 . Woods , Nichols and Tyler then secured a 40 run first @-@ innings lead for the home side who added another 331 runs in their second @-@ innings , Hewett contributing 42 . The same trio of Somerset bowlers proceeded to bowl the champions out for a second time , the final wicket falling two minutes from the close of play , and their team recorded a 130 @-@ run victory . Hewett had a quiet season with the bat , in addition to his 55 against Surrey he passed 50 on only one other occasion ; against Middlesex two weeks later . He totalled 514 runs during the season at an average of 19 @.@ 76 ; his lowest average when playing eight or more innings in a season . 
