 In 1890 , his side were unbeaten against county opposition , winning the " Second @-@ class County Championship " . In an early season first @-@ class appearance for A. J. Webbe 's XI , Hewett scored his maiden first @-@ class century , reaching 114 against Cambridge University . Later in May , for the MCC against Oxford University , he scored 71 . Hewett top @-@ scored with 65 in the second @-@ innings of Somerset 's opening county match of 1890 , and two matches later scored 64 during a first @-@ wicket partnership of 115 with Lionel Palairet against Leicestershire . A string of lower scores followed for just under a month before Somerset hosted Staffordshire at Taunton . Having dismissed the visitors for 43 , Hewett remained 203 not out when he declared the Somerset innings closed , scored in four hours , " a remarkable display of powerful and well @-@ timed hitting " . He did not pass 100 again that season , but came close during the Scarborough Festival , being bowled for 99 in the second @-@ innings for the Gentlemen of England . Hewett led Somerset 's batting averages in 1890 , during which the club won twelve and tied one of their thirteen matches against county opposition . Due to this record the county were admitted to the County Championship for 1891 after a unanimous vote , regaining their first @-@ class status . 
