 Herbert <unk> Hewett was born at Norton Court in Norton Fitzwarren , near Taunton on 25 May 1864 , the only son of William Henry and Frances M Hewett . Although he was the couple 's only son , they had at least four daughters ; in 1871 two older sisters , Emily Louisa and Helen G are listed in the census , along with one younger sister , <unk> Ethel . By 1891 , Mary W is also listed as a younger sister , although by this date both older sisters are no longer registered at the address nor their father William Henry . He was initially educated at Hillside , Godalming where he was captain of the cricket and rugby teams . On leaving Hillside in 1879 he went to Harrow School . In 1881 he had a trial for the school cricket eleven mainly on the strength of his bowling , having taken all ten wickets for 22 runs in a house match . Hewett was part of the school 's cricket first eleven in 1882 and 1883 , and appeared in the annual contest against Eton College in both years , but did little on either occasion , his highest score being six , made in the first @-@ innings in 1882 . In all matches for Harrow he had a batting average of just 7 @.@ 4 in 1883 and 9 @.@ 5 in 1884 while his bowling average in 1884 was 32 @.@ 10 . Hewett also appeared in the school association football eleven in 1883 . On completion of his studies at Harrow , he attended Trinity College , Oxford . In his reminiscences , W. G. Grace suggests that Hewett " first won some little renown in Public School and ' Varsity cricket , but it was not until he joined Somersetshire that he forced himself to a prominent place in County Cricket . " 
