▁War wick shire ' s ▁fort unes ▁in ▁the ▁unus ually ▁hot ▁and ▁dry ▁weather ▁of ▁May , ▁a ▁brief ▁wet ▁spell ▁in ▁June ▁put ▁them ▁back ▁to ▁mid - table ▁by ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁that ▁month . ▁ ▁Rem ark ably , ▁when ▁the ▁s izz ling , ▁dry ▁weather ▁returned , ▁War wick shire , ▁with ▁F oster ▁and ▁Frank ▁Field ▁making ▁un rival led ▁use ▁of ▁extremely ▁fast ▁w ick ets , ▁won ▁match ▁after ▁match ▁– ▁only ▁stopped ▁by ▁a ▁few ▁draw s ▁due ▁to ▁heavy ▁scoring ▁– ▁to ▁claim ▁the ▁Championship . ▁In ▁this ▁period , ▁F oster ▁scored ▁ 2 0 0 ▁against ▁Sur rey ▁and ▁ 1 0 5 ▁in ▁an ▁hour ▁against ▁York shire , ▁and ▁achieved ▁such ▁bow ling ▁fe ats ▁as ▁ 1 1 ▁for ▁ 7 3 ▁at ▁North am pton ▁in ▁the ▁final ▁match . ▁For ▁the ▁whole ▁season , ▁F oster ▁head ed ▁both ▁batt ing ▁and ▁bow ling ▁aver ages ▁for ▁his ▁county , ▁and ▁it ▁was ▁no ▁surprise ▁when ▁he ▁went ▁to ▁Australia ▁for ▁the ▁ 1 9 1 1 / 1 9 1 2 ▁Ash es ▁tour . ▁ ▁On ▁this ▁tour , ▁F oster ▁used ▁the ▁rock - hard ▁w ick ets ▁of ▁Australia ▁like ▁few ▁other ▁English ▁bow lers , ▁and ▁his ▁performance ▁in ▁taking ▁ 3 2 ▁w ick ets ▁in ▁five ▁Test s ▁for ▁ 2 1 . 6 2 ▁runs ▁each ▁has ▁s eld om ▁been ▁sur pass ed . ▁On ▁debut